Alex Novet

Hot fries

We need a Marshall Plan for the Dutch hockey program

If I was a New York Islander, I'd simply direct my shots towards the net instead of around it

Matthew Schaefer, Hockey’s Youngest (and Nicest) Big Shot The eighteen-year-old Islander was last year’s No. 1 pick in the N.H.L. draft. On a recent day off, he shoots a commercial, chats with Tom Brady, and raves about babysitting.

I can't say I've come across any mention of any New York Islander getting a write-up in The New Yorker before so chock up another first for young Matthew Schaefer. I want to see him hanging out with The Addams Family next.

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Introducing the Hockey Analytics League Operations (HALO) Meetings & Conference 2026 | Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche are proud to be hosting the sport’s biggest hockey analytics conference of the season this March. The event is expected to host representatives from at least 25 of the NHL’s 32 ...

This is going to be an awesome event in March. It rocks that I get to be a part of it with @thomasdrance.bsky.social. We're already cooking up some fun shows for that week with special guests.

("popular" and "sophisticated" are their words, not ours. But i'll take it!)

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It's largely enjoyment, but with enough history to fear that they may have used up all of their 2026 non-Schaefer goals.

Average person: "This Disney deal with Sora is confusing."

People who played Kingdom Hearts: "You think THAT Disney/Sora deal is confusing?! Let me tell you about...."

I have a few of these, but tops is probably a John McKenzie Hartford Whalers jersey. They retired his number even though he never played for the team

hi, shooting angle expert here! this is not funny, physics only does this when it's in extreme distress.

🙌🎊🎉🎈🎇

18 years old!!!

"Are the Hurricanes better than the Islanders" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by the NHL after 10:21 pages of milquetoast debate,

I was fully prepared to be aging into a space where my music tastes are considered old people music showing up on 'classic rock' stations. Was not fully prepared for Esquire to come out and just start calling it Divorced Dad Rock

Nyles, the Islanders' creepiest mascot

Shocked Pikachu

You're quite right - my guesses don't even sum up to the correct total. Please adjust Ottawa to 91 points

I would like to submit 73 points for the Islanders and then 82 points for all remaining teams

Trial & Error

Sadie's got a nearly identical treatment scheduled for Thursday. They'll be long-distance sedative buddies

A screenshot from a Google doc which reads "we've worked in the space". Google spellcheck is suggesting it be updated to "we've worked in space"

If only, Google Doc editor

Yup! More like Pop Chips than Doritos, but tasty and a solid volume to calories ratio

I like their cheese and cool ranch flavors, but go with Legendary for BBQ

Crazy Train

So sorry for your loss, Josh

Dobson's a Dobson, but the Schaefer could be anything! It could even be a Dobson! You know how much we've wanted one of those!

The childhood elements are preserved primarily for this, video games, and that time last year when I celebrated my first 5K by buying a box of chocolates and eating the entire thing myself

This is not what I had in mind this week when I said I was fine with millionaires leaving New York

Same. And I spend a good portion of my childhood imagining myself as the personal embodiment of the New York Islanders Hockey Club.

Best wishes on your next move!

Comic. [Two houses next to each other. Piping runs from one underground, connecting it to the other.] [caption] A covertly-installed *Neighbor-Source Heat Pump* takes advantage of the fact that your neighbor keeps their house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

Neighbor-Source Heat Pump

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