“Around 20%”—which is a ludicrous expectation for anyone, considering even Stamkos has a career percentage below 18—is still a pretty sizable drop-off from where he is right now.

Genuinely curious how Deadspin would handle a famous female athlete—say, Lindsey Vonn—tweeting some sexytimes meant for a DM

I just know that Sprint Center made overtures to the Predators, Penguins, and Islanders in years past. No idea about current efforts, but it’s there to be had.

Arguing that arena subsidies take away from other public projects reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of political economy—people don’t pay for the schools not because the money has already been earmarked for an arena, but because they don’t give a shit about the schools. That’s why the money was on the table to…

Kansas City has a new-ish facility that still lacks an anchor tenant. But my money would be on Seattle getting their act together and adding a new team.

One of the strangest things is that despite the terrible business record, the Coyotes have arguably been the most successful model of “growing the game” outside of traditional markets in the way Bettman always envisioned. They helped stimulate the expansion of D-I NCAA hockey to their market, and were the hook that…

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the Arizona Coyotes are a hockey team that nobody really wants.

Not sure how being the 3rd-most successful team in their own division over that span is anything close to “way better than mediocre.”

Pedantry is . . . not a response.

So you concede Smart is among the worst in the League, but complain he’s singled out because he plays for a team no one has cared about for the last 5 years?

The cynic in me has to wonder how much the Blackhawks are kicking themselves for giving up Teravainen to move this contract when apparently they could have just LTIR’d it.

I would like to see more context for this quote, because standing alone it seems kind of silly, but there’s a point it could be serving.

Nope—the settlement that Art Modell reached with the city of Cleveland kept their historical legacy in Cleveland, including credit for wins and losses prior to the move.

Pro football teams have a difficult enough time drawing crowds when they’re in the NFL; what exactly do you think Jaguars attendance is going to look like in the FCS equivalent?

If he can’t use it for wilderness survival, he doesn’t want it

It’s amazing the powers you’ll cede to an institution in the deluded belief that you’ll control that institution forever.

On foreign policy and police procedure, he’s probably closer to the average urban democrat than Clinton ever was if we’re being entirely honest.

Luckily, only 1 of the 4 I mentioned is up for re-election in 2018, so primaries aren’t going to do a lot to give Trump more control over the caucus.

This is about how and whether Trump will be appreciably worse than, e.g., Jeb or Rubio. The accretion of bullshit appropriations won’t be unique to Trump, or even to a given GOP administration.

Of the 4 I mentioned, none bent a knee for Trump despite immense pressure from the RNC to do so, and only 1 is up for re-election in 2018 (Flake). So the RNC won’t have a ton of leverage on them, particularly if they work together to cover each others’ asses.