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#hello again martin and bosco!! sending you boys round for another go :)

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i was even talking TO my dad about this a few weeks ago. and he was talking about how his wife, my stepmother, a lovely woman, was going through it a bit with some medical stuff ad she was frustrated dealing with all the recovery shit. and he said something like, "this is just a normal part of life fo everyone eventually, we used to have people we called 'invalids' in the last three centuries, people who we just took care of and weren't expected to do anything except survive and if they were lucky maybe recover. and it's not a big deal". and he's right!

I know a lot of people here are new to tumblr/HRPF/hockey, so I wanted to write a little guide on tagging etiquette so make sure that we can all continue to have fun together. I'm also new to this space, but I've been on tumblr for over 10 years and I've been adjacent to hockeyblr for most of that time, so I'm pretty familiar with the basic rules. Feel free to add on anything you feel I missed!

RPF does not belong in the main tag for the team or player!

Not everyone wants to see RPF! If you are tagging your a/b/o discourse posts with "#will smith hockey" or "#san jose sharks", you are making hockeyblr a less inclusive space. RPF belongs in RPF-specific tags.

RPF-specific tags tend to vary based on the ship and team, but here are some examples of formats you'll commonly see:

Ship names (#willmack, #sidgeno)

Initials (#TKNP, #TZJD)

Combinations of player numbers (#1634, #829)

Player/team x reader (#will smith hockey x reader, #sharks x reader, #san jose sharks x reader)

Player/team imagine (#quinn hughes imagine, #minnesota wild imagine)

2. Tag generally (for filtering purposes).

Using the general RPF tags is also extremely helpful for filtering purposes. It's really annoying to block the "x reader" tags for every single player and team. You can help out your fellow hockeyblr users by using these general tags! These include:

#hrpf

#nhl x reader

#x reader

#nhl imagine

3. Tag specifically (for everything else).

Only tag the players/teams actually involved in the post, and only if you think people in that tag will want to see it! This goes for main tags and RPF-specific tags.

If you're a Sharks fan mourning the Eklund trade, do not tag "#ottawa senators". If a post is about willmack and only kind of mentions Gavin McKenna, do not tag "#gavin mckenna"! You're clogging up those tags, which makes it harder for fans of those teams and players to find content they actually want to see.

And even if a team/player is the main subject of that post, ask yourself if fans of that team/player will want to see it. If you're a non-Devils fan making a post about how much the Devils suck, you probably shouldn't tag that post "#new jersey devils" unless you want a lot of angry Jack Hughes stans in your inbox.

4. Use your best judgement.

Obviously there's a lot of gray area here, especially with posts that aren't super explicitly shippy but might appeal to shippers.

Like, if you're just posting a picture of two players, it's probably fine to tag it with both the ship name and the main tags. If you're captioning the post, "I bet they fucked after this," then maybe think twice putting it in the main tag. Just be considerate and thoughtful towards others!

5. Search using the tag ("#sharks lb", not "sharks lb").

The system only works if you use it correctly. In my opinion, it's not the responsibility of everyone in a given tag to censor the names of the opposing teams. You won't see posts from other lb tags if you just search using the tag instead of by keywords.

TL;DR

So even if you've filtered the tags you dislike, going into the '#san jose sharks' tag just shows you a sea of "This post contains filtered tags." This still makes it very difficult to find non-RPF hockey content.

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Lmao

netflix is making a hockey show called "the sticks" that is based on a very real tragedy that occured in canada in 2018.

the show follows a minnesota high school team after their bus crashes and coming back to hockey afterwards.

in 2018, the humboldt broncos' (a junior A team made up of 18-22 year olds) bus was hit by a tractor trailer on a highway intersection. 16 people (10 players, 2 coaches, and 4 team staff members) were killed, along with 13 other players severely injured.

the memory of the humboldt broncos crash is an incredibly sensitive subject carrying a lot of trauma to both the survivors, their families, and deceased's families. the trajectory of hockey in canada was changed significantly after this tragedy.

despite this, netflix has decided to make a show using the death of young hockey players for profit. they did not consult the survivors, nor the deceased's families. they stole a canadian story for a feel-good cash grab.