in benn we trust

Jamie Benn running his fingers through his hair is my weakness

some good tweets that exemplify my feelings right now. 

basic landeskog lockscreens || iphone 6s dimensions

ha ha, a foreign policy joke. 

but seriously, you guys have been asking for sites i use to keep up-to-date, and these are them! note that this is not ranked by order of preference, just by order that my google search bar predicted them to me.

The Hockey News - what’s great about THN is that it is just hockey. unlike a lot of other sites, which are separated into various sports and niches, THN knows what it likes and doesn’t see the point in trying out a new restaurant. i feel like i can 99.9% of the time trust them to be factually on-point, and both well-researched and well-informed in their editorials. plus, i think they’re pretty fair across the league about not picking favorites. 

SB Nation (NHL) - SB Nation is great for quick, to-the-point news stories. they’re also excellent for coverage of your individual team, since all the teams have their own pages. i’ve also liked a lot of their more editorial pieces, but i find that THN’s editorials have a little more heart than SB Nation’s. that’s just a weird preference thing, though. 

Your Local Beat Writers - i can’t really link you to anything here, sorry dudes. but if you have a team that you love, be sure that you’re following that team’s local sites and papers–both fan-run and, you know, for-profit. when it comes to team-focused news and features, those are going to be your best bet.

NHL.com - … with the exception of NHL.com, that is, which obviously should be your first go-to for video, behind-the-scenes, and game recaps. maybe this one is like, “duh mollyhall,” but hey. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.

Twitter - I KNOW, I KNOW, we all hate getting out news from twitter. unfortunately, a lot of teams use it as one of their primary ways of giving press releases (LOOKING AT YOU, PENGUINS), which means that it has all the latest up-to-date info. if you can’t bear twitter, that news will obviously trickle down, but if you’re one of those “if you’re not first you’re last” people, sorry. twitter or bust.

TSN (NHL) - i mean, if you can’t trust canadians for hockey news, who can you trust??

The Pink Puck - t’s possible that i’m biased. BUT I THINK WE’RE PRETTY GREAT. 

Bleacher Report - probably one of my favorites. they’re just super reliable. (ALSO - extraskater is great for advanced stats!)

Sports Illustrated (NHL) - to be honest? i’m not crazy about SI/NHL for daily news. they usually aren’t giving me anything that other people haven’t already given me. that being said, when SI decides to do longer pieces, particularly profiles, they knock it out of the park every time. also, i was featured on their roundup page once, so obviously that makes me famous and them cool.

ETA: Grantland - tumblr user thecoggs reminded me of grantland!! duh, i can’t believe i forgot. again, not all-hockey-focused, but their NHL tag is usually pretty on-point. THANKS THECOGGS.

try when we were boys, a really good movie about a bantam team in 1967 québec

maybe you’d prefer a biopic? try the wonderful ’the rocket’!

or if you want something a little shorter, take a look at the first episode of lance et compte (with english subs!) the famous québec tv show following a fictional nhl team.