I thought he died at first! Don't do that to me!Any very long-timers around here might remember jacketracket. Was one of the more active members when I signed on. His profile pic was of someone drinking a giant mug of Tim Horton's coffee. He was one of about 3-4 others I sort of associated the forum with in the days after I first signed on, which is think was during a lockout, but whatever. Top Shelf (a one-time mod who eventually left but I'm pretty sure is the celebrated fan who tackled the Wings fan octopus thrower at Nationwide); 3mta3, who's been gone for years but who was the first to pick up on a little thing I was doing, typing this game is critical in every GDT (and I still have the PM to prove it); and a still semi-active poster who I think has a different screen name now and who turned out to be a then-co-worker.
Anyway... jacketracket was one of the 5-6 fans who was there at the first utterance.
EDIT: we did not know each other. When I showed up here, he said ‘I think we’ve met and I think I was there when your screen name was created. Do you sit in 103?’
Anyway he got banned from here and came back once after but has been gone for ages. He wasn’t in 103 much longer, either. And now, neither am I.
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Why do I share this story? Mostly boredom. And now you're bored, too.
So here's an encouraging comparison:
The Next Ones: Can Pierre-Luc Dubois be the next Aleksander Barkov?
Alison Lukan has, apparently, been laid off by The Athletic.
People get mistreated or undervalued all over society for all different reasons.
Competent or not, it’s clear the peak of advanced stats is in the past, thankfully.
Was never too terribly impressed with Alison but I get tired of having to read Portzline and Portzline only. Hedger lost me when he whined about Panarin ignoring him outside of the locker room and the NHL.com dude just writes fluff pieces. Bring back Tom Reed.
Any very long-timers around here might remember jacketracket. Was one of the more active members when I signed on. His profile pic was of someone drinking a giant mug of Tim Horton's coffee. He was one of about 3-4 others I sort of associated the forum with in the days after I first signed on, which is think was during a lockout, but whatever. Top Shelf (a one-time mod who eventually left but I'm pretty sure is the celebrated fan who tackled the Wings fan octopus thrower at Nationwide); 3mta3, who's been gone for years but who was the first to pick up on a little thing I was doing, typing this game is critical in every GDT (and I still have the PM to prove it); and a still semi-active poster who I think has a different screen name now and who turned out to be a then-co-worker.
Anyway... jacketracket was one of the 5-6 fans who was there at the first utterance.
EDIT: we did not know each other. When I showed up here, he said ‘I think we’ve met and I think I was there when your screen name was created. Do you sit in 103?’
Anyway he got banned from here and came back once after but has been gone for ages. He wasn’t in 103 much longer, either. And now, neither am I.
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Why do I share this story? Mostly boredom. And now you're bored, too.
Taking other people's stats and RTing is not special
I've been unable to find confirmation of this anywhere...Alison Lukan has, apparently, been laid off by The Athletic.
I've been unable to find confirmation of this anywhere...
I've been unable to find confirmation of this anywhere...
She's being a bit coy about it on Twitter. I saw many saying that's what happened, though no confirmation from her or The Athletic explicitly.