I've loved all these from Rupper and Whitney. Great stuff, as always, from the PlayersTribune.
But on the topic of Rupp, I absolutely love him as an analyst. I'm glad the NHL has him and Weekes together on the NHL Network usually, both are great analysts and amazing personalities. Great chemistry. They are exactly what is needed to sell the game.
The NHL, well NBC, needs to employ these guys instead of the dinosaurs like Milbury. I truly believe guys like Rupp, Weekes, Lawton and etc would market the game so much better. They dive right into the fundamentals, rather than using cliche phrasings on why "X" won the game tonight, yada yada.
It's always great to see their segments on NHLN. There's so much more to them than the whole "San Jose has a better defensive core, so they're going to win the series" to them unlike ESPN, other outlets. Weekes predicted the Sharks I believe, but his reasoning was at least sound.
Simply put, I think Rupp is putting himself up there as my favorite NHL analyst, from ANY outlet.