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korme
03-06-2013, 01:01 PM
He's basically living my dream.

Great Debacles in NHL History - The Triangle Blog - Grantland (http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/53011/great-debacles-in-nhl-history)
Logan
03-06-2013, 01:04 PM
We've been linking his articles in the NHL thread pretty frequently. He's doing great work and it's weird seeing his perception grow across the internet (only from our perspective, as it's obviously well deserved).
Abe Sargent
03-06-2013, 01:04 PM
Awesome!
Honolulu_Blue
03-06-2013, 01:06 PM
It's pretty awesome. We're very proud of our Maple Leafs.
kcchief19
03-06-2013, 01:12 PM
It is impressive. What's even more impressive is that his articles are very rarely 8,000 words long that could easily have been 800 words. You don't have to quit your job to read his articles. They might drum him off Grantland for that some day.
Logan
03-06-2013, 01:13 PM
Next logical extension is for him to get a podcast on the Grantland Network.
JonInMiddleGA
03-06-2013, 01:40 PM
They might drum him off Grantland for that some day.

Heh, there is a certain ring of truth in that statement ;)
DaddyTorgo
03-06-2013, 01:52 PM
One of these days more of his books will be printed and my brother-in-law will get his XMas present...
Lathum
03-06-2013, 02:20 PM
very cool.
Chubby
03-06-2013, 03:27 PM
he needs to work a FOFC reference into his articles...

like making cocky and funny a national movement
molson
03-06-2013, 03:32 PM
Fun read. The NHL has a wacky history.
thesloppy
03-06-2013, 03:57 PM
he needs to work a FOFC reference into his articles...

like making cocky and funny a national movement

Sadly, it already is/was a national movement. HM was just parroting some pick-up artist spiel that he likely read in one of the world's saddest books:

Cocky and Funny! (https://www.google.com/search?q=cocky+and+funny&aq=f&oq=cocky+and+funny&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.2726&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)
stevew
03-06-2013, 03:59 PM
Congrats, Sean. Some other RWBLer (Tuan) im'd me about this so the word is on the streets.
stevew
03-06-2013, 04:16 PM
If we're mentioning Grantland, avoid the urge to watch House Eats 3 on the YouTube channel. Nasty.
Chubby
03-06-2013, 05:24 PM
damnit, well we need some sly FOFC shoutout :D
NorvTurnerOverdrive
03-06-2013, 06:10 PM
that's f'n awesome
Young Drachma
03-06-2013, 06:17 PM
Cool!
JonInMiddleGA
03-06-2013, 06:20 PM
damnit, well we need some sly FOFC shoutout :D

Trout?
Chubby
03-06-2013, 06:36 PM
Trout?

yup, good possibility. something about aircraft carriers?
Matthean
03-06-2013, 11:03 PM
A JimmyWint reference might work.
MrBug708
03-07-2013, 12:02 AM
Maybe kleenex
Logan
03-07-2013, 07:06 AM
Proof of how much of a big shot he is...he's had his own thread up here for a day and hasn't even stopped by to say hello.
Suburban Rhythm
03-07-2013, 07:34 AM
A JimmyWint reference might work.

This was my first thought. Somewhere in NHL history, a contract or two has been fudged.
Matthean
03-07-2013, 09:09 AM
Any relationship scandal could be referenced as pulling a Jimmy Wint.
Blackadar
03-07-2013, 09:29 AM
That article was very entertaining.
Logan
03-07-2013, 11:14 AM
Checking in on Your (Old) Favorite NHL Player - The Triangle Blog - Grantland (http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/53272/checking-in-on-your-old-favorite-nhl-player)
kcchief19
12-13-2014, 08:34 PM
I had a worlds-collide moment tonight when one of my best friends from college linked to a Grantland article about the St. Louis Blues, which just so happened to be written by Maple Leafs.

I thought about trying to explain to my friend how I know Maple Leafs, but it was going to require that I explain FOF, OOTP, the RWBL, why I thought Carmelo Gutierrez was a potential Hall of Famer and the career of Doug "Oil Can" Trapani.
Senator
12-13-2014, 09:18 PM
You realize all of us are about to enter the golden zone of all the effort we put into FOFC being transmitted in various forms to the masses.

The revolution will be textualized.
DanGarion
12-15-2014, 03:32 PM
I had a worlds-collide moment tonight when one of my best friends from college linked to a Grantland article about the St. Louis Blues, which just so happened to be written by Maple Leafs.

I thought about trying to explain to my friend how I know Maple Leafs, but it was going to require that I explain FOF, OOTP, the RWBL, why I thought Carmelo Gutierrez was a potential Hall of Famer and the career of Doug "Oil Can" Trapani.

HAHAHA
DaddyTorgo
12-15-2014, 03:44 PM
Bawhaha.

I got ML's book for my BIL (who played college hockey and whose dad is an NHL scout) last year.