Boston man to become president of NHL Players Association

By adamg on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 12:44pm

Bloomberg reports Our Man Marty is leaving his post in Washington as labor secretary to become head of the union representing NHL players.

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Shocking, I always thought he

By Kevin MCMick
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 12:56pm

Shocking, I always thought he would be in politics , it’s always about the larger paycheck at the end of the day, unreal.

I think it's the limelight

By lbb
Wed, 02/08/2023 - 9:28am

I think he just loves the limelight. He wasn't getting much of that as a cabinet secretary, and he probably found life outside his frog pond a bit of a letdown, so...

Of course he is.

By Jiggles
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 1:01pm

The career opportunist continues failing upward.

So now a hockey player can go

By xyz
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 1:06pm

So now a hockey player can go from being a college player exploited by Charlie Baker to a pro represented by Marty Walsh. That's kind of interesting.

Good For Him

By John Costello
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 1:36pm

He's done a lot better than me or any of you in terms of accomplishments.

If he was a she and had say moved here from Seattle and been a labor leader, a state rep, mayor and a cabinet secretary, all while being a cancer survivor and a recovering alcoholic, there would be people in some neighborhoods throwing rose petals at her feet every morning about how brave this person was in life.

Instead, he had the UHub sin of being born Irish American and from Dot, therefore he must be evil.

Was his run as mayor perfect? No. The Olympic trial balloon was wrong and the Ten People on Twitter, including many, many insufferable people involved in the push against it were right.

Let's hope he works to get Bettman out the door, force a move of Phoenix to Houston and get a team in Hamilton.

He was a poor fit for the job of Mayor.

By Jiggles
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 1:49pm

And tired of it relatively quickly. If you worked in his administration, you would understand.

I mean, he is evil

By Will LaTulippe
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 1:50pm

Because he's a centrist Democrat cultist.

I need not cite his ancestry or where he was reared.

Which is your issue

By Anon
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 5:17pm

Is he evil because he is a centrist or a democrat?

Do you need a wellness check?

By Friartuck
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 1:57pm

Or are you simply refusing to take your prescriptions?

Uhub Sin

By Scratchie
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 2:01pm

he had the UHub sin of being born Irish American and from Dot, therefore he must be evil.

Why don't you climb down off that cross once in a while? Someone else might want to use it.

Good to see you're branching out

By fungwah
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 2:04pm

Let's hope he works to get Bettman out the door, force a move of Phoenix to Houston and get a team in Hamilton.

Not having any idea how the NHL works is a new frontier for you and I look forward to seeing your uninformed opinions on other sports.

I Love Triggering

By John Costello
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 2:28pm

I put out the bait and the typical responses come flowing in.

Excellent job twerps.

oh give it a rest

By berkleealum
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 2:48pm

you are the most earnest poster on this website and it’s not close.

That's only because

By Will LaTulippe
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 2:55pm

Jim Varney died like 25 years ago.

Oh Ernest

By Gary C
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 3:52pm

I can picture him and remembered his name, but I don't recall at all what his schtick was. (Don't tell me, if I really want to know, there's always Youtube.)

My understanding of the word "trigger" is that

By MC Slim JB
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 5:37pm

it means to provoke an emotional response, and not to elicit calm, rational, amusing putdowns to an obviously inane comment, as here.

Oh, you're a master baiter

By Friartuck
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 7:10pm

Even the nuns couldn't break you of that habit

ignore the screen name

By anon
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 8:42pm

His father was Ichabod Bates. When they arrived at a function the host would say, "May I introduce Mister Ichabod Bates, and his son, Master Bates".

i'm not owned, i'm not owned

By fungwah
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 10:12pm

i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob

Yes, he seems to be confusing

By HenryAlan 2.0
Wed, 02/08/2023 - 10:43am

Yes, he seems to be confusing the players' association with the League office. Imagine being so thoroughly out to lunch that you thought the union controls franchise locations.

Thanks Tool

By John Costello
Wed, 02/08/2023 - 7:19pm

If you force Bettman out, you can help get an NHL president that guides the league to areas where the players make more money (Houston - biggest US market without a team and no income taxes) and Hamilton (rabid fan base - lots of full seats as opposed to Phoenix).

See?

Now piss off.

Who do you think hires and pays Bettman?

By fungwah
Thu, 02/09/2023 - 2:04pm

Hint: it's the guys on the opposite side of where Walsh will be negotiating. Walsh has about as much influence over Bettman as you or I do.

Who? When?

By GrooPunk
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 3:27pm

Can you provide any evidence of the claims you're making? If you can't, then you're basically admitting to spewing total B.S.

Let see how you do.