2012 NHL Offseason Thread: ROCK OUT WITH YOUR LOCKOUT

[isladar]

You're not Ace-o-fire-short, you're fine.

[Brill Weave]

I don't know. He's pretty short. At least compared to Bogosian lol.

[bluefan]

All that matters is that I'm respectable when on skates.

[BadKarma]

All that matters is that I'm respectable when on skates.

I'm 6'6 on skates.

[Vaspinne]

All that matters is that I'm respectable when on skates.

I read this fully believing that you walk around in skates 24/7 and not just on the ice.

CFL Greycup comes to an end. This thread is probably going to be the closest we come to a CFL thread (even more so then the NFL thread). Now that that's outta the way, time to focus purely on the rest of the Hockey seas....

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Fuck Lacross, not gonna start watching Canada's second national sport. And I don't care if a Canadian invented Basketball, I'm not gonna dive into it hardcore either. I want hockey

[bluefan]

Yeah. After every Grey Cup it's always an easy transition into full hockey mode. But with no season in sight...sigh.

I guess I'll finally get to use this gym membership I got from groupon.

[Deader2818]

1st. I got your letter, thanks!

2nd. WTF is groupon? I see them talk about it on my gaming forum.

[NynJa]

If i had to guess:
A group of people purchase x coupon, but there have to be sufficient sales of said coupon for it to be valid.

Before you ask, you dont buy a 20$ discount coupon for 20$ lol

[Ratatapa]

Best team in Toronto is the ARgos, cuz at least they won something

[Bregor]

2nd. WTF is groupon? I see them talk about it on my gaming forum.

You can sign up for coupons to be emailed to you specific to your location and/or interests. Then they spam the everliving fuck out of you.

[Cail]

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Federal mediator now involved in NHL/NHLPA labor talks. More to come.

[bluefan]

Federal mediator : "All right, my next appointment?"
Jane : "The NHL labor talks sir."
Federal mediator "Oh for fu....just throw some water on them."
Jane : "Yes sir."

[Mote]

American or Canadian?

[Bregor]

I nominate Bluefan and Wulfy to be their respective countries' mediators. The threat of moosenoose and drunken rampage should get this shit done.

[Ratatapa]

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Federal mediator now involved in NHL/NHLPA labor talks. More to come.

Gonna fail like in 2004-2005

[Bregor]

Guy Serota removed from NHL lockout mediation, thanks to Twitter hack or terrible jokes

If only the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service could settle the NHL lockout as quickly as it dropped Guy Serota from the mediation.

On Monday afternoon, Serota was named by the independent federal agency as one of three mediators assigned to the collective bargaining dispute between the NHL and the NHLPA.

Within moments of the announcement, intrepid hockey fans had discovered Serota's Twitter feed, which identified him as "Commissioner with Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, United States Government." Serota's worked with the FMCS for 15 years.

The feed featured several partisan" political comments, referencing "Karl Rove and Republican math" and "Great morning here in USA! Obama is still President. Restores my faith in the American voter (after 2 terms George W)."

But it also featured a slew of off-color jokes; some inspired by late night talk show host Craig Ferguson, whose term "ass mode" was cited by Serota out of context (and the amusement of others); and this one that referenced comedian Sarah Silverman in a clunky, uncomfortable tweet:

http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptu...SEROROORRA.jpg

Yeah …

The hockey Twittersphere gleefully piled on Serota, mocking the sudden celebrity. He deleted his Twitter feed, although it was soon resurrected with a message claiming the feed been hacked.

ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reached Serota, who said his feed had been in fact been hacked and that he was not running his new Twitter account, i.e. it was an imposter who scooped up the I.D. when Serota deleted the account.

The FMCS apparently had seen enough, however. In one of the least surprising moves of the NHL lockout, Serota was removed from the case, just over two hours after the initial announcement of the NHL mediation.

Here's Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George H. Cohen's statement on the matter:

"Within one hour after I issued a press release announcing that further negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA would be conducted under the auspices of the FMCS, it has been called to my attention that there are issues involving an allegedly hacked Twitter account associated with Commissioner Guy Serota, one of the mediators I assigned. Accordingly, in order to immediately dispel any cloud on the mediation process, and without regard to the merits of the allegations, I have determined to take immediate action, namely to remove Commissioner Serota from this
assignment."

Yes, a Twitter hack that lasted multiple weeks, was unnoticed by a federal employee and didn't seem to have a point. A Twitter hack that seemed to have messages and themes (Kathy Baker; jokes about David Patraeus) that oddly synced up with Guy Serota's YouTube account

Yup. Hacked. Just like Jukt Micronics.

Honestly, nothing Serota tweeted really bothered us all that much, nor did it seem to indicate he didn't have the integrity to mediate the dispute between the owners and players in the NHL. His removal is the result of the wide-ranging mockery of his feed; his hasty and attention-fueling decision to delete the feed; and the embarrassment that he caused the FMCS in what be a record amount of time. (And for the federal government, that's saying something.)

NHL lockout: 'Ass mode' costs mediator assigned to dispute

At least one form of "ass mode" has been disengaged in the NHL lockout.

Shortly after announcing Guy Serota as one of the mediators assigned to the dispute between the league and NHLPA, director George Cohen took him off the case. The reason: what Cohen called an "allegedly hacked" Twitter account attached to Serota's name.



“Accordingly, in order to immediately dispel any cloud on the mediation process, and without regard to the merits of the allegations, I have determined to take immediate action, namely to remove Commissioner Serota from this assignment," Cohen wrote.

From that account, which was deleted shortly after Twitter-at-large discovered it, @GuySerota made hundreds of tweets, stretching back months, that focused largely on bizarre, ultimately harmless interactions with celebrities, vulgar jokes and references to 'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."

One of the Ferguson references came via a photograph of a shirt with the words "ass mode" across the chest. That's the tweet that caught fire—which is understandable, because it's hilarious.

In an email to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun, Serota reinforced his position: His account was hacked. That, again, is highly unlikely, because the goofy tweets started months ago, then were deleted upon Cohen's initial announcement. At first, the account was just renamed, but anyone following it still had access. Then, it was deleted. Finally, it was reactivated as @GuySerota—almost certainly by someone who'd already caught on to how hilarious the whole situation had already become.

Calls to a phone number belonging to Serota, according to public records, were not returned.

Serota, according to a LinkedIn page apparently belonging to him, has worked as a federal mediator for more than 15 years. He's also the chairperson of the municipal planning committee for Penndel, Pa., in suburban Philadelphia.

Early indications are that Serota didn't lose his job, which is good—his tweets were good-natured. Just ... weird. If nothing else, he deserves some credit for bringing levity to a work stoppage that has done little beyond alienate fans that love the NHL and annoy the media that covers it.

So, basically, "ass mode."

What is this I don't even

[Anton]

Who the hell is this?

He could have been a good mediator too

[Wulfgang]

Guy Serota removed from NHL lockout mediation, thanks to Twitter hack or terrible jokes


NHL lockout: 'Ass mode' costs mediator assigned to dispute

What is this I don't even

Haha man I was fucking rolling at work watching this whole thing play out. Guy got so busted. The announcement that he was getting taken off the mediation an hour later just added more fuel to the fire.

His tweets were mega fucking weird. And the thread is now: "2012-13 NHL Thread: #assmode" as it applies to pretty much everything that has happened thus far pretty well.

[Bregor]

And the thread is now: "2012-13 NHL Thread: #assmode" as it applies to pretty much everything that has happened thus far pretty well.

I concur.

#AssMöde

[Richybear]

Ok jerks, get a deal done as a birthday present for me today.
I know, it's not gonna happen.