Entre Staple ne couvrant plus les îles, la haine incessante de Dom Luszczyszyn et la hausse des coûts du service, il était temps.
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Freddybone32
@Islanders de New York
Entre Staple ne couvrant plus les îles, la haine incessante de Dom Luszczyszyn et la hausse des coûts du service, il était temps.
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Freddybone32
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Nice. I was going to do the same but they offered a renewal for $24. Corey Pronman it’s the only reason I did it. Otherwise, their coverage is most awful.
I canceled a few years back. Some dude was being racist to PK Subban so I said something about how his parents must be so proud, he said his parents were dead and I said something about them not having to witness the disappointment and he reported me and I was no longer able to post anything, yet the racist could… so I said bye bitches ✌️
Kurz is really bad. They couldn’t give us anyone better?
remember, Dom actually gave the Isles credit before last season…i’m comfortable with him hating haha
The Islanders could win 6 straight stanley cups and Dom would still say they weren’t good because his models had them lower
The Athletic is garbage.
Yeahhh no Staple, no me.
What happened to Staples?
There is some sort of weird animus from the national media toward the Isles. Maybe it is because Lou is notorious for being tight lipped and not giving the media any scoops? I’m sure around the league most GM’s fees these guys all kind of info
I’m sad I missed my renewal date the other day and just shelled out $72 for another year of this.
This actually just reminded me to unsubscribe- when giving my reason I specifically called out Kurz. He’s god awful
Fuck the national writers. Buncha dorks
Especially that nerd Luscusyn or however you spell it. Muh models!
I don’t get why Isles fans dislike Kurz so much. He seems like a perfectly fine beat writer to me. That said, I am canceling as soon as my promo rate runs out, mainly because most of the featured NHL writers are so obnoxious and have little of interest to say.
I cancelled ages ago and I’ve blocked or muted almost all their writers on Twitter. They are so troll-y. It’s obviously a direction they’re given to drive engagement which makes sense since the James Mirtle, the biggest hockey troll around is in charge of hockey content.
I miss the occasional feature article but 99% of what the athletic puts out is crap anyways
I was out as soon as we lost staple.
The Athletic runs sales all the time. I signed up on black friday for $1 a month for one year. You bet your ass I’ll cancel once that year is up. The Athletic is good (sometimes) but not worth the price they ask.
I’m totally good with Kurz. He’s grown on me. I think he tells it like it is. All the people whining about Kurz blocking them – should he sit there and take it when people are treating him like shit? I bet if our team was doing better, people would treat him better. He’s fairly honest and I think he calls it right. If you want to bitch about someone, do it on your own thread, start your own Twitter comment, but don’t be a dick to someone on their own thread. You deserve to be blocked if you pull that shit.
Luszczyszyn has been a little more self aware it seems. And by that I mean he’s pretty much gone mask off and has started trashing them regardless. It’s a very odd running gag
I stopped paying for this shit years ago and never looked back. It isn’t worth it.
As someone who works in analytics extensively Dom’s models, his interpretation of them, and how he writes them are fucking idiotic. One of my entry level analysts could do much much better.
It really hasn’t been the same since Staple left.
I let my subscription lapse this in January. I’ll miss Pronman’s articles about upcoming prospects and Katie Strang’s articles are always excellent.
I follow Kurz on twitter, it’s enough. He doesn’t seem to really do the in depth articles like Staple did, I don’t think he has a relationship with the team yet. But the thing that really got me is that everything seems to be written so negatively. Things are good? here’s why they are bad. Things are bad? Here’s why they are worse. I’m sure he’s not a bad writer but he just feels like a sports writer and not an Islanders writer.
Cancelled mine as well.
I will probably cancel too. Kurz is just boring. Very reactionary. I didnt realise how blessed we were with Staple, who made up for Lou being tight lipped by running stories exploring possibilities and asking other GMs about players. Kurz just piles in on the losses or wins.
I was just about to cancel my Athletic Subscription cause I wasn’t shelling out $72 but right when I hit that button a notification for a « Loyalty Offer » to keep me came up for only $24 for another year. Guess for that price I’ll keep it but I agree with others here it’s not worth full price.
Katie Strang was the only reason I kept it, but I don’t think that is going to do it for me anymore. I can’t stand Kurz.