{ "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Editor's note: Stan Fischler is the Gordie Howe of hockey media. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "With the same amazing longevity, Stan's version of the Howe Hat Trick is scoring more than 100 hockey books, assisting countless journalists get their start, and throwing a sharp elbow when necessary in thousands of entertaining, insightful columns and broadcasts. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "\"The Maven,\" still sharing wisdom for THN here, is a legend I'm honored to call a friend." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In NHL cities like Seattle with coaching vacancies, many were hoping the Carolina Hurricanes' Rod Brind'Amour would hit the open market." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "He didn't; Brind'Amour signed a new multi-year contract with Carolina right after the 'Canes were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the New York Rangers." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Our Stanley, Fischler, believes the Carolina coach made an egregious error in the Game 6 loss to the Blueshirts which ended the 'Canes season. For that reason and others, he doesn't share the belief that Brind'Amour would have been the best choice for Seattle." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "He explains in today's Kraken Reaction." } }, { "type": "video", "data": { "url": "https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/video-migration/K1xX5MD5.mp4", "streached": true, "controls": true, "caption": "KR Stan Fishler-Brind'Amour", "image": { "url": "https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/video-migration/K1xX5MD5-poster.jpg" }, "cdn": { "service": "jwplayer", "playlistUrl": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/K1xX5MD5.m3u8", "sources": [ { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/K1xX5MD5.m3u8", "type": "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl" }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/K1xX5MD5-egaVRBUn.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 180, "width": 320, "label": "180p", "bitrate": 207511, "filesize": 5317482, "framerate": 30 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/K1xX5MD5-HiifyrIK.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 270, "width": 480, "label": "270p", "bitrate": 269899, "filesize": 6916169, "framerate": 30 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/K1xX5MD5-0GjwQUtm.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 720, "width": 1280, "label": "720p", "bitrate": 630029, "filesize": 16144503, "framerate": 30 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/K1xX5MD5-GnaBoBfY.m4a", "type": "audio/mp4", "label": "AAC Audio", "bitrate": 113968, "filesize": 2920441 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/K1xX5MD5-AdyctcDQ.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 1080, "width": 1920, "label": "1080p", "bitrate": 1092644, "filesize": 27999010, "framerate": 30 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/K1xX5MD5-0xygnYm9.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 360, "width": 640, "label": "360p", "bitrate": 310164, "filesize": 7947973, "framerate": 30 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/K1xX5MD5-HiOsolDE.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 540, "width": 960, "label": "540p", "bitrate": 453854, "filesize": 11630019, "framerate": 30 } ] } } } ] }

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