As everyone's third-favorite social media platform seemingly circles the drain, I just want to say something about the dreaded Hockey Twitter.

First and foremost, I guess I gotta say I wouldn't have a bunch of people who became dear friends without it, and so for that I must be eternally grateful. The same is probably true of, like, my livelihood.

But in the broader sense, it's been a vital place to get information about the sport — real-time updates on injuries, video highlights, trade details (how could you summarize it better than "The trade is one for one," really?), and more. Where else could you get a lifelong sense memory of which players the Boston Bruins should have drafted in 2015 but then didn't? Where else could you have instantaneous access to opinions from the smartest hockey p