Hockey Rants and Raves

by Steven Glynn

The hottest takes and biggest beefs about hockey from the wildly popular podcaster and YouTuber

Who would be on the Mount Rushmore of goalies?

Is Gretzky the Greatest Player of All Time (a.k.a. GOATzky)?

What are the most embarrassing Leaf losses of all time?

Why would you choose to play in a small market?

Steve “Dangle” Glynn was already a popular talking head on Sportsnet the night the Leafs lost to their own back-up goalie (and Zamboni driver), but his fandom skyrocketed after his rant following the hilarious mishap gained one million views on YouTube. Dangle is well known as a long-suffering Leafs fan, but he is more than just that. He shares his rants and opinions about all teams across the NHL, directing his laser focus onto hockey’s greatest arguments, from the best players of all time, to the worst trades, to the most embarrassing Leafs losses.

From one of the most unique voices in hockey, Hockey Rants and Raves is packed with passionate, honest and often humorous takes on all things hockey—required reading for all fans of the game.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

Published October 15, 2024

Reviews

[Brie_reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was just so fun. It’s all stats and opinion but that’s what made it fun. It’s about the love and joy of hockey whether you’re a fan or a player or both, whether you’re new to the sport or a die hard fan. I laughed a lot. It was just fun.

Reasons I Recommend:

1) Reminders of all the ways TML are awesome/so sad

2) Fun introductions to the NHL teams and quirks each team is known for and

3) Thoughts and debates on greatest players, current players, and overall hockey themes.

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Quote 1: The third goal was a sick setup from Morgan Rielly to a wide-open Matthews. Matthews pointed at Rielly to signify that he liked his pass. Rielly pointed back at Matthews and screamed like someone who sold a kidney for front row tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. The only difference was this game happened in Ottawa, and Taylor Swift would never go there.🤣

Quote 2: In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a cursed figure, damned to push a massive boulder up a hill for all eternity. Every time he got near the top of the hill, the boulder would roll back down, and Sisyphus would have to begin the torturous process again. In so many ways, that is being a Leafs fan, and nothing embodies that quite like the Leafs humiliating choke against the Montreal Canadiens.

Quote 3: Losing to your own Zamboni driver is cartoonishly bad-the kind of slapstick thing you might expect to happen in a corny movie from the late nineties.

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[Cow · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful love letter to hockey, told in Steve's trademark ranty style.

The thing I've always loved about Steve is not the yelling at the screen or the explosions -- it's that, in his quieter moments, he's one of the smarter, kinder, more human analysts I've ever read in sport. And that shines through so well in this book.

I got back into hockey because of the human stories (especially the goalies) (I have an entire group chat that formed around goalie love) and Steve clearly gets that.

In short, a lot of fun, especially after several heavy philosophical/etc texts in a row . . .

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

steve glynn is so diabolically accurate at describing the leafs. “defensive prowess of a wet napkin” will forever live in my head rent free. this man has been hurt by this team so much that it made him the funny final boss. i’m just glad instead of crying from the pain of being a leafs fan i can laugh at how silly he makes it sound….. before inevitably crying from being a leafs fan again

did not realize patrick roy was built like that btw. actually reading his stats in comparison to other goalies was wild

also pavelski mentioned!!!!! hell yeah

[Carston]

I got this book for free. I had heard of this dude when I was getting into hockey. Checked out some of his YouTube videos but didn't think he was all that funny. Took a chance on his book and realized he's just as lame a writer as he is a ranter. His pop culture references are cringe, but his worst crime is that he's a Maple Leafs fan. I don't even hate myself enough to stoop to that level

[Yvan Létourneau · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Steve, and loved his first book. This book has its moments: when his passion and storytelling shines through (when he talks about rooting for the goon, or his all time Leaf losses). Those moments are few and far between, unfortunately.

[Daniel Gagne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was fun. The sections are easy to get into, and despite the heavy information and statistics overload, Steve brings his entertaining wit and makes the numbers come to life. Great read for hockey fans in general and for others just getting intonhockey and wondering what it's all about.

[Alison B · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s like Steve Dangle in written form. I’d buy the audio book just to hear him read his own words. :)

[Bryan Tait · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether you're a fan or not (of the author or hockey), read this. Highly entertaining, thought-provoking, with a touch of emotion, it's simply awesome.

[Dawson Gusey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fun, bar-style hockey debates and conversations from maybe the most passionate hockey personality on the internet.