Lyndon Byers was never subtle on or off the ice, and the Bruins enforcer became a fan favorite for exactly that reason. Now his family has revealed that he suffered from CTE, adding a grim layer to a story that already carries plenty of weight in Boston. Byers also built a second life as a longtime co-host on WAAF’s "The Hill-Man Morning Show," which made him part hockey hardman, part local radio fixture.

An NHL insider is taking a playful shot at a former Bruins coach, and the joke lands because everybody in this league knows desperation can make people get creative fast. The Costanza reference is not just for laughs - it points to the kind of sideways, last-resort thinking that pops up when the pressure starts to squeeze. This has the feel of a hockey conversation where the humor is doing real work underneath the punch line.