The Heatley Soap Opera
The level of vitriol being directed at Dany Heatley from the media seems astonishing to me. Dan Barnes, for example. I’m not a big fan of Dany Heatley (the person, not the player) but there is another...
View ArticleNo Favour for Fleury
James Mirtle provides a list of former NHL players trying out at training camps around the league. The headliner is, of course Theo Fleury in Calgary. As Mirtle indicates, few have much of a chance to...
View ArticleThe Numbers and Pat Quinn
For the most part I haven’t argued very much with those who like to look at hockey through a statistical lens even though I don’t buy much of it insofar as it applies to individual players. I don’t...
View ArticleCowtown Craziness
I thought Darryl Sutter was mad to trade for Olli Jokinen a year ago and I think he is mad to now trade Jokinen for Kotalik and Higgins. I don’t think the Flames can possibly be better for the trade...
View ArticleSedin Surprise
Kevin Allen of USA Today delivers up what he considers to be the top ten surprises of the season so far. Here is his third choice: Patric Hornqvist leading Nashville in scoring with 21 goals: He¢s...
View ArticleSummer Potpourri
I haven’t posted much lately for a number of reasons but I have been following things and I’ve very nearly made several different posts on the news (or lack of news) this summer. The short version of...
View ArticleTyler’s Coup
Tyler Dellow’s explosive Colin Campbell post. First, kudos to Tyler for actually doing some investigative journalism. I’ve been doing this stuff pretty much from the beginning and its the first time a...
View ArticleAn Invisible Commissioner
I can’t imagine any scenario that sees the owners choosing to fire Gary Bettman. (And even if they did choose to get rid of him, they would hire somebody else just like him.) An actual hockey...
View ArticleTriumph for Twitter
I don’t know all that much about twitter. I know it is a big thing among lots of people, but 140 character conversations really don’t float my boat. Still, I had to click through on the story about how...
View ArticleBure and Gallagher
I don’t have all that much to say about the fact that Pavel Bure finally made the cut and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Clearly he belongs. I am happy for Bure because I’m sure he cares and...
View ArticleRIP Pat Quinn
Even though I knew Pat Quinn wasn’t well, I was shocked and saddened by the news of his death. I never met the man, but it is still an intensely personal loss. There are about a million Pat Quinn...
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