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Niedermayer Returns (the good one)
Well, it looks Scott Niedermayer is pulling himself out of a brief retirement, and will returning to the Ducks lineup shortly. I wish I could retire for 6 months and then just show up back at work whenever the hell I felt like it. Who retires at age 35, while making millions per...
Slump
Damn, I knew I should have put that $50 bucks on the Giants. Money won may be sweeter than money earned, but the money you didn’t spend will sometimes stink up your wallet until the day you blow it on a Rambo DVD collection. Sigh.
For those out there who may have been wondering...
The Most Feared Kind Of Professional Hockey Player… Mexican!
A player from my favourite team on one of my favourite TV shows. It’s Raffi Torres and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, together at last!
Belated Happy Thanksgiving!
Ugh, I’m sick of turkey and eating all together. Over the past few days I’ve consumed more food than all of the models in a single Chatelaine issue eat in an entire month combined. The only thing I feel like doing right now is laying in bed with a bedpan underneath...
You Know You're A Hardcore Hockey Fan When…
…you find yourself thinking up lists that measure whether or not you’re a hardcore hockey fan.
… you find yourself reading poorly construed threads on hockey boards debating the merits of Wendal Clark and whether or not he should, or should not, be in the Hockey Hall...
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming
Hartnell hits Alberts, who is on his knees at the time. Result: 2 game suspension and a league wide discussion over what the hell the coaching staff in Philly is feeding these guys.
Jones hits Patrice Bergeron from behind. Enough said. Result: Bergeron is out indefinitely...
Fix The Damn Ice Right, Dammit!!
“The zamboni driver has had more icetime tonight than Wade Belak.” ~ Glenn Healey at last nights Leafs-Habs game.
Is anyone else sick and tired of the zamboni shenanigans going down before any shoot-out in the NHL these days? This is supposedly one of the...
Ferguson Finally Fired
Even when the Maple Leafs are looking to the future, they are sliding towards the past. Ferguson is out, Cliff Fletcher is in. If Cliff fires Paul Maurice and hires Pat Burns as head coach, I’m going to need a new pair of underwear.
Aside from this unsurprising news (this...
Good Goonin'
Christmas can’t come soon enough for the NHL. Here’s hoping a season ripe with harsh cheapshots, followed by harsher suspensions, will be mellowed out somehow by the holiday spirit. We don’t need to see anymore of the Chris Simon’s in the NHL giving the...
First Post Of The New Year (Sadly)
Thank Jeebus. I finally have the internet back just as I have to go to work. At least I’ll have the comfort of knowing it will be there waiting for me when I return. And dear, if you’re reading this, I’ll miss you too.
Anyways, the IIHF and the NHL sure agreed...
Crosby's Gordie Howe Hat-trick
Sid the kid can cross “pummel a guy until his head is bleeding” off of his to-do list.
The Mitchell Report
The Mitchell report is due out in about an hour which has the potential to make this the darkest day in baseball history since the White Sox threw the World Series in 1919. The report will name 60-90 baseball players that took performancing enhancing drugs in the past, which is...
Questionable Behavior
Early into the 2007/8 season and the NHL is already getting knee-deep in controversy thanks to some undesirable attention making the headlines. Here’s a quick run down of some of the shameful crap that has gone down since the preseason:
Steve Downie leaves his feet, Dean McAmmond...
Which Sport Boasts The Best Athletes?
I’ve had this disbate many, many times with friends and co-workers who believed that sports such as Football or Basketball had the best athletes. I never understood how a 7 foot fat man standing underneath a basket made the athlete grade when he tippy-toes and stuffs the ball...
McCabe Versus The Leafs Net
Bryan McCabe:  Hockey’s own immovable object. Sadly, I’m not talking about his presence in front of the net. I’m referring to his bloated contract with the no-movement clause that prevents Toronto from getting rid of this pile-on.
McCabe hasn&...
Triple A Novice game ends in bench clearing brawl
I’m not sure quite how to approach this one. Even though it’s not considered politically correct, is there a hockey dad alive that doesn’t feel a tiny bit of pride when his kid retaliates in some way to another kid that’s being a jerk on the ice?
In reality...
The horrors of success
A look at the Tampa Bay Lightning and the tough choices Jay Feaster has ahead of him to create some cap space. A run through of how the Bolts got into salary cap trouble right from birth of the new NHL CBA.
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