Why Are Hockey Players So Boring?
Thursday September 28, 2006
Big-league hockey doesn't come along very often in a town like Halifax, Nova Scotia. So when the NHL played a few exhibition games in the city, Adam Richardson of the ... Read More
The NHL's Phony Season Almost Over
Thursday September 28, 2006
Another reason to celebrate the approaching NHL season, which begins October 4: It marks the end of the useless, lame, irrelevant, pointless NHL exhibition schedule.
The next time Evgeni Malkin gets ... Read More
Where You Can't Read About Tie Domi's Divorce
Monday September 25, 2006
In Canada, the celebrity divorce doesn't get much better than this: The auto parts magnate who would be prime minister has been exposed as the Other Woman in the messy ... Read More
Bertuzzi, Moore and Canucks Brawl in Court
Monday September 25, 2006
Marius from Norway writes:
I just wanted to know what ever happened to Steve Moore? Did he get back on the ice after the awful attack from Bertuzzi?
No, he did not ... Read More
Worst Road Trip of the Year
Friday September 22, 2006
At least they're getting it over with early.
The Florida Panthers have just embarked on a Colorado-Alberta-Atlanta-Chicago-Detroit-Caribbean road trip. They'll cover about 10,000 miles in 11 days, and return home after ... Read More
Pick Your Game in Crisis
Friday September 22, 2006
I'm a casual baseball fan. I start paying attention in September and always watch the playoffs and World Series - unless there's a hockey game on.
As we all know, 2006 ... Read More
Buffalo Sabres Adopt the Donald Trump Comb-Over
Tuesday September 19, 2006
I can't take credit for the headline. It originates with columnist Jim Kelley during a recent edition of the radio show Prime Time Sports.
The new Sabres logo "looks like Donald ... Read More
Mystery Theatre: The 2006 NHL Season Preview
Monday September 18, 2006
As the headline indicates, I've done a brief team-by-team preview of the coming NHL season, organized by division. These forecasts are suspect at the best of times, and made moreso ... Read More
Try to Imagine How Much Bob Clarke Cares
Wednesday September 13, 2006
When Bob Clarke heats up, he's a hockey reporter's dream. The Philadelphia Flyers' general manager is burning today.
In case you missed it, the Flyers tried to poach a player from ... Read More
"It Means the Owner is a Moron"
Tuesday September 12, 2006
If the New York Islanders are looking to win a Stanley Cup, they've a ways to go. But if their goal is to turn the NHL on its ear? Mission ... Read More
The Wangster Hires a Goalie for Life on Long Island
Tuesday September 12, 2006
Having failed to learn anything from the Yashin debacle, the New York Islanders have handed their goaltender a lifetime contract worth $67.5 million.
Rick DiPietro's average salary will be $4.5 million ... Read More
Alex Ovechkin's Summer Vacation
Sunday September 10, 2006
His face is contorted in concentration, his tongue is hanging down to his chin and his feet are balanced, precariously, on a giant blue sphere.
Elevating the irritation factor is a ... Read More
A Glimpse Inside a Dysfunctional Locker Room
Sunday September 10, 2006
Sometimes, you just have to dismantle the team and start again. That's what the Vancouver Canucks did over the summer. Todd Bertuzzi, now in Florida, offers a look at how ... Read More
The Penguins Finally Get Malkin in the Middle
Tuesday September 5, 2006
The renegade Russian is ready for his close-up. Evgeni Malkin sign with the Pittsburgh Penguins today. It's a three-year contract for the maximum rookie salary of about $980,000, plus loads ... Read More
Mike Keenan: Hired to be Fired
Sunday September 3, 2006
They let him run the draft and sign the free agents, watched him trade the franchise goalie and bring in Todd Bertuzzi. So now the Florida Panthers decide Mike Keenan ... Read More