Numbers don’t lie (as the TV show says) but they can be misleading at times. Most of the time, though, they do tend to point out the true nature of a player or team and what their strengths and weaknesses are. Often, we find that the hard facts will contradict what we think we know ...
While Brian Burke has done some very good things in trying to rebuild the Leafs into a playoff team, there is also the flipside – he’s also made some terrible deals and signings. He’s miscalculated in terms of talent evaluation, and as a result, he’s acquired players who were perhaps oversold to LeafsNation, resulting in ...
Although the Jets had a productive first season back in the ‘Peg after 15 years, we know there are still several holes the team needs to fill before they’d be considered any kind of a Stanley Cup contender. If the Jets were able to dip into their namesake’s past to recruit players to fix their ...
The actual 2012 NHL Entry Draft takes place on June 22nd-23rd in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Every year it seems I contemplate whether or not to go through the intriguing yet dubious task of putting together a mock draft. We all know how fascinating it is to go through the process of formulating which team should ...
Dear Winnipeg Jet fans: I know this doesn’t apply to everyone, just some of you. You know who you are. The Phoenix Coyotes are not the Winnipeg Jets. They never have been. Yes, I know the Jets left our fair city and headed to the desert 16 years ago, but they ceased to be the ...
Not all of the Winnipeg Jets are on the golf course this May. As we speak, there are four members of the team that are overseas, three of which made their country’s final rosters for the 2012 IIHF Men’s World Hockey Championship in Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland. As well, Zach Bogosian, Dustin Byfuglien and ...
True North Knew an Arena Needed to be ‘Cozy’ Prior to and during construction of Winnipeg’s new arena, there was plenty of second-guessing and handwringing related to the size of the building and, more specifically, the seating capacity. The general public, media and people in the hockey business expressed concern over why ownership of the ...
The offseason brings us to a different time where we just do not talk about fantasy hockey or hockey action. However, we may occasionally try a new workout method or a different type of ice skate. Today it happens to be a composite stick repair that does not actually impact the feel of the stick ...
As another NHL regular season has passed us by, hockey stat junkies everywhere have another endless sea of numbers to sift through, everything from goals to goals against, shots on goal versus shots stopped, and much more. But while most fans will remember Evgeni Malkin’s 109 points and Steven Stamkos’ 60 goals, there are a ...
The Winnipeg Jets (version 2.0) just completed their long awaited dream season, returning to the city after an absence of big league hockey in Winnipeg for the previous 15 years and any reasonable person would have to consider it a success. Of course no one ever accused the average sports fan of being reasonable. In ...
