Greetings From Smashville! TGIF Edition Jas Faulkner | February 10, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Next week will be better. Not that the past week was entirely grim. The Predators had a very good night at home entertaining St. Louis.…
10 Reasons Why the Tampa Bay Lightning are Better than the Florida Panthers Brent Lemon | February 9, 2012 With their final regular season meeting now behind them, it’s fair to say that the Tampa Bay Lightning embarrassed their cross-state rivals in 2011-12. The Bolts posted a 4-1-1 record…
San Jose’s Second-Half Center of Attention: Jumbo Joe Walter McLaughlin | February 8, 2012 It would be like trying to flog a dead horse — John Bright You miss 100% of the shots you never take — Wayne Gretzky To paraphrase Frasier on Cheers…
Greetings From Smashville! (Who Dat Streakin’? Edition) Jas Faulkner | February 3, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Does anyone know what week it is? Does anyone really care? The ASGs are behind us and we are now headed to the first trade…
The Top 10 Sweetest Flows in the NHL Joseph Wakeford | February 2, 2012 It’s a well-known fact that having an amazing flow can take any hockey player’s game to unparalleled levels. By flow, of course I am referring to a great head of…
Nashville: The Boys From Beulah Land March to the Playoffs Jas Faulkner | January 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Watching the Predators work their way through a set list of conference rivals is a bit like watching the prettiest girl at the cotillion razor…
Batman, Superman and Wolverine Walk Into A Bar… Jas Faulkner | January 14, 2012 commentary by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent author’s note: Sticktaps to Charlie Jones for catching the SNAFU regarding the illustrations. Believe it or not, I can tell Paul Kariya and Ryan…
2012 Winter Classic Ticket Prices Skyrocket Michael Viola | December 21, 2011 Would you like to purchase tickets to this year’s Winter Classic game? There are plenty of tickets available, however, most are priced in the neighborhood of an arm and a…
More Than Just a Face in the Crowd Jas Faulkner | November 29, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent author’s note: Stick taps to Andrea Lindgren and Phyl Good for catching that Ryan Kesler is actually American by birth (a Canuck by the grace…
Troy Brouwer Needs A Caption Bruce Hollingdrake | November 24, 2011 The Hockey Writers is very fortunate to have Tom Turk on our team. Tom covers most Caps games for us and has a nack for capturing great action shots. Here’s…
Islanders Fail With New Third Jersey Michael Viola | November 21, 2011 Last Wednesday the New York Islanders kept with their tradition of debuting terrible looking jerseys by, well, debuting a terrible looking jersey. We are all familiar, unfortunately, with the fisherman…
Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Rise… Jas Faulkner | November 18, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent author’s note: Stick taps to the nice people at The National Film board of Canada for their assistance and for creating the lovely tribute that…