By Rick Gethin
The Columbus Blue Jackets have started to embrace the role of spoiler as their season draws to a close. In front of a crowd that the Atlanta Thrashers haven’t seen all season in their own building, the boys in Union Blue played a downright ugly game and came away with the [...]
DETROIT- Intensity abounded as a game that would normally be playoff preview between perennial contenders transformed into a de facto playoff game Tuesday at Joe Louis Arena. The Calgary Flames scored three times in the third period to prevail 4-2 over the host Red Wings.
Calgary climbed above Detroit and into the final playoff spot in [...]
Five lessons this weekend’s games taught us about the Blackhawks
Calm trade deadline for the Blues. Despite the hullabaloo regarding Carlo Colaiacovo and Brad Boyes being up for dealing, and the need to unload Paul Kariya’s absurdly large contract, the Blues only made deals today that focused on the Rivermen. And that is exactly what I expected.
The Blues have several UFAs (Carlo, Kariya, Sydor, Weaver, [...]
For the Wings, the second season starts now. With all the injuries, all the headaches and egos, it now time for the Red Wings to rise to the occasion and start winning games.
Let’s face it, any other team in the NHL would have a hard time surviving if they lost eight starting players at different [...]
By Rick Gethin
On the afternoon of December 28th, 2009, Chris Clark was getting himself ready to head to the Verizon Center for a game against the Carolina Hurricanes. He was then informed that he’d been traded, along with defenseman Milan Jurcina, to the Columbus Blue Jackets. You can almost imagine that his first reaction [...]
Cam Janssen is looking at a five game suspension for this late hit on Matt Bradley of the Washington Capitals during their last home game before the Olympic Break on February 13th:
As you can see, the hit was clearly late, regardless on intent to injure. Janssen explained the hit via his Twitter account (@camjanssen55). The [...]
“Did you see that? Did you SEE that?” Phone lines, the Twitterverse and the Predators’ message board stayed red hot with activity Monday night following a shot from Team Canada and Predators D-Man Shea Weber that had officials shaking their heads and perusing the playback while Germany’s goalie looked on in amazement at the burn [...]
Jim Neveau, Blackhawks Correspondent
Earlier in this decade, the Chicago Blackhawks weren’t just one of the worst franchises in their city, but in the entire NHL. Their abysmal performance year in and year out resulted in a half empty arena every night, and the fruitless travails of the team disheartened an entire generation of fans.
One of [...]
On February 15th, Evgeni Malkin was asked to remove himself from his place of residence in Pittsburgh and go play on behalf of his home country, Mother Russia. That request came from his parents. Deep down, he knew it was the right thing to do, but he also knew that someday, he would return to [...]
