On the same day that Sergei Bobrovsky, Henrik Lundqvist, and Antti Niemi were announced as finalists for the 2012-13 Vezina Trophy, I’m presenting a new kind of goalie award, the Most Valuable Goaltender of the Year, to Evgeni Nabokov of the New York Islanders. This honor is based on a single statistically-driven question: Which starting ...
For the majority of the 2012-2013 NHL season, New York Islanders fans watched a hockey team that displayed flashes of dominance at times, but played wildly inconsistent during other stretches. However, over their last twelve games the Islanders have managed to play to the tune of a 9-1-2 record and have strengthened their playoff positioning ...
Hopefully your taxes are done already. This was meant to be a very quick look at the action from Sunday as there were only three games. Then the original copy got sacked like some fantasy hockey teams did this weekend. The “Chateau” is always accepting applications for new entrants into its house of shame. Being ...
Hello everyone! Welcome to something that truly happens only once a year. The fantasy hockey world needs to be put in its place and humbled a bit. Add in a birthday and things escalate just that little bit. Since there will be no column Saturday night, it just seems right that we do this. First ...
This is one that just hurts beyond belief when one watches but what I saw Sergei Kostitsyn commit tonight gets you benched for a long time. Those who are Nashville fans have probably seen the video a hundred times already or it feels like it. However, it is not the only angle in this little story. We ...
Finland has played the role of spoiler for the past two Olympic hockey tournaments, winning bronze in 2010 and silver in 2006. Though never considered among the pre-Olympic favorites, the Finns bring a tough brand of physical, two-way hockey in the North American style, blended seamlessly with speed and skill traditionally associated with the European ...
Speaking of goaltenders, Philadelphia’s Ilya Bryzgalov famously was quoted last season as saying “the universe is humongous big”. Seeing as that’s difficult logic to argue with, I will not concern myself with attempting to determine the best goalie in the universe. Rather, I will narrow my search to determining the best goalie on the planet. ...
It seems like only yesterday that the NHL season got underway in mid-January, but as we stand right now we are already nearing the completion of a third of the schedule. We’ve seen some crazy performances turned in by unexpected faces (Viktor Fasth, Thomas Vanek, the whole Montreal Canadiens roster) and we’ve also seen teams ...
What’s wrong with the picture above? No, Pekka Rinne did not decide to ditch his Reebok pads in favor of Bauer ones and practice a little garage ball hockey. The answer is more complex than just a kid from Idaho gets his hockey fix from strapping on leg pads to let his brother pepper him ...
Even after an overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild tonight, the Nashville Predators have returned to the strong play we’ve seen in past years over the last five games. Following the first six games of the shortened season, there was a significant amount to worry about for the different looking Predators. Trouble finding an offensive ...
