So I am supposed to be ashamed of being a Canucks fan now? The memo arrived late but take a small trip out of BC with your Orca jersey and see how many times you can get heckled. When did this happen? Why did this happen? Some say it all began in the playoffs with the ...
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” — Thomas Jefferson. One team has ruled the roost four consecutive years, missing a fifth (despite registering 108 points) only due to Anaheim’s Cup-winning season in 2006-07. The other has been a perennial doormat for much of its existence, making the ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent The main theme for this year’s free agent class was a simple one: slim pickings. Most of the potential big name free agents had either locked up to long-term deals before July 1st even came (Christian Ehrhoff, Kevin Bieksa, Ilya Bryzgalov, and Devin Setoguchi are examples), but there were still some ...
Six free agents that the Toronto Maple Leafs should consider signing
In the end, they looked dazed and unassuming. There was never a team so clayed in a mould that was so unable to live up to their tremendous expectations. This wasn’t just about the surefire belief that the Miami Heat would be walking away as the 2011 NBA Champions, but, as the bad guys, with ...
Hockey fans know the Stanley Cup Finals as a tale of two cities. Pure domination when games are played in one [Boston] versus some of the tightest, well played hockey games in the other [Vancouver]. Non-hockey fans who get their news of the series based upon major “sports networks” see this series as the team ...
By Mike Miccoli, Boston Bruins correspondent
I feel like I’m drunk. I’m not, in fact, but it just feels that way. It’s felt that way for the past two months because simply put, the past two months do not seem like they ever happened. Still following?
Case and point: The Stanley Cup will be present at the TD Garden on Monday night. Should the Vancouver Canucks win Game 6 against the Boston Bruins, the red carpet will be rolled out along with Gary Bettman entering to a resounding round of boos to present hockey’s most holiest of grails to captain Henrik Sedin, insert more jeers here. Best case scenario for many: the Bruins bounce back and force a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Vancouver on Wednesday night and still, that’s absolutely frightening.
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals ended up being what any hockey fan had hoped it would be. It was a well-played game with a ton of offensive chances, some spectacular physicality, and some of the best goaltending that we are likely to see in these playoffs. Tim Thomas and ...
Andrew Knoll powers through Wednesday’s goaltending duel.
VANCOUVER – For 59 minutes and 42 seconds, Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was a nail-biter. Leave it to Alex Burrows to take it even further than that. Raffi Torres’ goal with 18 seconds left was the only tally on the night, but afterwards Patrice Bergeron and the Bruins were still ticked off ...
