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Sober Second Thoughts; Fleury's New Contract
November 11th, 2014 We've all had a fair amount of time to digest the contract extension the Pittsburgh Penguins signed Marc-Andre Fleury to last week. Reactions are varied and by large very polarized. Depending upon which side of the fence you lay claim to, he's the anchor upon which the Penguins playoff hopes are latched to or an average goaltender that's...
Hurricanes Rebuild a Long Time Coming
November 9th, 2014 As intentionally bad as the Buffalo Sabres are, they're struggling to keep their inter-divisional rivals in the Connor McDavid sweepstakes at bay. This is problematic for the Carolina Hurricanes for a number of reasons, but most evidently because they entered this season with no intentions of racing to the bottom. A new and yet all-so...
The Illusion of Effort
October 28th, 2014 The NHL is a league of have and have nots. Some teams haven't the financial capacity to keep up with their competitors in the annual free agency drive. This can have a compounding effect on attempted transactions in any given off-season. Whether Team-X can keep up with the established financial juggernauts, it often matters not. Why is...
The World's Not Ending Yet, Avs Fans
October 13th, 2014 Many were quick to write off the Colorado Avalanche's season before the puck had so much as dropped on it. Count myself among them. Reactions varied, but were generally drawn upon the side of the interpreting persons stance on analytics and the role they play in hockey. For those opposed to these #fancy new numbers and their application...
Goaltenders Primed to Take the Reins at Starter
September 24th, 2014 There isn't a position in the NHL less predictable than goaltending. The variance in year-to-year save percentage is just astonishing. It's what makes even the most predictably average of goaltenders, like Jaroslav Halak, Brian Elliott, Kari Lehtonen and Ryan Miller such rare - if unexceptional - commodities. They're not going to be...
The Calgary Flames Are Quietly Having a Great Summer
August 25th, 2014 It's been a long time since the hockey community could look at anything the Calgary Flames did without a great deal of confusion. Nearly four years of counter-intuitive decisions from the former general manager, Jay Feaster, left this club in a constant state of disarray and identity crisis. The standings continued to echo the most...
