Steven Ives
Writer/lunatic, hockey columnist, mlb.com, aspiring cryptozoologist, estrogen addict, patron saint of vertigo, unintentional ghost hunter. Brooklyn, New York
Author's Posts
Grading The 2013 NHL Draft On A Curve: Division B
July 4th, 2013 As a hockey writer, I have to start off by saying that my experience at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in New Jersey was simply incredible. Fortunate enough to be sitting in the VIP section (thanks Ron Ryan!), I found there is nothing which compares being seated among kids hearing their names called by NHL teams, seeing the joy on the faces...
Grading The 2013 NHL Draft On A Curve: Division A
July 3rd, 2013 As a hockey writer, I have to start off by saying that my experience at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in New Jersey was simply incredible. Fortunate enough to be sitting in the VIP section (thanks Ron Ryan!), I found there is nothing which compares being seated among kids hearing their names called by NHL teams, seeing the joy on the...
Ives' Mock-able Two-Round 2013 NHL Mock Draft
June 27th, 2013 Why oh why do we do it? Every NHL mock draft you read is inevitably followed by a host of comments ridiculing the mock-drafter. Or, in the case of Toronto Maple Leafs fans, cursing the future progeny of the mock-drafter. "There's no way we would draft so-and-so 21st overall, you moron!" they write venomously. "A pox on...
Sharpening The Sabres: An Open Letter To Darcy Regier
June 6th, 2013 The Terry Pegula Era has not exactly busted in with wild success. After missing the playoffs for two consecutive years, the Buffalo Sabres find themselves at a crossroads. During a disastrous 2013 campaign, the Sabres fired Lindy Ruff, at the time the longest tenured head coach in the NHL. Another playoff miss next year could cost...
Are The Devils Looking To Trade Up At The Draft?
May 19th, 2013 New Jersey Devils mastermind/General Manager Lou Lamoriello is not getting any younger. Though it may be hard for us to envision due to the fact that none of us remember him as ever having any hair, the fact is he has not stayed the same age during his wildly successful quarter-century decade reign which has seen the Devils transform...
Colorado, NHL Soon To Become Jones' Towns
May 2nd, 2013 All true hockey fans have by now heard of Seth Jones. The young defenseman has rocketed up to the top of every major hockey scouting services' rankings for the 2013 NHL entry draft. His skating ability and athleticism are positively electric, uncannily belying his tremendous size at 6'4" 210 (and possibly not done growing). His...
