Movie Review: Goon Peter Harling | February 24, 2012 There are plenty of classic sports movies. Rudy, Field of Dreams, Hoosiers and Rocky are some of the best of all-time. When it comes to hockey movies, none have been…
Greetings From Smashville! With Three You Get Eggroll Edition Jas Faulkner | February 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s Friday! Grimm day! (Oh, wait. That’s on NBC. It will inevitably be preempted by reruns of The Voice or scooted to 2am on Sunday…
The Tweet Sheet – Feb. 22 Dustin Twin | February 22, 2012 Welcome to the first instalment of ‘The Tweet Sheet’ where we follow your favorite players, broadcasters, journalists, and the occasional unruly fan who are all tweeting about hockey. Are you…
Greetings From Smashville! “Is that a Warrior Stick or are you happy to see me?” Edition Jas Faulkner | February 17, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Another week, another five days of unseasonably warm weather broken up by a day or two of lightly iced car windows and dealing with that…
Top Ten Reasons to be Optimistic About Scott Gomez K. Ross Read | February 16, 2012 Winston Churchill once said that a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, while an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. It’s no secret that Habs’ fans have…
Greetings From Smashville! TGIF Edition Jas Faulkner | February 10, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Next week will be better. Not that the past week was entirely grim. The Predators had a very good night at home entertaining St. Louis.…
10 Reasons Why the Tampa Bay Lightning are Better than the Florida Panthers Brent Lemon | February 9, 2012 With their final regular season meeting now behind them, it’s fair to say that the Tampa Bay Lightning embarrassed their cross-state rivals in 2011-12. The Bolts posted a 4-1-1 record…
San Jose’s Second-Half Center of Attention: Jumbo Joe Walter McLaughlin | February 8, 2012 It would be like trying to flog a dead horse — John Bright You miss 100% of the shots you never take — Wayne Gretzky To paraphrase Frasier on Cheers…
Greetings From Smashville! (Who Dat Streakin’? Edition) Jas Faulkner | February 3, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Does anyone know what week it is? Does anyone really care? The ASGs are behind us and we are now headed to the first trade…
The Top 10 Sweetest Flows in the NHL Joseph Wakeford | February 2, 2012 It’s a well-known fact that having an amazing flow can take any hockey player’s game to unparalleled levels. By flow, of course I am referring to a great head of…
Nashville: The Boys From Beulah Land March to the Playoffs Jas Faulkner | January 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent Watching the Predators work their way through a set list of conference rivals is a bit like watching the prettiest girl at the cotillion razor…
Batman, Superman and Wolverine Walk Into A Bar… Jas Faulkner | January 14, 2012 commentary by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent author’s note: Sticktaps to Charlie Jones for catching the SNAFU regarding the illustrations. Believe it or not, I can tell Paul Kariya and Ryan…