Fantasy Chutes And Ladders: A Spooky Edition Chris Wassel | November 1, 2011 Welcome to our “Halloween Edition” on The Hockey Writers kindly dubbed “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can be a lot like the original…
SVT: Renberg Never Asked For Day Off For Alumni Game Justin Johnson | October 29, 2011 Will the Legion of Doom reunion at the Winter Classic Alumni Game be squashed by a work conflict? After all of the speculation and drama, it looks like that might…
A historical review of eye injuries in the NHL Tom Yawney | October 27, 2011 Eliminating headshots has been a dominant theme in the NHL for the past eighteen months, and while the debate rages on, there are other issues that have gone largely unnoticed.…
Will Jody Shelley Become the Odd Man Out in Philadelphia? Ed Miller | October 25, 2011 It’s no big surprise that the Philadelphia Flyers are right up against the salary cap, since that has normally been the case since General Manager Paul Holmgren took over for…
Mandating Visors Should Be Discussed After Pronger Injury Andrew Sykes | October 25, 2011 To quote Jeremy Roenick, “NHL wake up.” As backwards as the National Hockey League is by still allowing fighting, the allowance of giving players the option to choose the wearing…
Fantasy Chutes And Ladders Week Dos! Chris Wassel | October 25, 2011 Welcome to Part Deux on The Hockey Writers kindly dubbed “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can be a lot like the original Milton…
Caps 7-0 Start Means More Than the Record Angie Lewis | October 24, 2011 Call it what you want, but the Caps at 7-0 matters. The argument stands that Washington can go 82-0 and it wouldn’t matter because of their postseason history. However, the point…
Draft Class of 2011 Already Looking Good James Phieffer | October 21, 2011 By James Phieffer With the new NHL season underway, and all teams now having played a few games, it is interesting to see six of this past draft’s top picks…
Flyers Lack Discipline, Fall to Capitals 5-2 Justin Johnson | October 20, 2011 In the most anticipated game of the young season for the Flyers, they started off with a really nice effort against the 5-0-0 (now 6-0-0) Washington Capitals. The exception to…
Flyers Crush Senators in Ottawa 7-2 As Team’s Youth Breaks Out Justin Johnson | October 19, 2011 The Flyers tonight did something they haven’t done recently. Have a good game against the Ottawa Senators while playing in Kanata, Ontario. The Flyers not only won but won big…
Interview With Eric Lindros On His Career, Concussions, Winter Classic Reunion Rumors, More Justin Johnson | October 17, 2011 Once every decade or so a player comes along from juniors and leaps into the NHL with the expectation that he’s going to be a truly special player. A player…
Fantasy Hockey Chutes And Ladders Week 1 Chris Wassel | October 17, 2011 Welcome to our debut column here on The Hockey Writers kindly dubbed “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can be a lot like the…