Posts About "Brian McGrattan"
Brian McGrattan: The Purge on Ice
March 23rd, 2017 The NHL playoffs will soon be upon us; the league will celebrate its most exciting phase of the season. But is there a widespread concern that the game's decline in enforcers could undermine the season’s greatest spectacle? In the 2013 American dystopian horror movie, The Purge, a far-right political party is voted into...
Looking Back at Former Flames Face-Punchers
January 27th, 2016 John Scott, one of the NHL’s last pure enforcers, is set to suit up this weekend and captain the Pacific squad at the NHL All-Star game. Scott is one of only a handful of players left in the NHL whose career revolves around the damage he can do with his fists and his imposing 6’8”, 255-pound figure. He is the last of a dying breed...
Hockey Headlines: Latest News on the Habs, Oilers and More
January 20th, 2016 A collection of the latest news from around the world of hockey: Cam Ward has been sidelined with a concussion. It's hard to blame a loss on one player in a team sport such as hockey, but Anders Nilsson's brain fart may have very well cost the Oilers a point. Is it time to give Laurent Brossoit a shot at back-up duty? Do...
Death and Rebirth of an NHL Tough Guy
January 13th, 2015 Fan Favourite Falls Out of Favour What is this a funeral?! A lot of media and fans have been circling like vultures looking to dive bomb in with their analysis and/or condolences over the demotion of Calgary Flames tough guy Brian McGrattan to the AHL. The game has changed, they say. Tough guy are no longer needed. Fans are...
Benefits Of The NHL Bromance
September 11th, 2014 Sidney Crosby had Mario Lemieux. Steven Stamkos had Martin St. Louis. Erik Karlsson had Daniel Alfredsson. There's no doubt that having a mentor on their team fine-tunes a young player's development like nothing else. And with so many skilled veterans and great players in the league today, NHL rookies have no shortage of talent to look...
Nashville Predators Wheeling and Dealing at Deadline
February 27th, 2012 If you were Predators GM David Poile, you would have a sense of urgency too. The Predators were arguably the biggest buyers at the seemingly quiet NHL trade deadline today, bringing in forwards Paul Gaustad and Andrei Kostitsyn in two separate deals. Kostitsyn was acquired from Montreal in what was the first announced trade of...
