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Posts About "Brian McGrattan"

McGrattan Departure a Knockout Blow for Nottingham Panthers?

McGrattan Departure a Knockout Blow for Nottingham Panthers?

June 12th, 2017 With a simple, almost sparse, 10 word tweet the Nottingham Panthers announced that former NHLer Brian McGrattan will not be returning to the club next season. https://twitter.com/PanthersIHC/status/873143657485942784 If I'm honest, I don't think this has come as much of a surprise to anyone in Nottingham. Despite being half way...
Brian McGrattan: The Purge on Ice

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

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

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

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

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

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...
NHL Rumors Galore part 2

NHL Rumors Galore part 2

January 18th, 2012 With only 5 weeks before the February 27 NHL trade deadline, rumors are swirling all over the Internet, and especially on Twitter, as fake insiders try to get the attention of hockey fans by spreading out false trade rumors. I will try to dissect some of the hottest rumors and tell you which players are likely available. Yesterday I had...
Flames Status Report – Monitoring 10 Burning Questions

Flames Status Report – Monitoring 10 Burning Questions

December 8th, 2009 Without a doubt, one of the best off-season signings in the NHL, Brent Sutter may not be amongst the 20 see the ice game-day, but his impact is evident game in and game out.
Brian McGrattan Impersonates Gordie Howe

Brian McGrattan Impersonates Gordie Howe

October 17th, 2009 A most unlikely achiever of the Gordie Howe hat-trick, for a guy who's off to a most unusual start with his new club, the Calgary Flames. The Flames shiny new enforcer, Brian McGrattan turned the trick in last night's 5-3 victory over archrival Vancouver Canucks. He now has 3 points through 3 games with the Flames.   For a couple...

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