Posts About "Don Cherry"
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Matthews, Kapanen, Cherry, Marlies, Marner
July 10th, 2019 As the Mitch Marner sign-or-leave-town drama continues, the Toronto Maple Leafs remain in the news. General manager Kyle Dubas has made astute trades to create salary-cap space and has, at the same time, taken steps to remake and improve the team. The defense looks to be vastly better with the addition of Alex Kerfoot from the...
Don Cherry for the Hockey Hall of Fame
June 28th, 2019 With this week’s announcement of the 2019 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, once again the time has come for the usual complaints regarding who got in, who was snubbed, who was snubbed yet again, and who will be eligible for first-time consideration when next year’s selection process begins. While finding fault with one or more of...
Maple Leafs' Nikita Zaitsev Calls Don Cherry a Clown: Is He Right?
June 5th, 2019 In an interview published in Russian a couple of weeks ago, but just this week coming to light, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Nikita Zaitsev went off on his time playing in Toronto and how he didn’t like how coach Mike Babcock used him. For good measure, he added critical commentary about the team’s defense, and then reviewed...
Hurricanes Owe McElhinney Another Shot in Net
May 18th, 2019 It should be an easy decision for the Carolina Hurricanes. Statistically speaking, they barely got adequate goaltending from Petr Mrazek in the playoffs. Curtis McElhinney showed better results in relief. With both slated to become unrestricted free agents, if they have to choose one, go with McElhinney, right? Right. McElhinney's...
Off the Crossbar: Cherry Secretly Working with Hurricanes Marketing
May 10th, 2019 After an exhaustive and lengthy investigation, sources have confirmed that Don Cherry, co-host of the popular “Coach's Corner” segment on Hockey Night in Canada, has been secretly working for the Carolina Hurricanes in a promotions/marketing role. Given Cherry's love affair for tough guys, parties close to the source wish to remain...
Hurricanes Let 'Jerk' Fans Wear Cherry's Words
February 19th, 2019 By now, the hockey universe has heard, seen or read about Don Cherry's rant wherein he railed against the Carolina Hurricanes' home win celebrations. In case you missed it, The Athletic has a transcript: “This is the National Hockey League. These guys, to me, are jerks. They’re still not drawing (fans). I’ll tell you one thing,...
