Opening Week Evaluation: The Blackhawks Got Game Cheryl Adams | October 18, 2011 The Chicago Blackhawks are off to a 2-1-1 record in their first four games. The season is still young, but there are, naturally, fans out there fretting about early-season injuries…
Hiller, Macenauer and Parros’ Mustache Top Sharks, 1-0 Walter McLaughlin | October 15, 2011 Something that quacks, waddles and eats bugs for breakfast isn’t typically considered more physical than a ferocious animal that devours said creature for its breakfast. And yet, on Friday night…
‘Joey the Kid’ Needs Six Shooter for Sharks to Tame the Wild, Wild West Walter McLaughlin | August 9, 2011 Back when the western portion of eastern Canada was young, there was a big kid straight out of the frozen, blustery plains of Ontario. At 6’4″ and well over 200…
Center of Attention: Five Changes I’d Make to Sam McCaig’s Top-25 Centers James Neveau | July 26, 2011 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Correspondent With the dearth of NHL activities during the dog days of summer, some writers are turning to the tried and true method of generating lists…
2011 Draft Day Trade: The Sharks That Jumped Walter McLaughlin | June 29, 2011 When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened — John…
San Jose Sharks’ Left and Right Wing Leanings in the 2011 Draft Walter McLaughlin | June 19, 2011 Say what? The San Jose Sharks, a team that has advanced to the Western Conference Finals two years in a row and armed to their razor-sharp teeth with elite snipers…
Can A Team Win With Dany Heatley? Tim Kolupanowich | May 24, 2011 Joe Thornton has taken a lot of heat from playoff failures in the past, both in San Jose and Boston. His inability to score (he failed to record a single point…
Round One: Royal Jelly Walter McLaughlin | April 12, 2011 Before you say anything, there really is such a thing. From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: a highly nutritious secretion of the pharyngeal glands of the honeybee that is fed to the…
Are the Sharks Ready to Erase Their Playoff Misfortunes? James Neveau | April 6, 2011 Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent On January 13th, the San Jose Sharks were a team whose trends were all pointing in a downward direction. They were sitting with a record of…
What makes a Hall of Famer? A Flames case study Ryan Pike | March 25, 2011 As the National Hockey League season progresses towards its conclusion – and the Calgary Flames playoff hopes diminish – one aspect of the season that may fly under the radar…
NHL Power Rankings, February 14 Steve Kendall | February 14, 2011 NHL Power Rankings, February 14 In the spirit of the Hallmark-created holiday of St. Valentine’s Day, this week we take a look at what I love about each of the…
Jordan Staal Gets Match Penalty for Sucker Punch Mike Colligan | February 1, 2011 Late in the second period of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ battle with the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, Jordan Staal charged into a scrum and landed a blindside punch on…