Jordin Tootoo Archives

Red Wings Off-Season: I Give Them an A

Damian Leach | October 29, 2012

Many adjectives have been used to describe the Detroit Red Wings off-season disastrous, disappointing, sub-par unproductive, ineffective, fruitless – the list can go on and on. For such a storied…

Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Magickal Hockey Poppets Edition

Jas Faulkner | August 27, 2012

A recent story by Ben Sumner of Caps Outsider revealed that it’s not just frosty Russian beauties and GMs who find Alexander Ovechkin cuddly. A toddler decided her best buddy Ovi was the perfect companion for a brief hospital stay. It seems that Ovi, or at least his Bleacher Creature counterpart, may have a soothing effect on little ones. Not too long after the story appeared, someone added a comment that their nineteen-month-old son cuddled a stuffed Ovi while recovering from heart surgery.

Red Wings Sign Familiar Faces Samuelsson, Tootoo; Trade Coming?

Andrew Johnson | July 1, 2012

As Sunday’s “free agent frenzy” dwindled the Detroit Red Wings decided to liven things up a bit, making two rapid fire signings that took Hockeytown by surprise, the first of…

Dispatches From Planet Hockey: The “Do I feel a Draft?” Edition

Jas Faulkner | June 24, 2012

by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s Sunday. For some, this means a day of rest. For those who have been busy scribbling down notes, tweeting their whereabouts to readers and…

Who Will Capture the Masterton Trophy?

Lukas Hardonk | April 23, 2012

The time has come for the National Hockey League to announce the finalists for each individual award, with Adam Henrique, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Gabriel Landeskog already having been named the final three up for the honours of the Calder Trophy, David Backes, Patrice Bergeron and Pavel Datsyuk up for the Selke Trophy, and Brian Campbell, Jordan Eberle and Matt Moulson up for the Lady Byng Trophy

The Complete Twitter Guide To The Detroit Red Wings

Andrew Johnson | March 23, 2012

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 6 years, you’ve heard of, and are likely on, the social networking service known as Twitter. As the popularity of…

The 10 Most Offensively Gifted Enforcers in the NHL

The Hockey Writers | March 21, 2012

An enforcer in hockey is defined as a player whose role on a team is to respond physically and aggressively to unwarranted play by the opponents, usually by challenging the…

Jordin Tootoo: The Resurrection

Dustin Twin | March 3, 2012

Resurrection: The act of bringing back to practice, notice, or use; revival. Jordin Tootoo is back to practice, he is back to being noticed, and back to being a really useful guy…

Nashville Predators Wheeling and Dealing at Deadline

Jeff Ponder | February 27, 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,…

The Problem with Mandatory Visors in the NHL

George Scoville | October 28, 2011

As the controversial debate over mandatory visors in the NHL continues to build steam, a new paper from Alberto Chong (George Washington University, Washington) and Pascal Restrepo (Massachusetts Institute of…

Previewing the Nashville Predators Opening Night Roster: Forwards

Josh Farrar | October 6, 2011

Yesterday I previewed the defense and goaltenders, and on the eve of the Preds season opener tomorrow night in Columbus, it’s time to preview the most scrutinized and criticized group…

Jordin Tootoo’s Season of High Expectations

George Scoville | September 29, 2011

When Nashville Predators winger Jordin Tootoo voluntarily entered the NHL’s substance abuse program last year, missing 23 games of the 2010-2011 season, this writer feared the worst. After spending several…