Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Torrey Mitchell: San Jose’s New ‘G.I. Joes’ Walter McLaughlin | December 18, 2011 It’s a popular misconception that NHL head coaches spend the majority of their time diagramming and implementing X’s and O’s. In actuality, they are mad scientists, performing chemistry experiments in…
Joe Thornton’s Offense Becoming Jumbo-Sized Walter McLaughlin | November 8, 2011 Maybe Joe Thornton reads The Hockey Writers. On August 9th, I wrote an article entitled “Joey the Kid Needs Six Shooter to Tame the Wild, Wild West”. The piece postulated…
Nostradamus Redux: Sharks Embark on League-Best Five Game Winning Streak Walter McLaughlin | October 30, 2011 Turning the wrong direction from Husky Stadium toward our hotel last night and adding more than two miles to our walk made the phrase “Dad’s always right” ring particularly hollow…
Are the Coyotes Right to Deny Kyle Turris’ Trade Request? James Neveau | October 27, 2011 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Correspondent Throughout the history of professional sports, scores of athletes have demanded trades from their respective teams, and the responses that those clubs have given vary…
Five Reasons the Sharks Have Started Slowly — and Five Reasons Not to Worry About It Walter McLaughlin | October 21, 2011 It is way too early for this article. Only in Columbus are they about ready to jump off the Main Street Bridge and into the Scioto River due to their…
Nash, Datsyuk, Gaborik to have Career Years in 2011-2012? Andrew Johnson | September 28, 2011 With the start of the NHL regular season approaching rapidly, much speculation has been doled out regarding what’s to come in the year ahead. While predicting the future is impossible,…
‘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…
Hurricanes’ Standout Skinner Earns Calder Nomination James Conley | April 19, 2011 The Carolina Hurricanes missed the postseason by the slimmest of margins a few weeks ago, but have to feel good about their chances going forward with rookie of the year…
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…
