Posts About "Tom Sestito"
Malkin, Sestito & "The Code"
March 9th, 2017 Fighting in hockey and the enforcer mentality, in general, is a highly debated topic these days. Not only are fanbases split almost directly down the middle, NHL teams are as well. The Pittsburgh Penguins are a great example of a group who left the old school outlook on toughness behind to build a team that could compete in today's NHL....
Penguins’ Free Agency Update
July 1st, 2016 Prior to the start of free agency, the Penguins re-signed Tom Sestito and Steve Oleksy. The Oleksy deal, a one-year, two-way contract for $575k, keeps a decent right-handed defenseman in the organization. I do like this depth signing, which likely further limits anything else that Jim Rutherford might do today. As @fantabulous937...
Tom Sestito Could Help the Penguins Win the Series
May 4th, 2016 Hockey today is a lot different from what it used to be 30 years ago. It has even changed a lot over the course of the last five years. Fights have plummeted, there are less incidents requiring the league to engage supplemental discipline and the enforcer type-of-hockey-player is a threatened species, a dinosaur from the olden days. Tom...
Penguins: Was Playing Matt Murray Worth the Risk?
April 9th, 2016 The Pittsburgh Penguins played a meaningless game on Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers. Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang were rightly kept out of the game to avoid the risk of injury. Penguins’ Coach Mike Sullivan decided to play goalie Matt Murray rather than sit him in favor of Jeff Zatkoff who normally sits third on the depth...
Penguins Give Tom Sestito PTO
August 26th, 2015 The Pittsburgh Penguins have given former Vancouver Canucks enforcer Tom Sestito a professional tryout contract (PTO) to attend Penguins camp and vie for a roster spot with the club, the team announced on Wednesday. Sestito had a tumultuous 2014-15 season, frequently being in the news as a player the Vancouver Canucks were openly...
Hockey News: Tarasenko Dazzles in Blues Victory
November 4th, 2014 The NHL took a little bit of a breather on Monday night with just one game on the schedule. After a real busy weekend it was kind of nice to just have one game to keep track of, and what a game it was. It featured two playoff teams from a year ago and needed a shootout to decide the victor. Tarasenko Carries Blues Past...
Canucks Corner - Week 4 Review
October 27th, 2013 The longest road trip for the Vancouver Canucks is over. Who would've thought that they would finish on the road with five wins out of seven games? The support on the twitter-verse is mostly positive this week, albeit hilarious. Canucks are third in overall league standings in the first month of the season?! This is lovely,...
Canucks Corner - Week 1 Review
October 7th, 2013 The results are mixed but that's to be expected with a team under a new head coach & his coaching system, comprised of a few new players that has to integrate with the veterans in that new system, and having to deal an ongoing but nagging distraction (the goaltending saga) that could & should be put to rest once and for...
Jay Rosehill: Philadelphia’s Newest Bully
April 3rd, 2013 With the trade deadline looming, various rumors have circulated around the Philadelphia Flyers and whether the team will be buyers or sellers on April 3. It remains to be seen if the Flyers will make any sort of splash during what has already been a busy week of wheeling-and-dealing, though the team did make a minor trade on Monday,...
Fixing The Flyers Offense - Trade Candidates
February 6th, 2013 There’s already some murmuring about going after another forward to fill in for Scott Hartnell/Wayne Simmonds. A top six forward is always a welcome addition, but those don’t come cheap. Looking at the list of potential targets that Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer provided, there’s no doubt that their...
The Big 5-0: Andre Deveaux's Golden Misconduct Jubilee
November 1st, 2012 On 28 October 2012 in a game against the Rockford Icehogs, San Antonio Rampage center Andre Deveaux reached a unique hockey milestone: He was assessed his 50th American Hockey League misconduct. It's a dubious honor for arguably the dirtiest player in the AHL. With his fifth AHL team in nine years, Deveaux's historical baggage...
Boston Bruins Weekend Clinching Scenarios and Notes
March 31st, 2012 By Bob Mand, Contributing Editor Thanks to Sid the Kid and the Pens, the Boston Bruins clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs Friday night. The Sabres loss to Pittsburgh at home sealed the deal and put the B’s back into the postseason for the fifth straight year. The B's still haven't sewn up the Northeast Division crown...
