All Entries Tagged With: "Brett Hull"
Five Reasons Why the Red Wings Will Win the Stanley Cup
For a franchise record 21st consecutive season, the Detroit Red Wings will enter the postseason vying for the Holy Grail which is Lord Stanley’s Cup. The way that the NHL is structured, it is a huge accomplishment, especially being one of two teams to make it to the playoffs every year in the post-lockout era. [...]
Stevie Y Makes His Mark: Drafts Connolly With Sixth Pick
The Tampa Bay Lightning went against convention and drafted forward Brett Connolly with the sixth pick of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. GM Steve Yzerman chose the talented scorer despite highly rated defensemen Cam Fowler and Brandon Gormley still being available. Many of the “experts” assumed the Bolts would pick a defenseman if one of [...]
Hockey Hall of Fame: The Case For Andreychuk
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s only Stanley Cup captain, Dave Andreychuk will find out today if he is a Hall of Famer. Others considered top candidates for induction: Joe Nieuwendyk, Doug Gilmour, Adam Oates, Eric Lindros, Alexander Mogilny, Dino Ciccarelli, Pierre Turgeon and Pavel Bure. After missing out in his first year of eligibility last year [...]
Gretzky, Hull and Modano excited to begin series of bitter, acrimonious disputes.
In a surprise development today, former NHL greats Wayne Gretzky and Brett Hull and current NHL ‘pretty decent’ Mike Modano have announced plans to cast aside years of friendship and mutual respect. The plan, which involves the purchase of the troubled Dallas Stars NHL franchise, is a perfect storm of fiscal instability, conflict of interest and general inexperience.
Save the Hate, Remember the Past and Enjoy Today
The Blackhawks have done what many thought was highly unlikely and now the skepticism will begin. There will be much written as to how next year’s team will a have a talent level far below the current group. Some will say the Hawks will probably have to trade some very good players to solve their [...]
New Kids In The Hall
Hey puckheads! I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Hockey Hall of Fame Induction weekend. This was a special occasion for me because of the Red Wing flavor of the proceedings. Although I am firmly entrenched in tropical Tampa Bay, I am a native Detroiter and a lifelong Wings fan. So after a [...]
Is It Time For The NHL To Review How Penalties Are Called?
Is it time the NHL uses video replay to help determine whether black-and-white penalties (delay of game, for example) are in fact penalties?
Can Alex Ovechkin Score 50 Goals in 50 Games?
Ovechkin has scored 233 goals in 328 games and has broken the 50 goal marker 3 times in his first 4 seasons. Off to the hottest start of his career with 14 goals in 14 games, is it time to start wondering if the NHL’s leading goal scorer since the lockout can reach the daunted 50 in 50 milestone?
