All Entries Tagged With: "Stevens"
Kings’ Willie Mitchell on his past, present and future
Willie Mitchell has already revisited his past once this season and he’ll be doing in again on Tuesday night when the New Jersey Devils come to Staples Center in LA. “Where it all started. That’s the first thing I think about when it comes to playing the Devils,” the 10-year NHL veteran said. “It doesn’t [...]
Lemieux also spoke out in 1992. NHL dithered and responded – in 2005.
For writers covering the Pittsburgh Penguins, a week that saw the club play just twice gave ample opportunity to ruminate over the reaction (overwhelmingly negative) from the hockey world in response to team co-owner Mario Lemieux’s statement on the events of February 11. That night, the Islanders took every opportunity to fight the Penguins in a game featuring [...]
Rain check: A flood of memories before the Winter Classic
In less than an hour, all the hype, all the peripheral events, all the concerns about Amazonian weather in January will melt away and the focus will be on hockey only and the NHL’s version of the Super Bowl. Finally tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins will host the Washington Capitals at Heinz Field for the Winter Classic. [...]
Room for Bullard or Caufield on Penguins “All-Time Team”?
Sidney Crosby celebrated his 23rd birthday today and there is no doubt that one day when he celebrates a birthday in his mid-40s, the Penguins will place him on a future version of their All-Time Team. Yesterday morning, as part of continuing opening festivities at the Consol Energy Center, the new arena of the Penguins, the hockey club [...]
John Stevens’ Inglorious Exit
Stevens’ dismissal was inevitable, but hardly unexpected.
Communication Breakdown?
Communication Breakdown, it’s always the same…Having a nervous breakdown, could drive you insane -Led Zeppelin(or some old obscure blues player that they stole it off of) Listening to some of the comments following the Flyers 4-0 loss to the Leafs in London, Ontario, one could get the feeling that Flyers GM Paul Holmgren and head [...]
Lineup Roulette
The Flyers have looked discombobulated, for lack of a better word, this preseason. Part of that was the short amount of time before they started playing games, and part of it is the integration of the new faces. I am a bit surprised at the process the coaching staff has used to do the latter, [...]