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• it would be….

  Nathan McIver of all the Ducks scored just :22 seconds into overtime as the Ducks rip one from the Canucks at GM Place. Not only that, but New York Ranger Markus Naslund opened the NHL season scoring in Prague, was first star and had an assist in the second game as the Rangers start [...]

• Hockey Night in Europe

  Ahhhhh, it’s the start of the 2008-09 NHL season, and you know what that means, beer, your favourite easy chair, and of course Hockey Night in Canada. So what if its Monday morning, that’s right, kick off your shoes, put your feet up, lean back and set up your weekly lineup before you start another week of work After [...]

• TMLForum Is Ripping Me Off?

  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  I don’t really mind if people read my blog, or link to it elsewhere… actually I’m quite glad if they do since it means I’m talking to someone other than myself. I don’t approve of blatant plagiarism though.  Which brings me to TMLForum poster Stephen Harper… I mean NAFFAEL, [...]

• Islanders Preview: Optimism Overides Fear Of The Inevitable

  Hey everyone. Sorry I disappeared for six weeks, but there wasn’t a hell of a lot to report and my job took over my life. I’m back for good now that the season starts Friday night at New Jersey. OK, like you I’ve read the prognostications for the upcoming season. THN picked the Islanders 15th out [...]

• Decision Department, Room 1011

  With only a handful of games to play in the preseason and the Coyotes wrapping up their schedule with a 5-2 victory against the Kings, our eyes start to gleam in the preparation of the games that count. For the most part, the rosters are set. Kevin Porter is giving Wayne Gretzky all he can [...]

• Update - Oct 5 - Pre-season nearing end

  As I sit here watching the Sabres play their final pre-season game, a few comments on the pre-season: I generally hold very little import to the pre-season record, but was a bit disturbed by the lack of scoring punch they have shown, but the columbus game made me feel a little better. I expect better defensive [...]

• Why Not Take A Flyer On Alex Henry? - Howard Berger Swipes Again

  If the Leafs are hoping to add a tough guy to the lineup, they might want to think about grabbing Alex Henry off the waiver wire, where he was placed this afternoon by the Montreal Canadiens.  He’s a tough customer with size, standing 6′5″ and 220 lbs.  He’s gone toe to toe with some of [...]

• Phoenix Coyotes

  The Desert Dogs of old were a complete joke. A complete country club team that didn’t hold any high regards in proper team building or hiring the right personnel. Now that there’s a new management in place, the Coyotes have made strides and have really become one of the West’s dark horses. Bringing in Olli Jokinen [...]

• An Experiment I'd Like To See

  There’s only 1 game left in the preseason, but one line combination we have yet to see, that I think might make some sense is the following: Mark Bell-Nik Antropov-Alexei Ponikarovsky.  The three have size, skill, and a similar pace to their game.  While Bell is not the second coming of Mats Sundin, he does [...]

• Sunday morning armchair

  welcome back to the hockey season!  CBC called it a “Premiere Weekend”.  i actually missed the beginning of the season simply by running out for coffee with my dear wife and then by reffing a football game in the afternoon.  in truth i was only able to see the last period of the Rangers/Lightning game [...]

• Dissapointing Loss In The Desert

  Kings lost to the Pheonix Coyotes tonight at the Jobing.com arena in Glendale, Arizona 5-2. Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar had the Kings’ goals, while Phoenix got 2 from Steve Reinprecht and one each from Kevin Porter, Viktor Tikhonov and Shane Doan. Jonathan Quick had a less than stellar performance tonight, allowing 4 goals on [...]

• Thoughts…

  - Mike Smith proved that he can handle the load. And it also proved that the Lightning need more time to gel together, after their choppy game. Speaking of turnovers, Andrej Meszaros played one of his more subpar games. I still question whether or not he deserves the ‘A’. The Lightning couldn’t get anything going, [...]

• Patience required for Latendresse and Pacioretty

  The singular story of training camp for the Canadiens, has been the play of 19 year old Max Pacioretty. A first round 2007 draft pick, Pacioretty has attracted the attention of the fans and the media with dominant preseason performances. MaxPac’s game, a hybrid of power and finesse, has cause observers to annoit him a [...]

• Philadelphia Flyers

  “Back With A Vengeance.” That’s what the Flyers’ official website promised and the Flyers certainly delivered. One year after finish in the league cellar the Flyers came back with a vengeance, advancing to the third round. The team made a complete turnaround from their god-awful season, and the Flyers are going to prove this season [...]

• Is Preseason a prelude to regular season?

  The Chicago Blackhawks are currently a very solid 4-1-1 in the preseason so far with 2 games left to go. While one should never put too much stock into preseason games, the positives that can come out of it are definitely worth savoring. Thursday night the Hawks played a heck of a game against the [...]

• Ottawa Senators

  No other team in the NHL teeters as much as the Sens on being a Cup contender or just merely a playoff contender. The Sens are talented, but asides from their top players the rest of the roster looks rather average, and once again, because they failed to add some much needed scoring depth, will [...]

• Great Expectations

  “I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.” - Quentin Tarantino Happy Friday everyone. For many of you this is the last day of the work week, or even better, the first day of the weekend. For me, it’s NHL season Eve, the day before the real fun begins [...]

• More Roster Moves

  Kings signed goaltender Martin Jones to a 3 year entry level contract and returned him to Calgary of the WHL. The club also assigned defenseman Viatcheslav Voynoy and center David Meckler to Manchester of the AHL, as well as defensemen Joe Piskula and Davis Drewiske. John Zeiler was also placed on injured reserve. SOURCE -JS

• Captains

  Much ado has been made about the Canucks making Roberto Luongo their captain. The move was very surprising, considering goalies are not allowed to wear the traditional ‘C’ on their jersey and there hasn’t been a goalie captain since Bill Durnan in the 1940s. One of the reasons it became illegal was because of the [...]

• some competition

  In a bold move, the Vancouver Canucks shocked the hockey world by naming Roberto Luongo captain of the club. I will not spend a lot of time on this, because despite the fact that some real heartfelt hockey people feel it is wrong and a number of others are polarized the other, results are [...]