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I’m a few weeks behind on some hockey-related podcasts, so I’m going through all the discussion of the Sidney Crosby debacle. I want to know what qualifies sports media pundits to assess or speculate as to the nature or origin of very intricate head injuries. I do not want Glen Healy analyzing my fantasy lineup, . . . → Read More: Everyone’s a Doctor The Oilers continued the league-wide initiative to ensure I won’t miss any interesting hockey happenings while at work on Monday by agreeing on a new contract with forward Ales Hemsky. I’ve never seen such division over a contract signing on Twitter. Here’s my summary of the various sides. Some Oilers Fans: Hemsky is awesome. He’s . . . → Read More: 2 More Years of Media Hate for Hemsky I like Pierre LeBrun, really. He’s generally well informed and manages to avoid the “I’m a demigod and you are just a peon” vibe that a lot of hockey insiders evoke. But his blatant defense of the Kings acquisition of Jeff Carter this morning makes no sense. Bottom line is, as I said earlier, Carter . . . → Read More: Strange Logic Leading into what promises to be a truly abysmal NHL trade deadline, the Carolina Hurricanes effectively removed Tuomo Ruutu from the trade market by locking him for 4 years at $19M. If you’re keeping score, that’s a $4.75M cap hit for 4 years starting next season. The Hurricanes seem to like Ruutu, but frankly he . . . → Read More: Tuomo Ruutu, $19M Dollar Man I haven’t heard it yet, but apparently Damien Cox made some rather interesting comments (surely a first) on Prime Time Sports at some point last week. His claim boils down to the Vancouver Canucks being so far above the rest of the Canadian NHL clubs that you couldn’t assemble a team from the other 6 . . . → Read More: Thought Experiment Sportsnet is saying that Brian Burke met with Scott Howson in New York earlier today. They also speculate that a trade between the Leafs and Columbus could involve James Reimer. If the Leafs can get Nash and give up any combination (including all of) Kulemin, Schenn, Kadri, and/or Reimer, you make this trade without thinking. . . . → Read More: More Rick Nash I hate using the term “sweepstakes”. Mainly because the first time I saw that in regards to a trade was on HockeyBuzz with Eklund discussing the Matt Niskanen (or some equally irrelevant NHL player) sweepstakes. Ugh…what a horrible time in my life. Now, Rick Nash. The guys on HNIC’s Satellite Hot-Stove were talking about potential . . . → Read More: Rick Nash “Sweepstakes” Olympic hockey fascinates me. The process of choosing the teams feels like a video game, and the hockey is amongst the best there is. Unfortunately, the 2014 Sochi Olympics won’t see the puck drop for roughly 2 years. Much remains to be decided, including whether or not the NHL will allow their players to participate . . . → Read More: Gearing Up for Sochi I first about this issue on CBC’s Satellite Hot-Stove Saturday, then read Corey Pronman’s response at the awesome Hockey Prospectus. Essentially, Eric Francis (perhaps the least intelligent of CBC’s group of nimrods) believes that the CHL/NHL agreement will be a contentious issue during negotiations for the next CBA. All this chatter started when Steve Yzerman . . . → Read More: A New CBA Wrinkle? I think we all share Mr. Brassard’s shock. |
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