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I’m Back, and on Shuffle

August 22, 2010

For a couple of mornings last week, I was reminded, as the Grateful Dead sings “not a chill to the winter/but a nip to the air” that fall is almost upon us. What does this mean? Football. No wait. Hockey! In around 50 days or so, I will be heading to Prague to watch the [...]

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Islanders 4th Tough Guy?

July 27, 2010

I love it. Sometimes you have to defend yourself. What’s up with the bigger guy? He looks like Ned Braden refusing Reg’s orders to scrap! With the Islanders loading up, maybe they want to take this kid too!

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And Yabo Makes Three

July 25, 2010

It’s decided. The 2010 Center Ice Team for me is the New York Islanders. I can’t say I’ve ever decided on a team this early, but with the addition of the uber scary Jeremy Yablonski to an already formidable line up of goons, I’m there. Yablonski will probably be assigned to Bridgeport, but it’d be [...]

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Eastern Conference Staying Gooney

July 11, 2010

The NHL free agency period has been open for 11 days now, and there has been some movement by teams looking to get tougher or stay tough that I have found interesting. Sure there are some serious players left unsigned, but I’d rather know where Derek Boogaard is playing over some guy named Kovulchuk [...]

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Goodbye to a Legend

July 10, 2010

Yesterday, in Windsor, Ontario, arguably the greatest hockey enforcer of all time was laid to rest. It is hard to put into words what Bob Probert’s death means. I didn’t know the man personally, but when someone who is arguably the best at what he did, and that something he did is a passion [...]

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To trade, or Not to Trade

June 29, 2010

The NHL Draft was held Friday night, or as I like to call it, the Bruins will take another center party, and the Bruins took a lot of centers. One of them could be the future cornerstone of the franchise, Tyler Seguin, and another is probably being stalked by The Ref as we speak. Apparently [...]

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Boston. The new Whoville.

June 23, 2010

It would appear Christmas has come roughly six months early this year for Boston Bruins fans! PC and the Crew (sounds like an early 90’s boy band) swung a lovely deal yesterday sending the poster boy for the Bruins woes, Dennis Wideman, the 15th overall pick this year, and another pick in 2011 to the [...]

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22 for 2

June 19, 2010

Lost in the shuffle of me being a generally lazy person, being away, and the Stanley Cup Finals, I have been neglectful of this blog. With Milan and Miller laying on the floor panting, I thought now was as good a time as any to talk a bit about some good news out of the [...]

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You Stay Classy, Philadelphia

June 11, 2010

It’s finally over. Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the Stanley Cup in what I would consider the weirdest hockey season ever. How fitting was it then that Patrick Kane scored a weird goal that seemingly only he saw go in to win it all? I’m telling you, this was a spooky weird season, [...]

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Congratulations, Mr. Judd

June 6, 2010

It’s been a very busy week for me since returning from Indianapolis, and the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500. I will spare the gory details, but it’s nice to have a few minutes to sit down and bang this out. Let’s get right to it, shall we?
The word I would use to describe this [...]

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