21 May, 2012

Monthly Archives: June 2007

The Logos

Seen on the floor

Lou Lamoriello and David Poile conversing. Now separating. Polie talking with Scotty Bowman. Keith Jones, Brett Hull and Steve Yzerman milling about. George McPhee has a brief conversation with Jim Rutherford. Update – shout out to Columbus fans. The available upper deck is completely filled. Columbus crowd amazingly loud. I anticipate the boos for a [...]

And we're live from Columbus

I’m finally set up and on-line here in the impressive Nationwide Arena, located in surprisingly pretty downtown Columbus, Ohio. First the floor buzz: people are surprised at the return that Thomas Vokun got from Florida (Florida’s 08 first and two seconds, more here). I’m seated next to the Godfather, Eric McElrain from Offwing Opinion, AOL [...]

New Threads in White

Littles from ComcastSportsNet posted images of the white version of the new threads.

My Entry Draft Man-Crushes

I’m certainly no qualified evaluator of elite hockey talent. I certainly have no idea what specific criteria NHL teams apply to the task of differentiating among hundreds of puck prospects the globe over. And I certainly prefer the comfort and lack of accountability of the armchair on Entry Draft weekend over the high-stakes hustle and [...]

Poll: What Do You Think of the New Threads?

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Young Glory Draped in Old Glory

In the middle of this past hockey season consensus was that the 2007 NHL Entry Draft would offer up another strong showing by American prospects — seven or eight of them were likely to be tabbed in the first round. This would follow by a year an Entry Draft in which fully 10 Americans went [...]

Goodbye, Good Riddance

20 years of losing leadership. A tenure of infamy unmatched in Washington sports history. The press conference for her resignation will look half-full to the naked eye, but undoubtedly she’ll deem it a sell-out.

Mock Drafts Aplenty — ESPN, TSN, SI

TSN, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated now have NHL mock drafts posted on their respective sites. Two have the Caps selecting London Knights pivot Sam Gagner with the fifth pick; the other predicts the Caps will pick blueliner Karl Alzner†of the Calgary Hitmen.† Always interesting to see different writers’ interpretation of how a team’s needs and [...]

Often Wrong Rumor Mongerer

In the most benign and charitable of chat parlors, his name evokes antipathy. He is two parts perseverance and puck passion and seven parts self promotion. He’s Eklund, “Ek” . . . “*-*-*-*” on many serious-minded message boards (they do exist). But he peddles a product on an e-street corner conspicuous for its absence of [...]

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