19 March, 2010

Category Archives: Western Conference

What To Expect When the Winged Wheelers Roll into Washington

19 January, 2010

Being from Detroit I have a some fluency with what is happening this season to Motown’s Winged Wheelers. The back-to-back defending Western Conference champions have had their share of struggles, but they are not a team to overlook. Despite their struggles the Wings remain just as potent a threat sans Marian Hossa, Johan Franzen, and [...]

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Some Home Cookin' This Week Could Be Caps' Big Gain

18 February, 2009

If the Capitals play focused and disciplined and hard during their three home games this week against three beleagured opponents they will have a terrific opportunity to make up some serious ground on first-in-the-East Boston.
Montreal, Colorado, and Pittsburgh — all once-proud teams that have been seriously struggling as of late — visit Verizon Center this week. All of these teams had reasonably high hopes quite recently; the Penguins were picked by many to return to the Stanley Cup Finals and to be a serious contender and even to win it all, while Montreal was thought by many to be Pittsburgh’s toughest competition in the East. Colorado was not too long ago a rough and tough and Cup-contending franchise, and they certainly hoped to make the playoffs this season. Now all three will be lucky to finish above .500 this season. On top of their losing ways all of these teams have some of the ugliest season stats in the league.

Also filed in Atlantic Division, Colorado Avalanche, Eastern Conference, Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, Northeast Division, Northwest Division, Pittsburgh Penguins, Teams, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

It's Time To Realign and Bring Back the Heat Among Hated Rivals

9 June, 2008

I have six principles guiding a much-needed, rigorous realignment of NHL teams for the 2009-10 season. They are:
(1) There is widespread support among general managers, owners, players, media, the presidential candidates, and hockey fans to have the Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby rivalry, such as it is, coronated formally in a [...]

Also filed in Conferences, Eastern Conference, Gary Bettman, Hockey Legends, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, The Great Old Patrick Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (32)

We Look Like Postseason Calgary

5 April, 2008

If you saw Calgary Flames’ playoff games when “Red Outs” were declared, that’s what Verizon Center looks like tonight.
All three levels.
Comcast’s Lisa Hillary spent part of her broadcasting career in Calgary.
“This looks just like Calgary’s ‘Red Mile’,” she told me.

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