Archive for February, 2009

Costly Victory

Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, Minnesota, Trade Deadline | No Comments »

Huge overtime win last night for the Flames. With the two points, they maintain their 8 point lead on the Canucks and stay tied with the Blackhawks, both of whom also won last night. By allowing the Wild to gain ...

Arghhh…

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, Vancouver | 2 Comments »

Frustrating shootout loss to the Canucks tonight. In the words of Daniel Sedin, the Nucks "didn't play very well tonight". Yet, in spite of that, they come away with two points and I'm sure many typed words praising their resiliency and ...

Close Call in LA

Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, LA | No Comments »

What a fantastic game. A young and coming LA team carried the play for large stretches while hosting the Flames on Thursday night, but they were constantly frustrated by the inhuman play of Miikka Kiprusoff, finally getting shutout 2-0 after ...

Duck Hunt Backfires in Anaheim

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 Posted in Anaheim, Game Review | No Comments »

Last night, the Flames lost a hard-fought match in overtime to the Ducks, losing to the formerly mighty team for the 2nd time in 5 days. I was attempting the always difficult "watch game while playing poker and drinking beer" maneuver ...

Back in the Win Column

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, Montreal | 2 Comments »

Ole, Ole Ole Ole... Ole... Ole! Silly Habs fans. Get over yourselves, already. You're not European, and you're not watching soccer. The one cheer favoured by fans of the bleu, blanc, et rouge that I DO love is the Nah Nah Hey ...

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Passing Thoughts
Ok, just a few things that have been bouncing around in my head recently. 1.  Nikolai Kulemin is more deserving of the...Fri, 19 Mar 2010

 

Expert's Audit - Streit, no chaser
Welcome once again to “An Expert’s Audit”.  This audit will be posted here as well as on my fantasy hockey blog...Wed, 17 Mar 2010

 

How Does Our First Line Stack Up?
The Leafs top line trio of Bozak, Kulemin, and Kessel has been together for 17 games now, which is roughly one fifth of...Tue, 16 Mar 2010

 

Staying positive
Well, it was an interesting week. The Sabres had their last 3 Western Conference games of the season. The first one...Tue, 16 Mar 2010

 

Michael Stone a cornerstone
I caught a bit of the recent CHL action between the Saint John Sea Dogs vs. Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) yesterday on Shaw...Mon, 15 Mar 2010

 

Sunday morning armchair
i haven’t been able to post since the Olympics but i found this link this week and had to throw it down here. ...Sun, 14 Mar 2010

 

Youth In Full Effect
How’s this grab you all as a stat line for the Leafs victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night? Luke...Fri, 12 Mar 2010

 

Welcome To The Gunn Show
Here’s a question for all the Leaf fans who promoted Ian White due to his “impressive” +/- rating of...Wed, 10 Mar 2010

 

Penalties Taken vs. Penalties Drawn and Nikolai Kulemin
So here’s another area where Nikolai Kulemin does a lot of little things right.  He’s been compared on...Tue, 09 Mar 2010

 

A couple of W's make me feel better
The offense is still stumbling, but a pair of OT wins over the weekend make it feel like maybe the bottom ISN’T...Mon, 08 Mar 2010

 

Penalty Trouble in Philadelphia
Ok, so Colton Orr serves a purpose on this team.  In the case of Toronto’s game against Ottawa on Saturday...Mon, 08 Mar 2010

 

Will Kopitar score 40?
To call it a breakout season for Anze Kopitar would be a bit of an understatement. Most of us as Kings’ fans...Mon, 08 Mar 2010

 

Don't Panic
The Kings’ return from the Olympic break started out nicely with a good thumping of Dallas, improving upon the...Mon, 08 Mar 2010

 

Sunday morning armchair
Ian is away this weekend and I’ll be filling in for him with this week.  With the Olympics and trade deadline...Sun, 07 Mar 2010

 

Eastern Conference Playoff Race
The Olympics are over and the trade deadline has come and gone without any hugely significant trades made on deadline...Fri, 05 Mar 2010

 


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