Jerseys and Hockey Love

Free agency starts tomorrow, and I couldn’t be less prepared. It all seems so fast, like the dates get mashed together so quickly. Everyone is making announcements, teams are hiring and firing with wild abandon, and things seem to pile up. My news reader is stacked with articles left unread, and just not enough time [...]

The AHL announced that next season, all players are required to wear visors. So, the AHL catches up with the ECHL, the CHL, and the UHL. Good for them. Here, I’ll repeat that.

GOOD FOR THEM.

I still don’t understand the position taken by so many around hockey. The argument is that since visors, the players sticks [...]

I’m driving from Philly to Denver starting Tuesday, so I have no time to really look at who the Avs drafted. I think it’s amazing they didn’t trade the first round pick for two tickets for Larry the Cable Guy.

So some quick hits here.

- Todd McFarlane came out with pictures of the next line of [...]

Final post tonight, I promise…

I just finished my reread of Open Net by George Plimpton.

If you haven’t read it, you are missing out. The Canadians have Dryden’s The Game, but for my money, this is better. If you can find the hardcover, buy it, for all the typos, and the great black and white photos.

I suppose I should put a little thing up about why I want to have a hockey blog, what makes me “whatever” enough to do one.

Simply put, nothing makes me “whatever” enough (good, crazy, insightful, literary). I believe any idiot can have a blog (kind of the point of blogs), and I’m just that idiot.

First [...]

If you look at the Colorado Avalanche web site, you will find the announcement of Alex Tanguay going to Calgary. Or, what you will really find is the announcement that Jordon Leopold is coming to Colorado. Basically, don’t let the door hit you, see you in eight games next season.
Here’s the first lines:

VANCOUVER, B.C. – [...]

I was somewhat shocked when I found out about the trade of Alex Tanguay for Jordan Leopold from the start of the draft. Somewhat, because I had heard he might be dealt, but he wasn’t a guy I thought would go.

When you start to think about it, it kind of makes sense. It seams like [...]

From the Toronto Star, This great article:

The tale of the last draft pick

For those of us just lucky enough to find hockey in the first place, and to lace up some skates, for those of us who play because we love it (even if we suck), it’s nice to hear about people who don’t take [...]

Just desserts for some people. I have no idea how Jose Theodore was going to justify this:

http://www.tmz.com/2006/06/19/paris-she-shoots-she-scores/

But now he doesn’t have to:

http://torontosun.com/Entertainment/2006/06/22/1647345-sun.html

I’m not giving up my Aebischer jersey anytime soon, and I’m certainly not going to be buying a number 60 either.

Note that in the picture, Paris is holding his glove hand, which is already [...]

There are so many reasons for this to be a huge Stanley Cup. From the win over an established Canadian team with pedigree, to the first post lockout championship (who would have thought that the Canes would be the model for the “New NHL”), this is huge. Second year in a row for a “Southern” [...]