Month: January 2013

  • O’Reilly and Waivers?

    I was just reading Elliotte Friedman’s as-usual excellent 30 Thoughts column, and ran across this: 14. Another ESPN slave, Craig Custance, reported some teams had interest in Brent Sopel, playing for Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Teams are definitely looking for defencemen. Problem with Sopel is that, according to the NHL, any player who dressed for a game…

  • Thin Air: Panic in Panictown

    Thin Air is just a collection of hockey thoughts. Short, to the point, and out there. Comments are open for discussion. – The Colorado Avalanche are terrible right now, losing to San Jose, Edmonton and Vancouver with a combined total of one goal for and eleven goals against. The penalty kill is awful, the power…

  • Thin Air: Sunday Morning Hockey Thoughts

    Some hockey thoughts for you on a Sunday morning: – I don’t think I need to watch NHL Tonight with the sound on.  The highlights from the previous seasons on the NHL Network were simple: use the local broadcaster audio, and roll the tape back a bit more than your average ESPN highlight.  The best…

  • Thin Air: Hockey Thoughts

    Thin Air is a collection of hockey thoughts from a mile above sea level. Things get a little weird up here. Send oxygen when you can. – I woke up Sunday morning (OK, late Sunday morning) to several texts asking me if I was going to training camp. Until that point, I really hadn’t even…

  • Trapped in a Lockout (based on R. Kelly’s Trapped in a Closet)

    If you aren’t familiar with R,. Kelly’s hip hopera Trapped in a Closet, I am not all that surprised.  It was only brought to my attention this past year.  Most people I ask refer to the South Park episode where R. Kelly tries to get Tom Cruise to literally come out of the closet.  No,…