Month: June 2013

  • Your Draft Rumors And Speculation Have One Day Left

    There’s plenty of people of all types – insiders, basement dwellers, the average Joe – who will tell you exactly what will and will not happen at the draft.  They will tell you what teams are thinking, and who is going to go where.  And as soon as they are wrong, you won’t hear from…

  • Touch the Cup

    Up The Pucks asked a good question on twitter today: Our question of the day: Should fans touch the Stanley Cup or does the “don’t touch it until you win it” rule/superstition apply to fans? Here was my answer: @UpThePucks Touch it. Hug it. Spend some time with it. Don’t hoist it over your head…

  • Tip of The Hand: Avs Draft Talk

    My buddy Bill called me last week to ask why the Avs wouldn’t take Seth Jones with their first overall draft pick. Since I had just written about it, I pointed him to my blog post (thanks for being a loyal reader, Bill).  Which led to his next call, asking why the Avalanche would tip…

  • Go Ahead, Poke the Bear

    Conventional wisdom usually says that you should let sleeping dogs lie.  Don’t poke the bear, you might make him angry.  Have you noticed that making a bear angry, when it comes to hockey, seems to work out sometimes?  It can be one thing to be respectful of your opponent.  All the compliments paid, the standard…

  • SCF Game 5 Notes

    I don’t know if I have enough for a real blog post, so here are some casual observations and thoughts on game five: – Jonathan Toews or Patrice Bergeron: who would you miss more? While I think it’s mostly a wash, I think the Bruins will miss Bergeron a little more.  They need his speed…