Tag: Awards

  • The CBC Is Not Impressed With Thomas

    Oh, CBC.  How cute you are: Less than perfect?  Sure, that is certainly the case, with any goalie.  Goalies let in pucks, they get scored on.  Tim Thomas only set a record for regular season save percentage.  I mean, that’s it?  He didn’t stop a speeding train? If you read the article on the CBC…

  • NHL Awards: Wake Me When it’s Over

    I just don’t care about the awards show.  There, I said it. I feel like the NHL Awards show is just something to placate us at the end of the Stanley Cup Finals.  If this were happening mid-season, would anyone tune in to watch it?  So much effort is put into such a bad production,…

  • NHL Awards Ceremony: Well, That was Crap.

    The NHL Awards ceremony shown – eventually – on Versus, went off without a hitch without Stompin’ Tom Connors showing America what he does best. I was pretty upset, his performance being the single reason I tuned in at all. OK, that isn’t completely true. I tuned in because there is no hockey action, other…

  • Can the NHL and Versus do Anything Right?

    It’s 7:03 PM, and I, like at least seven other many people across America, an I’m watching the Draft Lottery on Versus. Simply put, what the hell is going on? This isn’t even the CBC, it’s TSN. 7:05 PM and we now have the correct feed, too late to see Stompin’ Tom Connors. I’m so…