Tag: Stanley Cup Finals

  • 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…

  • Thin Air: Blackhawks Down

    Some thoughts after game three: – Hey, remember when Gregory Campbell was getting favorable treatment because his dad was part of the NHL office?  Good times, good times.  Now he’s a hero.  Perhaps, just perhaps, he is the same player he was then, and those accusations were totally unfounded?   – Joel Quenneville can’t help…

  • SCF Game 1 is Coming: Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife

    Game one of the Stanley Cup Finals is tonight (Final? Finals? Who cares?), and I’m still steeling myself for it.  The previous rounds have been intense, and there is no reason for this round to be any different.  Colorado have been firmly out of the playoffs this year since 2009 or so (it seems like…