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Thin Air: Oh Captain, You’re Captain
Hockey thoughts. And yes, I did mean the ‘you’re” in the title. Freaky, I know. – Let’s say that Ryan O’Reilly really is butt hurt about not having the captaincy of the Avalanche. Let’s just say that he really does factor that into his contract demands (negotiations is too nice a word for what he…
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Thin Air: Short and Sweet
– I believe it won’t be too long until the Blue Jackets are no longer mired in the stink of the past. I think they will turn it around in a few seasons. Of course, I thought that a few years ago, when they had a decent roster of players and made the playoffs for…
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Thin Air Sunday: Where’s Hejda?
Some Sunday morning hockey thoughts – – I got home from work last night in time to see the Colorado Avalanche melt down in the third period, to the fans in Edmonton’s delight. The worst, for me, came from Jan Hejda on the Oilers game winning goal. I would embed the video of it here…
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Thin Air: Commitment to Winning-ish
– Interesting article from Mark Masters of TSN (which I found via Kukla’s Korner) about Alex Semin. The basics are that Semin isn’t acting like the stoic coach-killer enigma he was widely reported to be. He’s contributing and seems to be… happy. Is that possible? Sure it is. Could it be that, considering the steady…
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What Bugs Me About the Ryan O’Reilly Situation: No One Is Spared Edition
The Ryan O’Reilly situation is coming to a head in Colorado. Reports, and I use that term as loosely as possible, are that the Avalanche are looking to get some value from him in a trade, and negotiations have broken off. One side wants one thing, and the other wants two different things, take your…