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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…