Author: James Gralian

  • ESPN Reports on Self, Melrose

    ESPN just loves to talk about itself. If the worldwide leader isn’t doing it, it isn’t news. What could possibly be more entertaining than one of it’s own analysts in the news, this time in a positive way: Former Los Angeles Kings coach Barry Melrose brushed aside a rumor he is in line to become…

  • Luc Bourdon, Canucks Defenseman, Dies at Age 21

    CTv.ca tells the sad story: Luc Bourdon, a promising young defenceman in the Vancouver Canucks organization, was killed Thursday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer near his hometown in northern New Brunswick. More details from The Province: Bourdon died instantly at around 12:30 p.m. New Brunswick time when the motorcycle he was driving…

  • Theo Wants to Return

    With the Stanley Cup Finals going on, it’s a slow news month for the Avs right now. Other than the signing of Tony Granato, everything else is speculation and “want to” right now. In the want to category, Theodore wants to come back to the Avalanche. From the Rocky Mountain News: Jose Theodore wants to…

  • Wake Up, Fleury

    I took some crap for posting this before, but I think it holds true more than a year later. The only thing  Fleury diesn’t have to answer for is scoring goals.  I think his worst moment was when he gave hockey fans a reminder as to why a goalie doesn’t usually clear the puck, and…

  • Coach Granato: The Other View

    It was announced today that Tony Granato, brother to women’s hockey star Cammi Granato, and former head coach of the Avalanche, is getting another shot as the head cheese. And I think that’s fine. I would imagine that some of the other Avs bloggers are thinking I should have my head examined for that statement,…