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Avs Mandate Foot Protection: Is That Allowed?
Across ye olde RSS feed came this note (via Kukla’s Korner) from Ryan Boulding of the Colorado Avalanche: Every skater on the ice, with the exception of the coaching staff, was wearing protective guards on their feet. That will be the case through camp, preseason and even the coming campaign. “They don’t look very good…
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#CupcakeStrong
The other night, the Colorado Avalanche were losing to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Down 2-0, I sent out this tweet: https://twitter.com/tapeleg/status/451160195658678273 And the Colorado Avalanche’s official twitter account retweeted it, and people started retweeting and favoriting it. And the Avalanche scored. And then they scored again. And then they won it in overtime. http://twitter.com/tapeleg/status/451163824079372288 Sunday,…
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Thin Air – Coaches Comma
A few thoughts from around the league. – There’s a lot of hand wringing over the Vancouver Canucks and John Tortorella. The question is whether or not he is the right coach for the Canucks considering their current slide and doubtfulness of making the playoffs. Frankly, Tortorella is one of many problems the team has,…
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Imagine This Happened
After a game of rec hockey, I decided I needed to sit down with the new Avalanche video, #ImagineAvs, and see what I thought. Responses online are mixed, and about as partisan as congress these days. If you haven’t seen it, here it is. My thoughts? I thought it sucked. But we need to go…
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The Attendance Issue Again
Monday was the annual rolling out of the “attendance woes” column by the Denver Post. Unlike most years, it was given this time to the more thoughtful Terry Frei, rather than the standard pallbearers. So there was less “bad fan” jabs and more “I’m kind of surprised” this year. It’s a nice change. I can’t…
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