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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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Thin Air: Another Season Begins
Some hockey thoughts. I wrote this a few days ago, but the internet was down at Chateau Le Tapeleg. – The NHL is going to play 3-on-3 overtime in some preseason games regardless of the score of the game after regulation. This is to give players a chance to see what it’s like and oh…
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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: MacKinAgain
Some hockey thoughts from the Southwest of America: – I haven’t watched an ounce of Olympic hockey. Let’s get this out of the way now: I’ve been busy. No, really. I probably could have, but I truly have another thing that is keeping me full time busy, and hockey is just going to have to…
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Thin Air: Tort Reform
– Elliotte Friedman called Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec a below average goalie. He’s right, but let us get something clear here. This is real life, not Lake Woebegone, where all the children are above average. Everyone can not be above average. That said, he still is under-performing for a starting goaltender, and needs to…
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