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Thin Air: Welcome Back, NHL
Some hockey notes after the first day of the NHL regular season: – Well, that was fun. – Tommy Wingels got two goals last night, and nary a mention of his efforts. His second goal was quite nice. But he’s Tommy Wingels, so he won’t get the credit he deserves. Still, the Sharks got their…
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UFA Day Notes – Was The Early Talk Worth It?
Today is the start of free agency, but you wouldn’t know it. Teams have been able to do what everyone knew they were doing, talk to players and agents before the official start of the signing period. There is no way in hell a player would agree to a multi-year deal with a salary that…
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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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Words Will Never Hurt Me, Maybe
The very first post on this blog was of a youtube clip of a classic game where the players on the bench were yelling at a guy from the opposing as he lined up for a face off. The language they were using was… salty. It was an entire salt lick worth of salty. It’s…
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The End of the Pronger Mythos: Thus Spoke Byfuglien
(photo was crowdsourced from Twitter, created by @KeithDotson. Thanks, Keith!) For all the teasing and ribbing, all the bile and anger the fans have thrown, and all the pucks he has collected, Chris Pronger has been something no other player in the Stanley Cup Finals has consistently been: effective. Big hits and big elbows, the…