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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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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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How Not to Break Up a Fight
Last night, in Vancouver’s loss to the Minnesota Wild, linesman Darren Gibbs (and thanks to Puck Daddy for pointing out the name, and the videos) took a fist to the face while breaking up a fight between Cal Clutterbuck and Maxim Lapierre. Here is the Minnesota Wild video of the ‘head shot:’ It’s easy to…
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Thin Air: Sunday Hockey Thoughts
The draft is over, the bloggers are back home, nursing their hangovers, and the draftees are admiring their new swag from their new team. I hope everyone had a good time. The draft is mayhem on the first day, but then things settle down on the second, despite the much faster pace. So here are…
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It’s All Over, Except the Montage
Until a few years ago, I didn’t know about the magic of the montage produced by the CBC to close out the Stanley Cup Finals. That’s how it goes when you’re stuck with Versus and NBC as your hockey providers. You don’t get gems like this. Stick with it to the very end for some…