People forget that before Dave Lewis was a Red Wing for life it seemed, he was a member of another team in red.  Today’s moment happened 24 years ago today…..     July 27, 1986 Free agent, and veteran defenseman Dave Lewis signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings, after leaving the New Jersey […]

Online Casino Sports Betting Sports betting is a great way to make your gaming fun even more enjoyable. Hockey is the perfect sport to bet on and what’s even better – you can bet on hockey as well as many other sports at many online casinos. Alongside regular casino games you can bet on all […]

One has to have a ton of respect for the player in this moment.  He won Stanley Cups as a Coach, Asst Coach, and player.  Today’s moment happened just 21 years ago.  Take it away LA…….     July 26, 1989 Los Angeles Kings signed veteran defenseman, free agent Larry Robinson to a three-year contract.

More tomorrow but after the filing of a grievance and the passing of John Barbaro (that #66 call still is just something amazing)…..here is simply the only way we could salute Monday.  Oh yeah Alex Frolov is to sign with the Rangers…I have 9 for the amount of games he plays before he ends up […]

Anything anyone can do to help…whether this gets retweeted or however….this is for an extremely good cause….   DONATE to Help Scott There is now a very simple, efficient way to help Scott and his family with some of the ENORMOUS expenses related to his great challenge. A Donation link has been installed at the […]

Finally ladies and gentlemen, some fantasy hockey action has commenced of sorts.  Arbitration awards thankfully have no impact on these but I can tell you that the IHFDL prospect draft is in full swing and as of press time, here are the picks……but oh wait…the members first…the members. Inside Hockey Fantasy Dynasty League Members Darryl […]

  So home sweet home and still nothing resolved on the Kovalchuk front but there is plenty of news on the NHL front.  Arbitration awards, hard luck injuries, and much much more rule the docket tonight.  As always, your questions, comments, and phone calls are great appreciated.  The number to get in on the action […]

The thunder is violent and loud but we will stay here until the power goes out or the winds get us…one or the other.  Today’s moment happened 22 years ago.  These seem to never get old for whatever reason.     July 25, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers traded Greg Smyth to the Quebec Nordiques, along with […]

One of my best friends tried to convince me tonight that the summer isn’t that bad. I guess it’s not if you have good friends, family, and a BBQ chuck full of meat on a Saturday night. Not to mention a stupid amount of beer. No matter how good the night was it always ends […]

In this case, we are headed for some crabbing at the Jersey Shore…very early to do it but time to get it done.  See everyone Sunday and maybe there will be more hockey news.   Sincerely, Chris Wassel Director Of The Program

First off, congratulations on all the new inductees for the latest class in the US Hockey Hall Of Fame.  That being said, it could not be helped if we did not ask the Question Of The Day anyway.   Between Jeremy Roenick, Derian Hatcher, and Kevin Hatcher, which player would be able to best destroy […]

  Yes this is a cheap plug for Melt Your Face Off but they are the first to appear in our thirty plus blog tour de force on Bloguin.  After all, to spotlight these fine hockey bloggers of humor extraordinare was poetic in so many ways.  I even heard they had their contract extensions rejected […]

This moment today made me almost forget that this guy was around hockey management that long.  However, thirty years ago today, this guy became the Director Of Operations for a team across the Hudson.     July 22, 1980 New York Rangers named Craig Patrick as their new Director of Operations. He later was named […]

Patrick Hoffman from Red Light District wrote this gem and its true to the core asking the simple question about these long contracts.  Read after the jump for my quick take. One would think that NHL GM’s would learn from the Isles mistakes of signing guys like Alexei Yashin and Rick DiPietro to contracts 10 […]

  Big enough? Yes!  It is a HUGE show tonight and yes there is a ton about the Kovalchuk decision, signing, then rejection.  There is likely to be a badly sung parody and more on this whole mess and we will touch on some of the other bizarre news.  No one knows what surprises will […]