While most hockey fans and pundits are focused on where and when UFA Ilya Kovalchuk will sign, there is a superstar more worthy of praise who is deciding which team he wants to end his glorious NHL career with. Mike Modano has been a part of the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars organization since the 1990-91 […]

We lost a whole year of hockey to get a salary cap in the NHL. A sore point to many bitter fans that have the proverbial hate on for one Gary Bettman. The common argument being why did we lose a year of hockey, to get a cap in place and team salaries are higher […]

Yes I found this one and what a gem for the wrong reasons.  Happy Birthday Tommy Soderstrom?  Indeed it is.     July 17, 1969 Former NHL goalie Tommy Soderstrom born in Stockholm, Sweden. Soderstrom played in the NHL 1992-93 through 1996-97 with the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Islanders.

  There comes a certain time in a writer’s shelf life that he takes a look and I mean a real look at how far he has come and where he or she wants to go.  The beauty in this profession of sorts is the following quote ironically taken from yes, a movie.  I will […]

Thanks to Anthony as we explore Simon Gagne and his top 5 destinations….one will not be Philly more than likely. It seems inevitable at this point that long time Flyers forward, Simon Gagne, is on the way to a new team. Dan Carcillo was re-signed by the organization this afternoon, thus placing them deeper in […]

So when Dan decided to come up with one, we decided to run with this crazy thing.  The Monster Hockey League as it is being called should be well, interesting to say the least.  Please keep in mind that THIS IS A SIM!  There are a few extra teams on here along the way and […]

Over the next however many weeks it takes, we are going to spotlight.  There are 29 other fine hockey blogs on Bloguin and yes we do not count the Olympic one…we are sorry.  We are going to try and attempt two to three of these a week.  This sounds crazy on the surface but the […]

Simply Happy Birthday Claude Lemieux and oh my here comes the hate mail….I can just see it.     July 16, 1965 Former NHL right winger Claude Lemieux born in Buckingham, Que. Lemieux played in the NHL 1983-84 through 2002-03 with the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey, the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix and Dallas.

Simply we have two videos tonight on the same player ironically…then a brief WTF was Minnesota thinking.  Here it goes.       WHY GOD WHY???? How do you get a 47.25 million dollar, 7 year deal for a 70 point guy?  With all due respect to Koivu, who is a great two way player, […]

The question in the title refers to the one and only, Ilya Kovalchuk. Yes, Kovalchuk is a player who can score between 40 and 50 goals. Yes, Kovalchuk is a player that can excite the crowd with an electrifying move or a quick shot. And yes, Kovalchuk is certainly a player that can make any […]

Doing something differing during the lunchtime hour.  Let’s see what prospect camp videos we have in the inbox today.         Some more camp videos tomorrow…….

A slow news day leads to talk about cupcakes…..yes…cupcakes!  We decided to take a quick snapshot of tweets from the last 30 minutes and of course a video on how to make a cupcake with a unique twist.     People did not see this coming.  Now some of the best tweets out there complete […]

Goalie trades are very rare in the summer especially after the NHL Draft but one did happen thirty years ago today and this one is still a bit of a deceptive surprise.  Moment time ladies and gentlemen……     July 15, 1980 Boston Bruins traded goaltender Gilles Gilbert to Detroit, in exchange for Rogie Vachon.

This came from April but we are going to use these stats next season in our fantasy hockey 101’s for a purpose…..   So your fantasy hockey team is just a question of just taking a look at it everyday now.  That is how most fantasy playoff pools are constructed.  You pick your guys and […]

Truthfully we just uploaded a random video and went with it……here goes nothing!     Hockey goalie fights always a great choice! Have a great Hump Day Afternoon!!!