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New Ranger on the block: Christopher Higgins
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Injuries Responsible For Habs 8th Place Finish In 2008-09
Concerning the Canadiens so called disastrous 2008-09 season, I get asked quite often - via e-mails, questions in on site comments, through friends, relatives, acquaintances, and rank strangers - what exactly do I feel went wrong in the Habs centennial campaign? To their query - call it...
Tracking the toughest players in the NHL: The Black and Blue Trophy
Something I like to track is an informal black and blue trophy, a simple measure of hits plus blocked shots. And, on the heels of a good read on the official site about Brooks Orpik's hits, why not unveil it on Pensburgh? Admittedly, this measure isn't perfect. It is at the mercy of the...
This May Only Interest Me: Aggression Penalties
Dustin Brown led the league with 311 hits, which is all very cool. More important, however, was the fact that Brown led the league in hits while still being remarkably clean. I was bored so I took a look at the top 3 leaders in hits (Brown, Mike Komisarek and Brenden Morrow) to see how many...
Hockey Ladies Of (Writing) Greatness
(RC Note - That's mine, my soon to be 12 year old Poke Check, with her Player of the Game award from a recent tourney, third from the left.)Ever so often while scanning through anothers blog site, I'll hit upon a piece of quality writing that almost makes me jealous."Why didn't I think of that!",...
Habs All Over Ovechkin In More Ways Than One
Alexander Ovechkin is quite the newsmaker, on and off the ice. As the great 8 gets a firmer handle on the English language, the Russian star will surely be a media and blogger story trigger for years to come. Here's just hoping he don't turn into a Sputnik Roenick!Writers for Le Journal de Montreal...
Canadiens Edge Sabres On Ryder's Late Goal
It was a game played in two separate halves this evening as the Canadiens held on to defeat the Buffalo Sabres.In a game of lucky bounces, it seemed as though two different Buffalo squads showed up to play.The Canadiens, who have been mired in a drought brought on by everything imaginable, from...
Can Any Weight Be Read Into Simon Suspension?
The verdict on the Chris Simon stick swinging incident is in and, surprise, surprise, the NHL has set a precedent with a 25 game suspension.I fell out of my chair, and I wasn't even sitting down!For once, the NHL has gotten it right. By setting the sentence high, all players are well aware of the...
Acknowledgement...It's A good Thing!
From the pages of Sports Business Daily comes this little nod for EOTP.This is a subcription only site that I'll be checking into on occasion.When I termed the NHL's call on the Chris Simon suspension as "Finally Getting It Right", it may have sounded the right bell. Upon checking out other things...
Habs Elimination A Stairway Step To Better Days
Funny thing... it's not the end of the world as I thought it would be.But, before getting to the silver linings that are sure to sew better days, an analysis of tonight's loss by the Canadiens is in order.Leading up to the game, the hype was tantamount to the game of the century. I felt it, knots...
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