Very sorry to do this to Roch Carrier’s The Sweater, the classic story of a kid in rural Quebec in the 1940′s who was sent a Toronto Maple Leaf sweater by mistake after his Rocket Richard one had seen better days. I remember very well the winter of 2012. We all wore the same uniform [...]

Whatever ESPN wants to say about the Leafs, that’s fine. But when they rank the Montreal Canadiens as one of the NHL’s six worst NHL teams in several different categories, then it riles my dandruff. (That’s what we used to say when we were kids – “riles our dandruff.” No idea why, and it’s quite [...]

No need for any words here, except that I think this clip is fantastic. Thanks a lot to Beatnik for sending  it over.

With the Canadiens apparently showing some kind of love for Coyotes captain Shane Doan, an unrestricted free agent, it just seems a wonderful opportunity for both clubs. The thing is, Doan’s a centreman, (okay, maybe a right winger) and Montreal already has about ten of them signed and ready to go. It’s a plethora of centremen, and one would think a trade would definitely have be [...]

The Los Angeles Kings are new Stanley Cup champions with their one-sided 6-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, but it was a side plot that will make for fine conversation all summer. It was unfortunate the entire episode happened in the first place. One major penalty and the suspense of a big game six was sucked out like air from [...]

The Phoenix Coyotes finally get themselves a win after falling behind 3-0 in their series with the Los Angeles Kings, and although it’s highly unlikely, they can, but probably won’t, storm all the way back. Teams have come back from 3-0 leads before, so it’s possible I guess. I’d like the drama. Keeps me awake. I also want [...]

Things are going as Hollywood producers might hope. Los Angeles on one coast and New York on the other take their openers in their bid to meet each other in the Stanley Cup final. The Rangers blank the Devils 3-0 on home ice Monday night, and regardless of how well the Devils played, as Glenn Healy kept reminding us, the name of the [...]

Nashville’s Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn have been suspended for one game by their team for apparently breaking curfew. Way to go, guys. Your team is down 2-0 to Phoenix, and you’re out partying. Radulov is the guy who bolted for the KHL several years ago while still under contract to the Preds, and was allowed [...]

Senators lose 3-2 and their series with the Rangers goes to a seventh game, while Phoenix blows out Chicago in six games after a 4-0 win. Hobo brings up a good point. If the Coyotes somehow manage to go all the way, Gary Bettman would look like a freakin’ swami hockey guy. How bad would [...]

Raffi Torres left his feet and knocked Chicago’s Marian Hossa into Kingdom Come, and the hit is all abuzz in the hockey world. Will Torres get ten games, they ask? Five maybe? Twelve? Yes it was brutal. Hossa was taken off on a stretcher and we hope he’s okay. At the risk of looking like an asshole [...]