Mike Komisarek has signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Good. Toronto can have him.
So many teams were interested in signing him. How come? He was one of the Canadiens’ worst defencemen last season. He has no idea what to do with the puck. He doesn’t score goals. He got pummelled by Milan Lucic. He made [...]

Although I think Bob Gainey is an intelligent, thoughtful man, I’m here to set him straight.
Gainey says Canadien fans should be a patient bunch. Doesn’t he realize who he’s talking to here?
You want patience? We haven’t won the cup since 1993. That’s about a hundred years ago.
We’re not Toronto Maple Leafs fans, Bob. They haven’t seen [...]

My sister in Ottawa sent me a May 30th newspaper clipping from the Ottawa Citizen written by Andrew Duffy. It’s about mistakes on the Stanley Cup, and frankly, in some cases, the engraver (there’s been a few of them) must have been either really rushed to get it done, drunk, or hadn’t slept in days when they were doing their engraving.
Or maybe they [...]

I don’t know how to say this. Bear with me while I get myself together.
Luke Schenn has admitted recently that he doesn’t know the names of any of the Beatles. Schenn had taken in a performance of Cirque du Soleil’s “Love”, which is based on the music of the Beatles, playing at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. [...]

Tom at the Ryan Coke Experience suggested I do this and I thought about it and decided it might be fun. He said I should watch games from the Montreal Canadiens Memorable Games 10 DVD set, and report on them like they were live and had just happened.
So, live, from the press box in 1960, the game.
LEAFS NO [...]

They don’t even need Gordie Howe and Terry Sawchuk. It’s now two games to none for the Detroit Red Wings.
 
What’s this about parity in the NHL? That’s what the spin doctors say. They tell us the league is so evenly-matched now that any team can beat any other team on most nights. Maybe that’s the case during the long, drawn-out [...]

Peter Zezel, who had a fine 15 year NHL career with Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington, Toronto, Dallas, New Jersey, and Vancouver, has passed away after losing his battle with a rare blood disorder called hemolytic anemia. He was only 44. This blog would like to convey to Peter’s family our sincere condolences. Peter Zezel was a great and [...]

Years ago, before the National Hockey League became the Wall Street-watching, unionized, big ticket machine it is today, teams of the original six would often spend part of their pre-season playing various senior teams that usually belonged to the big club, in smaller towns in smaller rinks throughout the country. The Montreal Canadiens, for example, would take their [...]

The following CBC story is very intriguing. It turns out that previously, instead of selling the Nashville Predators to Jim Balsillie, the league allowed the team to be sold to another for a much lower price. How come? And it sure looks like the Toronto gang has put the hammer down on the commissioner. It’s [...]

In retrospect, why did so many of us think Mats Sundin was going to be the saviour of hockey mankind? He fooled so many people, he’s the modern day version of Harry Houdini. Toronto, Montreal, the Rangers, and finally, Vancouver, all wined and dined him like the NHL would have done in 1972 to Valeri [...]