In a box in my closet I found a few old issues of The Hockey News from 1988, and here’s a sampling of things mentioned: “We’re so used to this against Montreal, but we’re not complaining.” – Quebec Nordique GM Maurice Filion after an apparent tying goal was waved off against Montreal Feb. 29. Consumer [...]

NHL leader lists are an excellent thing. We get to see various groups of players, usually with Wayne Gretzky at the top, leading a pack of players in a variety of categories.  Although Gretzky’s not in all them of course. He’s not up there in Playoff Penalty Minutes for example. That belongs to Dale Hunter and Chris Nilan [...]

Ex-Hab Dominic Moore is a Tampa Bay Lightning, Steven Stamkos is a young superstar, Martin St. Louis continues down his stellar Hall of Fame path, and Montreal fans no longer talk about how close the Habs are to getting Vincent Lecavalier. Things have changed. Maybe we can begin rumours about St. Louis becoming a Montreal Canadien now that the Lecavalier [...]

  Okay Canada, you can exhale now. While Alex Ovechkin sat back and watched on TV, if he watched at all, with his Russian team long gone from any Olympic action, the superstar’s main counterpart as hockey’s greatest player, Sidney Crosby, scored in overtime to give Canada the gold medal over a tough Brian Burke-built [...]

Like the title says, a really interesting story about Carey Price. Written by CBC’s Elliotte Friedman, it’s a look at Price’s on-ice problems and how he can fix it, his great potential, and thoughts from people like Olaf Kolzig and Steve Yzerman. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/2009/02/a_little_advice_for_struggling.html

It should be really interesting to see how the Canadiens rebound from their less-than-stellar performance against Anaheim when the Carolina Hurricanes blow into town.   The Hurricanes are no slouches so far this season, but they’re not setting the world on fire either. Led by Ray Whitney, Eric Staal, and Rob Brind’Amour, this team has so far [...]

Hockey fans became completely sick of hearing Mats Sundin’s name about a month ago, and so I apologize for mentioning it now. But His Majesty is on the verge now of announcing whether he will retire or play, so I thought I’d get just a little head start on this.   If he plays, there’s always the chance [...]