the-hockey-news Stories - Raw Charge
The Hockey News selects the Lightning's all-time team
On Saturday night, just before the Lightning/Thrashers Winnipeg game, I was told by a friend that The Hockey News had published a special issue, The Best of Everything, declaring All-Time teams for every NHL team among other things. Of course, that's going to be subjective with just about any...
Six Hurricanes Questions With The Hockey News’ Adam Proteau
With the NHL preseason underway, every team enters the 2011-12 campaign with a clean slate and the expectation of reaching the postseason. Adam Proteau, a writer and columnist for The Hockey News, makes his living writing about the NHL and trying to predict how teams will perform short term and...
2011 NHL All-Star Weekend: And one more thing....
Here are a few left over thoughts from the NHL All-Star Weekend: It was really hard to watch the game live. On TV, it's easy to sit back and expect nothing. I mean, this is the All-Star game, after all. No one plays defense, no one makes penalty calls - heck, goalies barely play goal. But in...
Dallas Stars Approach NHL For Revenue Advance; Team Has Not Received Loan
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me......you can't get fooled again." -President George W. Bush. We fell for it once, Mr. Campbell. We even fell for it (almost) a second time. There won't be a...
Jeffrey Vinik's Modus Operandi
The Sound of Silence was a hit song by Simon and Garfunkel in the 1960's, which today characterizes the current state or the Lightning franchise. It's not that the Bolts franchise is dormant in the offseason, but it is more along the lines of these Paul Simon lyrics: And in the naked light I...
If Miami doesn't deserve a Stanley Cup, how about Sunrise?
Like moths to a lightbulb we dutifully flock to these "Best Of/Worst Of" lists as if our lives depended upon it. And I'm typically first in line to bathe in the guilty pleasure of it all. Not difficult to do when the Florida Panthers tend to figure rather prominently in many. The latest,...
Control of the Lightning and Vincent Lecavalier future
With reports of an expedited sale process of the Tampa Bay Lightning to hedge fund manager Jeff Vinik, there are continued rumblings -- perpetuated by The Hockey News' reports on the situation -- that Vincent Lecavalier will be traded preceding the transaction. It's appeared twice on THN -- the...
Part II - GM
Part I - CoachingPart II - GMThe reason why I decided to write about these topics is because of a recent column I read at hockeybuzz.com by Carla Muller. She wrote about an article she came across on foxsports.com mentioning rumors of Luc Robitalle filling in Dean Lombardi’s shoes as GM. My stance...
Updates, Questions, & An Introduction
Updates:1) Jason LaBarbera was activated on Monday in time for the home game against the Avalanche.2) Jonathan Quick was sent back to Manchester.3) The Aves rolled through town and handed the Kings their 4th loss in a row. Just one more loss and they're gonna match their season high of 5 losses a...
Hidden Gems - 11 - Quotes and A Sad Story
I have always wondered what goes through the minds of the players when the clock hits 0:00 in OT. For me, it used to be, "Oh! Who’s gonna shoot?!" But at this point of the season, teams have a predictable lineup concerning the shoot out.For the Kings: Brownie, Cammy, and Anze. Now that Cammy’s out,...
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