Rock Bottom

Zero goals.
Fifteen shots.
Against the godforsaken Tampa Bay Lightning.
If Michel Therrien isn’t peeling paint off the walls right now, consider this season over now.

That’ll Snap You Out of a Funk

Yeah, the Islanders were scuffling along heading into last night’s game. But with the Penguins playing their second game on back-to-back nights, and Sid suffering from an uncharacteristic case of the yips, my expectations weren’t that high.
Certainly not “first career hat tricks for Sykora and Dupuis” high. Not “3 5-on-3 power plays” high. Not [...]

Taking a Break

I have no desire to be a part of the circular firing squad the hockey blogosphere has formed around Sean Avery and Gary Bettman, and I can only repeat myself so many times.

The real definition of “detrimental to the League or game of hockey”

Would you like to understand why Sean Avery’s “sloppy seconds” performance art was worth an indefinite suspension? There are plenty of factors within the media’s reaction. (The false dichotomy with Colin Campbell’s Wheel O’ Suspensions is a popular one. So is the Pac-Man Jones factor.)
The fact that there’s something for the media to react to [...]