Yearly Archives: 2015

May 18 2015

By |2015-09-01T16:43:51-04:00May 18th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Thoughts on Simon Despres, Finnish star Joonas Donskoi, the Worlds and more ... *** In Canada, we love our Saturday hockey. Sunday night hockey? Bonus. Afternoon hockey? Pfffft. The dinosaurs at NBC are swinging too big a stick. Sportsnet is paying the NHL $433.3 million for rights. NBC is paying the NHL $200 million per season. [...]

May 17, 2015

By |2015-09-01T16:43:44-04:00May 17th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Rangers draw first blood, Canada/Russia meet in final, and more… * The Conference Finals kicked off on Saturday with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final between the Rangers and the Lightning. I kind of wished this was a Hockey Night in Canada game instead of a Hockey Day in Canada game, or for me [...]

Saturday, May 16

By |2015-09-01T16:43:00-04:00May 16th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

    Ducks-Hawks, Paul Stastny and more playoff performances of note.     ***     After looking at the Rangers-Lightning series in yesterday's ramblings, a peek at the Western Conference Final is on tap today.   There will be offense, as Anaheim and Chicago have averaged 3.89 goals and 3.2 goals per game, respectively. [...]

Friday, May 15

By |2015-09-01T16:15:29-04:00May 15th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

  Looking at the Caps and Habs, Lightning-Rangers series and playoff risers and fallers.     Over my next two ramblings, there won't be any playoff action. So, I'll preview a series each day with a look at the most significant news and recap a number of playoff performances worth noting.   In my last [...]

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