I arrived home from the game at the ACC on Saturday night to find the power out. I didn’t think anything of it until I got up the next morning to a freezing house. I’m in Pickering, which pretty much got the worst of the ice storm in Ontario. So after dragging the wife and [...]
The Jets need to move past the Olli Jokinen era
Welcome to a special holiday edition of the Sunday Ramblings! As a Christmas treat I'll share a fantasy war story with you right off the bat. Last night I started Ilya Bryzgalov over Kari Lehtonen (I didn't want to start either, but my opponent's goaltender Curtis McElhinny was just good enough against Philadelphia [...]
Cam Fowler has been very impressive this season logging over 24 minutes of ice per game. He was at it again on Friday playing 25:32 and picking up a goal and an assist against the New Jersey Devils. Included in that ice-time is evidence of his versatility as he skated nearly four minutes on the [...]
Patrick Kane just proved me wrong (well, close enough). I thought he could never be a 100-point player, but he has 100 points in his last 83 games (heading into last night's game). We'll give him that extra game, that's good enough for me. * Yesterday, my column in The Hockey News looked at the [...]
Evander Kane made his return to the Jets lineup on Monday and helped them to a 3-2 win over Columbus. Kane had a goal and a helper, while adding six shots. He’s such a versatile player and Winnipeg looks like a different team when he’s out there. Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets and [...]
Some last minute gift ideas for the hockey fan in your home (so get your spouse to read this!)
Michael Raffl had my attention prior to Sunday given his run of four points in five games. But Sunday's three-point effort makes it official - get on this guy. Not a future star or anything, but certainly capable of the mini hot and cold streaks that teammate Matt Read gave us when he was a [...]
On the perpetually under-rated Avalanche winger...
It was a mammoth day of NHL hockey and news. The suspension of Shawn Thornton for 15 games was the biggest news, obviously, but Steven Stamkos' miraculous return to the ice just a month after breaking his tibia in Boston was pretty significant too. The whole '"monitoring Stamkos' progress in the context of 'can [...]
