LAST TANGO Today is the final of four Olympic hockey days, and a consensus among NHL folks with whom I’ve traded e-mails and texts during this break, Friday, Saturday and Sunday will represent the last three days of Olympic hockey involving NHL players for some time. The league is not pleased with U.S. television partner [...]
Team success shouldn’t be discounted in Sid-Ovi debate
February 25th, 2010
Gonchar/Letang updates and why playing tonight makes more sense than playing Sunday
February 10th, 2010
A quick bit of news on the status of talks between the Penguins and Ds Sergei Gonchar and Kris Letang: = GM Ray Shero is expected to meet with Gonchar’s agent next week in Vancouver, though I’ve not heard that any major progress has been made toward a new deal. As I reported in January, [...]
Assessing the NHL/NBC decision to play Pens-Caps on Sunday
February 8th, 2010
On Friday night I received a dreadful e-mail on my BlackBerry. It confirmed reports of Toronto Maple Leafs GM BRIAN BURKE’S son’s death because of injuries sustained in an auto accident.
Pens-related rumor roundup and props to Mark Letestu
February 2nd, 2010
PHIL PREDICTS WINTER; ROSSI SAYS… It is probably not wise to begin any update by comparing myself to a groundhog. However, given that – thanks largely to the Calgary Flames – the NHL trade season winds are picking up, perhaps it is fitting that I compare myself to an animal that lives mostly underground; that [...]
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