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Monday Morning Fly By: The Day Has Finally Arrived
Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes... Seven players to watch at rookie camp this week: [HockeyBuzz.com] Five players to watch at rookie camp this week, since they aren't likely to be talked about: [SB Nation Philly] Goalie Shayne...
Sam Gagner - Just Give It Time
As a group, Oilers fans don't tend to agree on much. Generally, I think we all believe the rookies - Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall, and Magnus Paajarvi - are pretty good and J.F Jacques is not. We might also agree that the sky is blue and that grass is green but beyond that though we don't agree on...
In light of recent NHL eye injuries, Yzerman's visor request
In March, after Manny Malhotra took a puck to the eye, I engaged in a debate on Twitter about the need for visors in the NHL. The argument against them is personal freedom. The argument for them is protecting a players vision from a "freak accident" like Malhotra's injury. Of course, when we see...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Greatest Game
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together the top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer...
What Do Oiler Fans Have To Look Forward To?
Turn the light out say goodnight, no thinking for a little while Let's not try to figure out everything at once--The National, "Fake Empire" The terrible goaltender contract. The goaltender getting hurt, just like everyone predicted he would. The star defenseman being eliminated for months via a...
Sports Psychology And The Edmonton Oilers
Dan Barnes had a recent piece in the Edmonton Journal entitled, "Oilers suddenly serious about psychology", in which he explains the organization's new push towards psychological evaluation in their drafting and player development process. Barnes quoted Steve Tambellini as saying: "It's a very big...
Dustin Penner, 45 Years Ago
Lowetide often mentions Frank Mahovlich when he's writing about Dustin Penner. Mahovlich, the big winger that wore Penner's same number 27 for the Maple Leafs, Canadiens and Red Wings, had many similar physical traits to Penner. He had a long, loping stride, he was dominant on the boards in the...
Craig MacTavish - Future GM
Thirty years after leaving ULowell following his sophomore year to begin a pro career that saw him become an NHL All-Star and etch his name on four Stanley Cups, MacTavish is back in school, working for an MBA at Queens University in Kingston, Ont. In what should come as no surprise, Craig...
Today in Sports History: January 20th
(Lawrence Tynes celebrates his winning kick. Photo by David J. Phillip, AP) 1/20/1996 - FOX unveils glowing hockey puckAt the 1996 NHL All-Star Game, FOX introduces the "FoxTrax" hockey puck. A common complaint of casual viewers was that the regular puck was too hard to see; FOX thought that by...
Quinn and Renney - What the Oilers Can Expect on the Penalty Kill
Prior to the 2008-2009 season, Craig MacTavish was an outstanding penalty kill coach. His teams were regularly top 10 teams, even though they lacked high-end goaltending and defense. He relied on three pairs of forwards and they were aggressive and quick to change, and did much of the dirty work...
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