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Tuesdays with Dani: Lightning are still in this playoff race (for now)
Are the Lightning going to be sellers or buyers at the trade deadline this season? Right now, it's too early to tell. Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun debate this topic on their daily debate on ESPN. Talk is that there is interest in Ryan Malone and pending UFA's Pavel Kubina and Dominic Moore....
Pierre for GM?
I have criticized Pierre McGuire in the past for several reasons, but now with his friend and TSN990 radio host Mitch Melnick writing this piece in a campaign to get him hired as GM, the usual McGuire for GM meme for when the Habs are struggling is gaining momentum. Add to that many believe it is a...
Some late evening Habs reading
"I'm working hard to pick up the language as much as I can and as quickly as I can. Hopefully that will be the case by the time some of the decisions are made" - Randy Cunneyworth 01-03-2012 Well if you want a few words for your boss, say around mid-late April, perhaps, "Va te faire......" are...
So, Tampa Bay is supposed to be the bad guy...
So Comcast has set the media narrative, as we've seen it on Versus since the 2011 NHL Playoffs when the Tampa Bay Lightning kept surprising the big-shots of the NHL: Guy Boucher is the villain, the 1-3-1 system is evil and bad for the game of hockey. Last night, the Philadelphia Flyers "stood up"...
I'm Saving Hockey: A BTN March 13th Recap
What a week for Zdeno Chara: he makes routine checks all year, and then a check he's made everywhere else on the ice just so happens to be made right before a stanchion and "boom", undies bundled. What made this hit such a tough sell were the approaches to defending his play: Chara went for the...
What if the Tampa Bay Lightning already know who they want?
Let’s review the timeline of this whole CEO/GM search, shall we?Okay, there’s really nothing to review. And that's a drastic turn from how things had been happening in Lightning Land for the past couple of years. It’s like there’s new ownership…or something.As John as...
Names popping out of the woodwork for Bolts GM spot
They aren't official names, and they aren't even all candidates, but there have been more people coming to light for the Lightning General Manager role -- some expressing interest, while others using and receiving the vaulted "no comment". So who is out there? Los Angeles Kings Vice...
Answering the question of the McGuire candidacy
While other names are popping up (as forum discussion and now beat reports have mentioned Ron Hextall), there is one candidate whose name has been invoked several times from local and national media sources. A name that's common for those who follow hockey on the national level (and we're talking...
Florida Panthers Saturday Links-of-Wonder
Wondering how "negotiations" are proceeding between Panthers management and Rosenhaus? Behold above. * Kevin Oklobzija wonders if the Panthers haven't struck minor-league gold - and perhaps major-league relief - in signing defenseman Clay Wilson. * More Rochester madness as the...
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