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Blueshirt Banter Talks To Ryan Bourque
Imagine for a moment, if you will, one of the greatest hockey players to ever play the game. A true legend at his position, a man who helps revolutionize the way his position was played. Now imagine being that man's son, and trying to forge out a career in the NHL. That's Ryan Bourque, the New...
Thank You, Boston, For Ending this Season the Right Way
I'm still trying to get my head around all the things that culminated with last night's convincing Boston Bruins victory. I'm still sorely disappointed that we didn't get to see Cam Neely cry, but let's also not forget that, about 10 years ago, Ray Bourque waved a tearful goodbye to the East Coast...
Where are they now?: 1989-'90 Boston Bruins
Where are They Now? Mike Milbury (Head Coach): Hockey Analyst for several TV broadcasts including NESN and NBC Gord Kluzak: In-Studio Analyst for NESN's Bruins broadcasts and Vice President of the investment firm Goldman Sachs Lyndon Byers: On-Air Radio Personality for WAAF's Hillman Morning...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Defensemen
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together 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 these...
Tim Thomas and Bruins shutout Leafs 2-0 on Milt Schmidt Night
Tim Thomas didn't have to work too hard tonight, but stopped all 20 pucks that came his way to record his second shutout and fifth win of the season in a 2-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Milt Schmidt Night at TD Garden. Patrice Bergeron's 100th career goal and Tyler Seguin's 1st Garden goal...
The 2009-10 New Jersey Devils by All-Time GVT - Evidence that Martin Brodeur is the Best Devil Ever
Earlier this past week, I brought up Tom Awad's Goals Versus Threshold (GVT) with respect to Ilya Kovalchuk. It's a wonderfully versatile stat that allows comparison between goaltenders, forwards, and defensemen based on how much they've contributed to their team. GVT is broken up by offensive...
The future of Marty with the Tampa Bay Lightning
The sentiment from the Lightning faithful regarding Martin St. Louis (our pick for team MVP, and echoed by the St. Pete Times this morning) is that he is more important to the team than Vincent Lecavalier. He's the heart and the soul of the club. With one year left on his contract, he needs to be...
Poll: Worst Trade 1962-1979
We'll start with the people without helmets (mostly, anyway). 1980-1989, 1990-1999 and 2000-2010 to follow shortly. The "winners" in each poll will battle it out in the "finals." 1962-1979: Which of the following trades was the biggest mistake? Pick three.(survey)
Worst Hockey Trade Ever?
Kovalchuk To Jersey Might Be The Stupidest Hockey Trade Ever - Habs Eyes On The Prize How it looks, is that Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has paid the rental player rate for a player who essentially becomes just that. He's also gone out and gotten the most ill fitting player his team could have in...
Link Chowder 1/15
Serving up the best links of the week from all across the newfangled interwebs According to James Murphy's sources, the Bruins are very interested in Ilya Kovalchuk, but the current asking price is too high [NESN.com] HBO is making a documentary on the Broad Street Bullies [AHN] The story of how...
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