In sports, there are always a few bone-headed news reports I come across that make me chuckle; such as the Yankees signing Andruw Jones to a one-year, two million dollar contract or the Dallas Mavericks actually thinking they could “rent” the services of Carmelo Anthony, and of course the latest news out of the golden […]

It is a short week with a very light schedule due to All-Star Weekend.  There are only games this week on Monday through Wednesday.  The Carolina Hurricanes are hosting the All-Star activities and Eric Staal has been named one of the team’s captain while Nicklas Lidstrom has been named the other captain.  This is the […]

As we get deeper into the New Year NHL teams are realizing their needs and are making moves to fix them. We have already seen the Tampa Bay Lightning make a move to improve their goaltending by acquiring Dwayne Roloson. Roloson has put up three wins and two shutouts in his first four starts with […]

The Washington Capitals are hoping that their Russians (Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Semyon Varlamov) can follow in the footsteps of the Russian U20 team and be the teams’ best players when the games count the most.  It took the Russians three late game comebacks in order to win the World Junior Hockey Championship but […]

January fourth marks the halfway mark of the NHL season.  The Pittsburgh Penguins are the top team in the East while the Detroit Red Wings are the top team in the West.  The Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs are all where many predicted they would be, which is in […]