Silver Nuggets: Wake me up when September ends
Ah September. Kids are back at school, routines are starting to be set, and fall is coming (except in Toronto, where it's currently 32 degrees). What does this mean? Senators hockey starts back very...
View ArticleDevils in the Details - 9/3/2014: Coach Moose Edition
New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 9/3/14Your links for today:Devils LinksThe Devils have re-signed AHLer Dan Kelly. [Fire and Ice]Johan Hedberg will be the new Albany Devils goalie...
View ArticleLooking Back: Nick Foligno for Marc Methot
A look back at the Foligno-Methot trade from the summer of 2012. Would you still make the same deal if you were GM of the Senators?Two summers ago, the Senators aquired defenseman Marc Methot from the...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Game Operations: Mascots and Rebranding
If you ever wondered why teams spend money on focus groups and design firms, we have some fine examples of why that is money well spent (usually). Even teams that we can admire have their share of...
View ArticleDevils in the Details - 9/5/2014: Fun Jagr Fact Edition
New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 9/5/14Your links for today:Devils LinksHere's a fun Jagr fact: Jagr will be the second player to play in the NHL as the youngest player in the league...
View ArticleLeague of Hate and Envy: Columbus Blue Jackets
I don't really hate you now, but I'll gladly take a raincheck.Players are skating, and NHL training camps begin soon. So we are warming up our emotional engines to conjure all the irrational...
View ArticleIslanders News: Charles Wang had multiple bidders...for shame!
But I was told we have a deal.All throughout the New York Islanders sale process this year we heard one thing that all would officially go on record to say: The team had received "multiple expressions...
View ArticleMost Disappointing Prospects of the Last Ten Years (2003-2013)
A quick look at some promising prospects who disappointed in a Sens uniform between 2003 and 2013.Many hockey fans love getting excited about prospects. Too often we have high expectations that players...
View ArticleThe City of Columbus Does Not Deserve a Hockey Team
Scott Hartnell's hair no longer matches his jersey color and that makes me sad.Just a few days before the 2014 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers traded a 7-year veteran and assistant captain to the...
View ArticleAll My Children: The Ryan Johansen Episode
The soap opera continues as Ryan Johansen remains unsigned in Columbus. What is the endgame? So I leave the country for two weeks, expecting that in my absence a new deal would be announced for the...
View ArticleSenators Announce ECHL Affiliation with Evansville IceMen
After discontinuing its affiliation with the Elmira Jackals early this year, the Ottawa Senators announced Tuesday afternoon that the organization now has an ECHL replacement.Since the Senators parted...
View ArticleDevils in the Details - 9/10/2014: Later, Scott Edition
New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 9/10/14Your links for today:Devils LinksSounds like Eric Gelinas could miss training camp because of his unsigned-ness. Also, Ryan Carter will attend...
View ArticleTraining Camp Battles: The Forwards
For once, there shouldn't be a ton of shuffling in the top 9. At the bottom? Not so fast...Coming off a playoff appearance for just the second time in the team's history, the Blue Jackets' front office...
View ArticleJackets Sign First Round Pick Sonny Milano
Milano gets standard three-year ELC.The Blue Jackets announced a signing this morning, though it maybe wasn't the signing most fans were hoping for. That said, it's still a nice move, as they inked...
View ArticleProspect Tournament Game 2 Re-Cap And Highlights
Game two was a rough one all around the the Wings, who lost in regulation to the Blue Jackets by a final score of 5-3. Martin Frk received a high stick to the eye (uncalled) as well as later being...
View ArticleCBJ Prospect 2014 / 2015 Preview
A look at the Jackets' prospects, and where they'll be playing this season. It's not a stretch to say that from top to bottom, the Blue Jackets organization is the most talented and diverse it's ever...
View ArticleProspect Tournament: Practice Updates And New Lines
The loss to the Blue Jackets Saturday night was a tough one, not only because the team played better than they did in their overtime win over the Blues, but because it all but eliminates them from...
View ArticleBlue Jackets running huge risk with Ryan Johansen negotiations
It may be time for the Columbus Blue Jackets to see things the 22-year-old forward's way.Ryan Johansen still doesn't have a new contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and it doesn't look like that...
View ArticleTuesday Links - Slayer on a Ukelele
Prospects go meh. Fabbri is good, though. Paint the ice. Teej is good. Fantasy hockey. Mueller. Gunnarsson. Nudist dipshits. Other hockey. Other shit. And SLAYER ON A GODDAMN UKELELE. Enjoy your...
View ArticleDon't be selfish, Ryan Johansen
Summer is over.It pains me to write this. Ryan Johansen is my favorite Blue Jacket. But enough is enough.A common sentiment today after Jarmo Kekalainen's scathing interview with The Dispatch is that...
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