Shoot ‘Em Like Detroit

Besides having the best defencemen in the league and some dynamic young forwards, there is one glaring reason as to why the Red Wings are the best NHL team.
They shoot the puck.
It might sound too simple but there’s no other possible explanation.
Heading into tonight’s schedule, the Red Wings average 34.6 shots on goal a night, [...]

Time is Now

For the Vancouver Canucks, leaving for the Sunshine State is anything but a mid-season vacation.
The Canucks sit eighth in the NHL’s Western Conference, just one point ahead of the Pheonix Coyotes and the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final playoff spot in the west.
But tonight’s game, and this roadtrip for that matter, may be the [...]

European Power Nowhere to be Found

On the ice, the Europeans have broken the barrier many years ago. But off the ice, it’s a different story.
Players not from North America make up about 30 per cent of the league, not bad considering that number is constantly rising. However, how many of those Europeans end up working in a management position in [...]

No Life in Leader Markus Naslund

It’s on every fan’s list of how to improve the Canucks, and there’s no denying it.
Markus Naslund, the captain and the leader of this team, needs to start playing as such. I might be a couple years too late to point this fact out but I kept suppressing hope that Naslund would pop out of his [...]

Johan Santana to the Mets

Today the Twins made the long awaited move of trading Johan Santana.
In return they received a number of prospects from the New York Mets but none of whom are expected to make an immediate impact.
After signing Justin Morneau to an $80-million contract, it was time to off load the Cy Young award winner but since [...]

Pretty Funny NHL Commercials

So I was just browsing around NHL.com when I came across these two commercials they had on the site. Both links contain the same commercial to start off with, but the second ad in both are different. 
My personal favourite is the one with the Pittsburgh Penguins fans. 
Note: The guy in the red-shirt in the first [...]

Trade Talk Getting Ridiculous

Well, the NHL All-Star weekend has come and gone and now it is onto the stretch drive in the NHL regular season. 
With the stretch drive comes an all-too-familiar brand of talk: trade rumours.  Listening to the local sport talk shows on the Team 1040, all you hear now is “will the Canucks make a big [...]

NHL All-Star Weekend Had Its Moments

They’re on the right track.
The NHL all-star weekend wasn’t exactly awe-inspiring, though Elliot Friedman looked in awe when he was interviewing Alyssa Milano for CBC.
I did feel partially entertained during some of the action. That’s a sign that they could be on to something.
One of the segments of Saturday’s superskills competition has real potential, the [...]

No More Trading for Scraps

Martin Rucinsky, Geoff Sanderson, Brian Smolinksi, Marc Bergevin, and the list goes on.
Do these names sound familiar?
Those are some of the players Vancouver has acquired during the past few years on deadline day in order to see them flop come playoff time. It’s getting tiresome and repetitive. 
Dave Nonis and the Canucks need a different approach [...]

Courage Luongo’s Word

He had been called out by head coach Alain Vigneault on Tuesday following practice, he got agitated with reporters following today’s game-day skate and was the focal point of scrutiny after winning just once in the Canucks last seven games.
Even after all that, and two suspect goals tonight against the St. Louis Blues, the Canucks [...]

The Focus on Leafs Nation

It finally happened. 
John Ferguson Jr. took the walk off the plank as the Toronto Maple Leafs’ ownership relieved the former Leafs general manager of his duties.
The worst kept secret in the world of sports finally came out, and of course, no one was surprised.  Today, TSN’s Off The Record focused their entire show on the former [...]

TSC NBA Midseason Awards

As the NBA season reaches its midway point, it’s time to hand out some midseason awards. 

Defensive Player of the Year: Kevin Garnett (Boston Celtics)
As some witty sportswriter predicted on this very website, the Boston Celtics are a very, very good team. They are so good that when they slipped to 34-6, there were some talks [...]

Brian Brohm to Skip Senior Bowl

About a month after stating he’d do whatever the scouts asked of him, including participating in the senior bowl, Brohm has decided to skip out on the competition.
During bowl season, Brian was a guest on the NFL Network’s “College Football Today“. When asked about his preparations for the draft he said he’d be playing in [...]

Rick Nash, How D’ya Do?

If you missed it, last night showcased a potential winner for the NHL Goal of the Year. Yes, if the season ended now, I would choose that goal, no questions asked.
Columbus Blue Jacket’s Rick Nash not only capped off a three-point night with this incredible tally, but he also scored it with 21.5 seconds left [...]

Why Forsberg Does Not Belong in Vancouver

By no means is this post meant to put anyone’s opinion down or belittle anyone that writes or leaves comments on this site.  It is simply a look into why Peter Forsberg does not belong in Vancouver.
It’s simple.  My colleague Hosea said it best in his last post when he referred to Forsberg as injury-prone.  [...]