Raffi Torres received a 25-game suspension for launching himself into Marian Hossa.  Brendan Shanahan said he handed out the punishment because Hossa was injured and Torres is a repeat offender.  That hit was no worse than what James Neal did to Sean Couturier but Sean was able to get up after the hit and Neal came away with no consequnces.  Neal ( Read more... )

The alumni game was awesome!  Seeing all of my favorite players from decades past was incredible.  Over 45,000 people paid to watch the old-timers do their thing (it's the biggest audience to EVER attend an alumni game).  Sure, the action was a bit slow in spots (with the Flyers alumni averaging over 50 years old, what did you expect?) but some of ( Read more... )

The Tampa Bay Lightning's 1-3-1 defensive scheme was exposed to a national audience last night against the Philadelphia Flyers.  The 1-3-1, for those who don't know what it is...is this.  One player stands at the top of the opponent's zone, three players stand in the neutral zone and one player stands in the middle of their own zone.  None of them ( Read more... )

You can keep your crappy music.  Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Alannis Morrissette, Bare Naked Ladies et al, suck though k.d. Lang and Michael Buble are ok.  (Is it me or does Mr. Buble look like a cross between two of Dom DeLuise's sons?  Think Wormhole X-Treme's Col. Danning and Det. Pete Shanahan of SG-1.)  While I could put Teryl Rothery (Happy ( Read more... )