Wings Defense restocks rather than rebuilds

Why 5 rather than 2? The future.

I stopped by Kuklas Korner as I usually do each morning to check out some of the latest articles on the NHL. I found Larry Brooks’ article from this morning to be pretty interesting. He starts off the article singing the praises of the New Jersey […]

Paris Hilton was a Banger in High School

Paris as a Puckhead
photo: World Net Daily

No, Paris Hilton wasn’t actually a banger. At least not the kind of banging that takes place in a hockey game. But she did apparently play hockey in high school. World Net Daily has the story.

“That was quite the sight,” said Hilton’s teammate and Canterbury hockey […]

Griffins re-stock Forward Ranks

The Griffins refilled their graduating class of scoring forwards

With Jiri Hudler, Valtteri Filppula and Tomas Kopecky graduating from Griffin-dom last season, Grand Rapids didn’t have much scoring depth left on a team that scored 323 goals, won 55 games and racked up 115 points during the 2005-06 season. Based on the strength of those […]

It’s time for the NHL to hit the trifecta

The three owners the NHL needs to add NOW

Mark Cuban’s bid for the Chicago Cubs serves to highlight the NHL’s opportunity to improve its pecking order in professional sports in the United States. There can be no question that the U.S sports market is the driver when it comes to revenue in professional sports […]

Khan’s latest scouting report looks at Andreas Lilja

Ansar Khan thinks that Andreas Lilja’s play in last season’s playoffs might have earned him a shot in the top 4 amongst Detroit’s rotation of defensemen.

Lilja was the odd-man out often times in the regular season and wasn’t happy about it. Unless the Wings bring back Danny Markov or acquire somebody else of note (not […]

Does the NHL really have a marketing department?

Sure outdoor hockey is wildly successful, but being successful just isn’t the NHL’s thing

Sometimes you just have to laugh at the NHL’s inability to play to its strengths. Outdoor hockey games have been wildly popular, and the league finally decided to play another NHL game outdoors only four years after the previous one set […]

Pistons Get their Men

Amir will be on the Pistons for the next 3 years;
hopefully he gets some PT
Image: Need4Sheed

Joe Dumars has completed his two biggest offseason moves by signing Chauncey Billups and Amir Johnson to new contracts. There were rumors there was considerable interest from other teams for both players, but no real threats materialized to throw […]

Tigers Grades

The Tigers bound into the second half of the season

Big Al over at the Wayne Fontes Experience pulls out his red pen and grades each position player’s performance for the first half of the season. Here’s what he has to say overall:

Overall: At the season’s midpoint, the 2007 Tigers have the best offense in […]

Michigan-OSU Gets the Sopranos Treatment

Lately Michigan fans are familiar with an unsatisfying end to a season

My cousin forwarded me a press release on a documentary that is being produced by HBO Sports. Here are the pertinent details:

NEW YORK, July 10, 2007 — HBO Sports has begun production on a documentary chronicling the rivalry of Ohio State and the […]

The 7 Wonders of the Hockey World

On the Forecheck kicked off this theme and the NHL Fanhouse followed suit. Here is the task at hand:

So here’s your challenge - what would be considered the Seven Wonders of the Hockey World? If you had a shortlist of hockey-related trips you could make, which would make the cut?

Do I want to go […]

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