Well, thought Steve Yzerman, as his eyes scanned down the list of contracts he now controlled as General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Team Canada this ain’t.
It remains to be seen if Yzerman is the blossoming young executive genius the Lightning hope they’ve signed. For his entire — brief though it may be — [...]
I am predicting nothing for Saturday night. Nothing at all. Except one thing.
I don’t know what to expect anymore, so I’m not going to pretend I have any read whatsoever on the mental state of this Red Wings team.
When I think they’re tired, worn out, beaten down and ready to call it a season, they [...]
Okay fellas, come on in here for a minute. I’ve got something just tremendous to say to you.
Men, you are down two opportunities to nothing to the San Jose Sharks. That’s twice now that they’ve just taken the tremendous opportunity to seize the moment and enjoyed it, and twice that you have done just a [...]
So … that post yesterday, it said Wings in seven, right?
Honestly, a 4-3 defeat is not the end of the world. The Sharks could have made that game a blowout early, but they couldn’t quite close the deal. And if the reffing — admittedly, this was seen from my seat in a crowded bar 20+ [...]
It’s tough not to smile this morning, what with the Washington Capitals so powerfully demonstrating the immense chasm between Contenders and Pretenders when it comes to handling Game 7 pressure.
So … to review. Things you don’t want to do in a Game 7: Don’t rely on your superior skill level to assure you of victory; [...]
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As for last night’s Wings/Coyotes game, I have a few thoughts beyond the instinctual ‘holy-fucking-shit-yes’s and ‘ohmygodpleasedon’tscore’s that were the only possible reactions at the time to what was, to paraphrase a fictional old gay [...]