Hockey Guilty Pleasures: Wrap Around Curl edition
(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month...
View ArticleAccording to ESPN, the NHL franchises with dimmest futures
The victors go the spoils; to the losers go the high draft selections and subsequent years of rebuilding. That's how it works in the NHL. For the most part. ESPN.com published its NHL "organizational...
View ArticleIn defense of Islanders’ viewing party of violence vs. Penguins
What if we told you there was an NHL game recently that had 12 goals scored between the two teams; a combined 346 penalty minutes with two line brawls; a combined 23 games in suspensions handed out;...
View ArticleHockey Guilty Pleasures: Fox Tard of punk band The 3Tards
(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month...
View ArticleWhy Shea Weber’s arbitration win was good for hockey
When Shea Weber received a 1-year, $7.5 million contract in his arbitration case with the Nashville Predators, we assumed the ruling placed him smack dab in the middle of what Brent Seabrook ($7...
View ArticlePuck Treasures: Rock out with this hockey stick guitar
Puck Treasures looks to find those hidden hockey treasures from the past and present, and gives them their proper remembrance. Seen an interesting piece of hockey apparel? Send us an email at...
View ArticleMike Comrie, Mr. Mom? Hilary Duff is pregnant
Please recall last week when former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Mike Comrie, 30, announced his NHL career is on hold until his injured hip is properly healed. "I will return to the NHL when I am...
View ArticleSidney Crosby missing start of season? Contact is the key
Josh Rimer, a producer for XM NHL Home Ice, sent tongues a-wagging on Sunday when he tweeted the following news about Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, who is working his way back from a...
View ArticleWhat We Learned: NHL needs to get its priorities in order
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each...
View ArticleChronicles of Stanley: Recchi Cup tattoo; Lucic tops Vancouver
The Chronicles of Stanley is an occasional series this summer that tracks the Boston Bruins as they each get their special alone time with the Stanley Cup. Well, in their defense, the "H" in "Recchi"...
View ArticleVideo: Is this the worst hockey fight of all time?
From the Russian Kontinental Hockey League comes an extraordinary hockey fight. Not in the sense that it's good, because it's quite terrible and possibly the worst scrap in recent memory. But it's...
View ArticleListen To Puck Daddy Radio for Sid, Isles party, bust teams
It's a Monday edition of Puck Daddy Radio -- which, as you know, is now weekly for the summer -- and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Stars: Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh...
View ArticleHockey Guilty Pleasures: Adam Proteau of The Hockey News
(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month...
View ArticleSheldon Souray makes SummerSlam debut vs. Kelly Kelly’s lips
So many mysteries from Sunday night's WWE Summer Slam in Los Angeles. Why did Edge turn on Christian!? Who paid Kevin Nash to jump CM Punk from behind and allow Alberto Del Rio to win the unified...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: GM on Crosby’s status; Happy Gilmore parade
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • That gentleman on the...
View ArticleGallery: Every NHL team jersey re-imagined as soccer kits
Last week, we brought you several NHL sweaters that had been re-imagined as soccer kits. We loved them. You loved them. And now Matt Pratt, a.k.a. Majupra from reddit hockey, has completed his extreme...
View ArticleJets forward Rick Rypien, 27, found dead in Alberta home
Another hockey player gone too soon: Rick Rypien, who played parts of six seasons as a forward with the Vancouver Canucks, was found dead in his Alberta home on Monday. News 1130 in Vancouver reported...
View ArticleTributes to Rick Rypien, in words and at Rogers Arena
Hockey is called a religion by its most devout followers to acknowledge a heartfelt (and sometimes illogical) dedication to the game. We are the congregation, and the arena is where we worship. It's...
View ArticleRick Rypien and the crisis of faith on hockey fighting
Rick Rypien's death on Monday marked the second time this year someone has arrived at the home of a young NHL player who fought his way into the profession — literally and figuratively — to find that...
View ArticleHow Camp Shanahan can make the shootout less terrible
The NHL overtime shootout is terrific if you're someone that enjoys seeing 65 minutes of a team sport flushed down the toilet in favor of a made-for-television one-on-one gimmick that doesn't have a...
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