Learn how to pronounce Guillaume Latendresse terribly
There are some tough names in the NHL. Evgeny Artyukhin. Rostislav Olesz. Petteri Nokelainen. If certain CBC personalities can't seem to get Kevin Bieksa right, how is anyone supposed to tackle the...
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Torts on Avery: “We have better players than Sean Avery”
The New York Rangers made some curious personnel decisions Tuesday. They waived Brendan Bell in a move that left them with only five NHL defensemen on the roster; they waived Dale Weise, seemingly...
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Maple Leafs acquire a big centre, but it’s David Steckel
In what's turning out to be a surprisingly busy Tuesday at the NHL head offices (someone was claimed on waivers today--exhausting), the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired centre David Steckel from the...
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How do Boston Bruins’ Stanley Cup rings compare to other champs?
Remember the finale from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" when (spoiler) Indy avoids turning into a disintegrating skeleton because he knows the Holy Grail should look like "the cup of the...
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Coming to mall near you: Reebok NHL ‘shop-in-a-shop’
Reebok's NHL swag is, for the most part, pretty good. Yes, there has been thread-based blasphemy like the NHL "Black Ice" jerseys seen here. But overall, stuff like their Winter Classic gear has been...
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Puck Daddy’s 2011-12 NHL Eastern Conference Staff Prognostications
To understand the unprecedented level of soothsaying accuracy you're about to experience in the Puck Daddy Staff Prognostications, look no further than last October when no less than ONE PERSON picked...
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Brendan Shanahan’s clean hits video, a.k.a. ‘don’t be stupid, stupid’
"For anyone who wrongly suggests that physicality is being taken out of our game, we offer the following examples of good, clean, hard checks." — Brendan Shanahan, Executive VP of Player Safety (and...
View ArticlePuck Daddy Hockey Rumors Live Chat!
Are the Toronto Maple Leafs in the market for a Top 6 forward? Are the New York Rangers still angling for another defenseman? And what oh what will become of Sean Avery? Please join us beginning at 1...
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Puck Daddy chats with Carolina Hurricanes’ Jeff Skinner about his sophomore...
Things were a little weird for Jeff Skinner back home in Ontario this summer. Not with his family and not with his close friends, with whom the 19-year-old Carolina Hurricanes star spent most of the...
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Puck Headlines: Kesler’s naked; hockey writer eats column
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. Click here if you want to...
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Resale ticket prices for Winnipeg Jets opener are expectedly insane
How much would you pay to witness hockey history? That's the question being asked by many Winnipeg Jets fans that didn't secure a ticket to the franchise's first regular-season game after relocating...
View ArticleVideo: Singing Kris Versteeg will be your hero, baby
Why does a movie studio hire Will Smith for a summer event movie? Because he's the total package: Solid performer, brings in the money and he'll even sing (OK, rap) the theme song. Why did the Florida...
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The 11 burning questions for the 2011-12 NHL season
It seems like every off-season takes forever to pass before a new NHL campaign begins. But from the moment the Boston Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years on June 15 to the final night...
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Report: Matthew Hulsizer to buy Blues stake, keep Checketts
If Jeremy Rutherford's report on STLToday.com is accurate, former Phoenix Coyotes suitor Matthew Hulsizer should start figuring out what to send to the bumbling Glendale City Council and the persistent...
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Place your bets: Over/under point totals for NHL scoring leaders
The folks at Bodog continue to spoil hockey fans with tantalizing prop betting lines for the 2011-12 season. Their latest bit of whimsy: Over/Under lines for some of the NHL's top offensive players...
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Less is more: Behold the splendor of Minimalist NHL Posters
Do you know why "man caves" and rec rooms exist? It's because someone has demanded that all of your cool stuff be restricted to a specific geographic area, usually out of the sight of haughty visitors...
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Rangers GM leaves to door open for Sean Avery’s return
Rare is the NHL waiver move that gets written up on gay sports websites, but Sean Avery wasn't your typical NHL player. The big question these days is whether the 31-year-old New York Rangers training...
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Puck Daddy’s 2011-12 NHL Western Conference Prognostications
On Wednesday, we presented you with our 2011-12 NHL Eastern Conference prognostications, many of which will prove to be accurate and many of which we'll just pretend never happened by the end of the...
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The 7 most heartwarming stories of the NHL preseason
The Seven is an arbitrary list of randomly connected hockey subjects that will run every Thursday on Puck Daddy. Agree to disagree. The NHL preseason can be a tedious grind. But for some players, it's...
View ArticleIf you wanted more Bruins Cup victory laps, VERSUS has them
You'd figure after the duck boats and Fenway and the summer with the Cup and the ring ceremony and opening night and the Pats game, the avenues through which the Boston Bruins' Stanley Cup championship...
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