There Are No Winners In The CBA Game
Are you worrying that you won't see NHL hockey this season? Well, worry no more! You can relax with the knowledge that the season probably will not get under way in time, and we will indeed have a...
View ArticleHope rises again in the desert: Wednesday's notes
I want to start off by thanking everyone who showed up at last night's OTF Meetup, it was a great chance to put some faces with some screen names and talk pucks here in the days when training camp,...
View ArticleTop 10 Dallas Stars Regular Season Games #3: Stars Come Back Against Kings in...
Click the banner above for an overview of our Dallas Stars Retrospective series. Los Angeles Kings @ Dallas StarsOctober 5, 2005American Airlines Center Boxscore We continue to roll through our 20...
View ArticleCountdown To Coyotes Preseason: 14 Days
With 14 days left to go we continue our series of looking at how the number has played a role in Phoenix Coyotes history. Today we are looking at 14, which is the number of games that goalie Jason...
View ArticleLuongo Thinks A Trade To Florida Makes Sense, But Does It Make Sense To...
Quickly, here's what we know, have heard from Roberto Luongo / Mike Gillis, or read from people in the know since the Canucks' elimination from the 2012 NHL Playoffs: 1. Nick Kypreos reported that...
View ArticleLBC's All-Time Florida Panthers Roster Countdown: 11. Gord Murphy
Welcome back to LBC's exclusive Panthers roster countdown, where we post a profile of every player to ever skate or tend goal for Florida's southernmost franchise. There's more explanation behind this...
View ArticleVideo Game Review: Ice Hockey Lockout (Atari 2600)
A long-lost sports business simulation that we wish could have stayed lost, Ice Hockey Lockout is no fun for anybody. THE GOOD: Unique presentation; challenging co-op play; adequate box art. THE BAD:...
View ArticleYour friendly reminder that Andrei Kostitsyn is still a free agent
With lockout talk dominating hockey discussion, we essentially haven't heard anything about free agents not named Shane Doan since late July. Some of that is due to CBA uncertainty and some of that is...
View ArticleWho Is The Greatest #31 In Nashville Predators History?
We're headed for a titanic battle in today's installation of our jersey number series - two goaltenders who spent years in the Nashville system, but only played a combined total of 5 games at the NHL...
View ArticleNHLNumbers Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins
For fancy talk on advanced stats, the place to go is NHLNumbers.com and they've analyzed a season preview for the Pittsburgh Penguins here. It's definitely worth a read and learning something,...
View ArticleSummer fill: A conversation with Vancouver Canucks blog Nucks Misconduct...
In 2009 and 2010, SB Nation hashed up an interview series between blogs, with an Eastern Conference team paired with a Western Conference team to shed light, educate, and jest around a bit. Raw Charge...
View ArticleTop 20 Moments of the Kings' Stanley Cup Run: #16- Jeff Carter Gets a Hat Trick
#20: Matt Greene Takes A Penalty #19: Mike Richards Is A World Policeman #18: Jonathan Quick's Toe #17: Dwight King, Villain I have to say, I didn't know him too well coming in but I found Jeff Carter...
View ArticleVideo of Bob Miller's Call of Game 6, Plus A Note on the DVD
The DVD with Bob and Jim's call of the Stanley Cup clinching game is available for pre-order, and Kings Vision let out a sneak peek: Oooooooo! One note on purchasing -- the official release says that...
View ArticleFrom Bridgeport to the Reinhart Faceoff, Hockey Shall Go On
So that one hockey league you hear so much about (if you know where to look) is locked out, with some of its training camps originally scheduled to begin today. Thankfully, the hockey must go on. The...
View ArticleKings Links: Loktionov Bolts
Kings News The Kings are in wait-and-see mode with Lokti's Russian journey, but also could suspend his contract. [LA Kings Insider] The Predators suspended Radulov's contract when he left for the KHL...
View ArticleNHL Lockout 2012: Should the Players Dump Their Union?
Part of the conventional wisdom around this NHL Lockout is that eventually the owners and players will split Hockey Related Revenue somewhere around the 50/50 mark, based on comparison to the recent...
View ArticleDavis Drewiske To Get Name Engraved On Stanley Cup
It's finally official, former Wisconsin defenseman Davis Drewiske will get his name on Stanley Cup. The former Badger captain was a part of the remarkable run last season by the Los Angeles Kings....
View Article2012 NHL Lockout: On Players As Cattle
Jimmy Devellano has been fined a hefty amount by the league for saying what's on a lot of owners' minds -- players are cattle. At the heart of all these remarks is contempt, which is why we could be...
View ArticleWhere in the world is Nikolai Prokhorkin?
There's a legal tussle going on right now between the Kings and the KHL about Nikolai Prokhorkin's contract status, but it's hard to find much information about it. Almost all of the details we have...
View ArticleLocked Out? Ways of Satiating Your Hockey Appetite
The NHL has been locked out for over a week now, but today Phoenix Coyotes fans really feel its effects. Our Five For Howling preseason countdown was supposed to end today as the Coyotes were...
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