by Anthony Garofalo | Feb 15, 2019 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
February 25, 2019. That is the date teams around the National Hockey League have circled on their calendars and will be forced to make a tough decision. That decision comes in the form of a one-worded answer to the following question: Buyers or sellers? The Boston...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 15, 2019 | Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Vancouver Canucks
A shakeup never hurts, right? (Unless it’s the Northridge Quake. Oh, that was bad. But I’m talking about hockey here in LA. The Kings, in particular.) With Vancouver coming in off a 1-0 loss to the Ducks a night ago, the Kings, who last lost to Washington but played...
by George Grimm | Feb 14, 2019 | Books, Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
In the summer of 1978, Fred Shero finally got a chance to coach the Rangers. Shero was a former Rangers defenseman who had been coaching in the Blueshirts minor league system for many years during the Emile Francis era. However despite leading his teams to four first...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 14, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
The Vancouver Canucks came into Anaheim Wednesday night with not-unreasonable hopes for the playoffs. They were two points behind Minnesota in the wildcard race, though they were a mediocre 4-4-2 in their last ten contests. They had also lost their prior game, 7-2 to...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 14, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, Vancouver Canucks
The last time the masses assembled in Anaheim for an NHL game, the Ducks stunk up the arena with a 13-shot debacle which was the second game of a seven-game losing streak extending to the present. What? You’ve heard that they’re lost something like 20 games, right?...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 10, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage
Bob Murray is in deep, and he knows it. The tone—hesitant—and the answers—inconsistent—of his conference call Sunday afternoon said as much. Here’s a sample of some of his answers, offered as a mix of transcribed quotes and paraphrases. The main themes seemed to be...
