Wow. I’m not sure how else to start this. If there’s an award for “Most Aggressive GM,” I think Paul Holmgren wins unanimously. Many people thought that the 1-2 punch of Mike Richards and Jeff Carter would be skating in the orange and black for their entire careers. Considering their double digit year contracts, that [...]
Leave the Flyers’ Goaltending Alone
That’s right, I said it. I’m sick and tired of hearing “Ya know, the Flyers aren’t going anywhere because they don’t have the goaltending.” Another favorite of mine is that an unproven rookie goalie can’t take a team through the playoffs. Well, someone better tell that to Antti Niemi. First of all, let me just [...]
Getting Coal for Christmas
Happy New Year and a belated Merry Christmas to all of the TSHQers out there. I hope that all of your wildest dreams are coming true right now. That said, there are quite a few NHL teams whose worst nightmares are coming true. Maybe it’s all a co-inkee-dink or maybe some guys have been mixing [...]
The Atlantic Division: The Good, the Pretty Good, and the Really BAD
It’s been an interesting start of the season for the NHL’s Atlantic Division. It’s the home of the Eastern Conference’s best record it’s worst record…well, records. We’ll go through each team with some thoughts. I’ll start from the bottom up. New York Islanders (4-12-4, 12 points) This has to start with a comment that was [...]
