Almost two years ago, Shane Doan was accused of saying a rude slur against French Canadian referee Stephane Auger. As an ardent hockey fan, I can understand why; Auger is arguably the worst referee in professional hockey, a feat only challenged by Blaine Angus. Auger has been a referee for seven years and [...]
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Philadelphia: Added 3 great young, cheap defensemen (Coburn, Kukonen, Parent), one 1st rounder, 2 3rd rounders, a decent goalie and a good young forward in Scotty Upshall. This cost them 2 decent rental players, and one rental star. With a good pick in June, they’ll be a force inside two years, as [...]
I went to my buddy Tim’s place to watch tonights game between the Leafs and Bruins, got to meet his newborn, Cordelia, who quieted right down when I held her.
Anyways, here’s some observations:
1) The NHL’s officials were awful. They called some ‘new NHL’ penalties against the leafs which were just chintzy (like Stajan trying [...]
Toronto’s 9-1 romp over Atlanta had a couple of interesting twists, one of which was Jason Allison squaring off with Andy Sutton after Sutton rammed LW Darcy Tucker face first into the boards (earning Sutton a 4 game suspension). The interesting twist to Allison squaring off, besides him not being a fighter, is that [...]
