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Christmas in July
Christmas in July
Christmas Eve. You’d think, anyway. It is the day before the unrestricted free agency signing period begins, and all across North America hockey fans will go to sleep to dream of sugar daddy GM’s stuffing their approved NHL-logo stockings with free agent goodies. You’d be better off wishing ...
What I Was Doing Fourteen Years Ago Today
What I Was Doing Fourteen Years Ago Today
speakingofthedevils.com — by Carlos Figueiredo I still remember it like it was yesterday. It was a Saturday night. June... 24th, 1995. I probably can’t squeeze my, uhhhh, much more muscular upper body into my Faith No More “King For A Day…Fool For A Lifetime” t-shirt anymore, but it still seems ... (more) What I Was Doing Fourteen Years Ago Today
Blackhawks Sign Hossa, Kopecky
Blackhawks Sign Hossa, Kopecky
blackhawks.nhl.com — The Blackhawks have made another huge free agency splash, signing star winger Marian Hossa to a 12-year... contract Wednesday. Plus, the Hawks signed C Tomas Kopecky to a 2-year deal. Hossa Highlights | Photo Gallery | (more) Blackhawks Sign Hossa, Kopecky
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Pick 'Em: Caps' Greatest Need?
Japers' Rink — ... We're on the eve of what will be a fun holiday for hockey fans, on both sides of the northern border, whether you call it Canada Day or Christmas in July.  At high noon Eastern time tomorrow, general managers will step out of the saloons with guns blazing.  And let us all hope that dreams of filling the Caps' greatest need, be it via a free agent signing or a trade, aren't shot down.  ...

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