Stanley Cup Predictions from Around the Web
goingfivehole.blogspot.com 5/24/2008 — Going Five Hole : Pittsburgh in 6 James Mirtle : Detroit in 6 Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy, Greg Wyshynski : Pittsburgh in 7 Lyle Richardson Kevin Schultz, Barry Melrose Rocks : Detroit in 7 Eric McErlain : Detroit in 7 Scotty Wazz : Detroit in 6 ...
Finally, Cherry and Melrose on One Screen
melroserocks.blogspot.com 5/25/2008 — Last night, Don Cherry and Barry Melrose shared a TV screen on ESPN's Sportscenter. Somehow, someway, the Earth is still rotating this morning. But thank you, ESPN for creating the ultimate matchup in hockey commentating. I need to go lie down. My brain hurts.
Barry Melrose to Coach Tampa Bay
sports.aol.com 5/31/2008 — Thirteen years after he was dismissed as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, Barry Melrose is going to get another kick at the can as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Damien Cox of the Toronto Star has the skinny: It's believed new Tampa ...
Is Barry Melrose to Tampa Bay hockey's worst-kept secret?
sports.yahoo.com 5/31/2008 — Try as we might, we simply can't accept the apparent reality that Barry "The Mullet" Melrose is a sought-after coaching commodity in 2008; that a guy who has perfected the art of ESPN pundit buffoonery for the last decade is viewed as a ...
Barry Melrose Could Be Leaving ESPN For Tampa Bay
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 5/31/2008 — Yet another analyst is going back to his coaching roots, but this time at ESPN. Hockey analyst Barry Melrose and his fabulous mullet are reportedly heading to Tampa Bay and will the new Coach of the Lightning.... Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Barry ...
ESPN Analyst Barry Melrose to Return to Coaching
theaddshow.com 6/4/2008 — Barry Melrose has graced us all with hockey knowledge since he joined ESPN in 1996. It appears as though he will be spreading that wealth with the Tampa Bay Lightning next season.
Melrose coy about future; Tortorella denies Rangers rumor —
Puck Daddy
Usually, when we read between the lines during an ESPN broadcast, it's to try and figure out what Disney product or hack promotion they're going to pimp over the next few weeks. ( "It's the NutriSystem Mike and Mike Hot Seat Who's Now Countdown!") When Brant James of the St. Pete Times watched the interaction between Steve Levy and Barry Melrose on the WWL after Game 6 last night, ...
Barry Melrose still working for ESPN, not Lightning —
Sports stories from Newsday
On the late SportsCenter Tuesday, Barry Melrose's report from the Stanley Cup Finals was followed by the news John Tortorella had been fired by the Tampa Bay Lightning, but no mention was made of Melrose reportedly being a strong candidate for the job. That was a little strange.
But not as strange as Robert Flores' sign-off the night before, when he said to John Anderson, "The bloggers ...
Melrose Gets Jolt Of Lightning —
Center Ice
Well it’s official Barry Melrose is the new head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Torterella will be getting fired this week sometime and now I hope the lightning will be able to regain their glory and head back to the Stanley Cup in a few years.
As many of you are aware Melrose has served as an NHL Analyst for ESPN, but now this comes out that he will be the new head coach of ...
A Weekend To Honor (Sort of) Mullet Men —
MVN RSS
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Word leaked out yesterday that ESPN’s Barry Melrose was departing the TV studio and returning to the bench in the NHL, in Tampa. The Tampa media today appears to have verified the stunning news. We’re stunned. It’s been 13 years since Melrose coached in the NHL; the league has changed dramatically in that time, and while ...
Melrose: Is It True? —
RumorMeThis
Rumor has it that ESPN ’s Barry Melrose is beeing considered by the Tampa Bay Lightning new owner as John Tortorella replacement for next season. Well it would’ve been nice if the rumor ended there, but it doesn’t.
Many newspapers columnists have been writing and claiming that the hiring of Melrose, which apparently involves a two years/two millions contract, should be ...
Melrose offers soft denial; Tortorella out when TB owner approved —
Puck Daddy
Some new details on that Barry Melrose to Tampa Bay story that broke yesterday. The Tampa Tribune cited a source inside the Tampa Bay Lightning who said that John Tortorella's tenure as head coach will end as soon as Hollywood producer Oren Koules is approved as the new owner on or around June 18. Meanwhile, Melrose offered a rather un-emphatic denial on SportsCenter regarding the torrid ...
Are The Lightning Actually Hiring Barry Melrose? —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
Welp, there goes ESPN’s entire hockey department. (Maybe.) Barry Melrose is the center of a semi-opaque rumor that he’s going to be the next head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, even 24 hours after his parent company ran a story saying he was “enjoying his life as an ESPN analyst,” that he always gets asked to coach an NHL team every year, and would rather keep his ...
Barry Melrose to Tampa, WatchDog to 2,500 posts —
Sports stories from Newsday
Barry Melrose, possibly leaving ESPN ? Say it ain't so. The Bristol Stompers need all the hockey guys they can get, even if they don't have any NHL games.
Oh, well. Maybe ESPN can find another former Kings coach to fill in. Someone call Rogie Vachon!
By the way, I forgot to pat myself on the back for reaching the 2,500-post mark Friday. Not bad for 13 months, I suppose.
The fact the ...
Top Shelf: Tampa New Melrose Place? —
The Big Lead
Following the jump is Lee Diekemper’s look at the prospects of ESPN’s Barry Melrose becoming the new coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Before the jump: 1 sweet mullet, 1 old school North Stars jersey and 4 cool dudes.
Melrose To Coach the Lightning? —
Spector's blog listings.
Scuttlebutt around the NHL has it that former Los Angeles
Kings head coach and current ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose could be soon
returning behind the bench.
Despite his recent assertion that no one has approached him
it’s been speculated for several weeks that Melrose could in fact become the
new bench boss of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Those rumors gained speed recently when a ...
Not So Fast on Melrose —
KK Hockey
From Erik Erlendsson at the Bolts Report:
This is also what I was able to surmise from conversations last night. Barry Melrose is not a done deal. No definitive offers have been made to anybody and the team is still talking to other candidates. And to clarify one other thing, no deal with Melrose, or anybody else for that matter, can be done anytime soon, and certainly not in the next ...
Will Lightning strike Melrose? —
Sports Media Watch
Doug Collins may not be the only well known analyst heading back to the coaching ranks.
Reports have Barry Melrose taking over the reigns of the Tampa Bay Lightning next season, ending an 11-year run as the lead hockey analyst on ESPN.
Melrose has denied the reports, saying "This is no different than any of the last 10 years ... I've been contacted by a handful of clubs every year since joining
Melrose not a done-deal —
IllegalCurve.com
From Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: "This is also what I was able to surmise from conversations last night. Barry Melrose is not a done deal. No definitive offers have been made to anybody and the team is still talking to other candidates. And to clarify one other thing, no deal with Melrose, or anybody else for that matter, can be done anytime soon, and certainly not in the next ...
To Tampa or Not to Tampa -- That is the Mulleted Question —
Barry Melrose Rocks
I'm a little late on this, and I apologize, but it's really because I've been trying to figure out how to cover this. The truth is that I have no idea. But here goes anyway. Rumors are flying wild about a potential move for the Mullet to ESPN. The key word there is 'potential'. That's because the folks in Tampa who want to hire Melrose, well, they don't even work for the team yet . ...
Will Melrose coach the Lightning? —
The Hockey Herald
via Toronto Star:
If Barry Melrose is about to make his grand entrance back on to the NHL stage, it’s going to be riding a wave of controversy.
It is believed that Melrose has already agreed to leave his hockey pulpit with ESPN to sign a three-year, $6 million (U.S.) deal to coach the Tampa Bay Lightning next season.
The problem is, John Tortorella is still the Lightning coach and ...
Return Of The Mullet —
The Power Play
As reported in Friday's Toronto Star, ESPN hockey analyst and mullet icon Barry Melrose is set to return behind the bench to coach the Tampa Bay Lightning. Melrose, who coached the Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final, would replace John Tortorella, who still holds the post. According to the Star, incoming team owner Oren Koules has pushed for the hiring of Melrose in an effort to further ...
