Puttin' On the Foil - A Weekly NHL Recap 12/28
Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole —
[image] MONOLOGUE Should the Winter Classic become an annual event for the NHL? Yes. I've been a strong proponent of hockey taking New Year's Day from college football. January 1 is no longer all about football like it was years ago when majority of the bowl games were played on that day. This year there's only five games on tap and two in direct competition with the Red Wings-Blackhawks game at 1pm ET. Why should the NHL shy away from a day that used to be about college football? Weather is obviously a huge concern for holding these games, but the more and more times the league holds the Winter Classic, the better the ...
Empty Netter Assists - Eastern Conference - 12-29-08
Empty Netters —
Penguins
-Ryan Whitney lousy at telling the future.
-Should Ray Shero be given a deadline to win the Stanley Cup?
-It didn't take Shero long to put the Penguins in a position to compete for the Cup.
-We probably should pust this under the Southeast Division but this is too good to bury. The Washington Post has a pretty frank Q&A translated from Russian with Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin. The Penguins-related nuggets include:
His disdain for comparisons to Sidney Crosby and now Evgeni Malkin (right).
Saying Malkin "was ...
