Two concussions, not within a year of each other. It’s an absolute shame that this happened. Especially to a goalie of this caliber. It’s a shame when any high-end talent is cut down by injuries, and in hockey, there are countless examples of careers being shortened or ruined due to concussions. Paul Kariya, Eric Lindros, […]
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Ahh… the old Winnipeg Jets. As a hockey fan, I’ve often heard the narrative that the Jets and the Nordiques fell apart and relocated because the fan support wasn’t there. Well, I’m here to tell you that the narrative they left due to attendance issues is false. Even more false than a pair of eyelashes bought at Claire’s,
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It takes a special kind of person to call Minnesota home. Considered by some as Canada’s 11th province, Minnesota winters are long and cold. Minnesota is also nicknamed The State of Hockey. The Minnesota Wild have one of the most passionate fan bases in the entire National Hockey League. The Minnesota Wild have quite a
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We’re well into December and we have had some shifting in the standings since the last power rankings I did a few weeks ago. Tamp Bay has won eight in a row and has become the class of the league up to this point. And you had to see it coming because they have one
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The St. Louis Blues lost big on Sunday afternoon at Enterprise Center, losing 6-1 to Vancouver. The lone goal came from Blues forward Jordan Kyrou. That goal was Kyrou’s first in the NHL. The Blues have had a weird trend going lately, beating the league’s top teams, and then turning around the next game, and
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Here we are two months into the regular season and we have seen impressive play by teams I expected to be near the bottom of the league such as the Montreal Canadiens. But also that same concept in reverse in the St. Louis Blues being as terrible as they are. The Los Angeles Kings fall
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In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, the hockey world was set into shock when the Chicago Blackhawks fired beloved coach Joel Quenneville. Coach Q is a future Hall of Famer, who also has the second most all-time wins by an NHL head coach. Add three Stanley Cups on his resume. The
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The St. Louis Blues lost to the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 last night at Enterprise Center. General manager Doug Armstrong had seen enough. The team has not been playing well this season, and now are just one loss away from being in the league basement with a current 7-9-3 record. Doug Armstrong fired head coach
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Week six of the NHL season is in the books and the two teams I expected to run the tables last year lead their conferences this year coming into Thanksgiving weekend. Tampa Bay and Nashville have both been impressive to this point, especially the Lightning considering Stamkos got off to a slow start. This list
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Just over one full month into the 2018-2019 NHL season, the St. Louis Blues are currently 6-6-3. That is a pretty mediocre record compared to where general manager Doug Armstrong predicted the Blues would be at this point in the season. The Blues have been playing the way they know they can in those six
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