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Last week, the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association announced that they had reached an agreement with the International Olympic Committee to confirm the participation of NHL players at the Beijing Winter Olympics this coming February. COVID may have the final word on that, and you can certainly...
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My new book "The New York Rangers Rink of Honor and the Rafters of Madison Square Garden" is now available on Amazon. The direct link to the book is here: Amazon.com
Here is the description of the book, from Amazon...
Often when reading about classic old time era hockey teams one comes across the intriguing story of the 1907 Kenora Thistles. The small town boys from the city originally known as Rat Portage, on Lake of the Woods in westernmost Ontario near the Manitoba border, eventually bringing home the...
There hasn’t been much said lately about the news coming out at the end of July that the NHL will investigate claims made in a series of tweets by the estranged wife of Evander Kane that Kane not only bet on NHL games but that he had thrown a number of games while playing for the San Jose...
I may have mentioned once or twice already that I have a new book about the Kenora Thistles coming out in November. It’s called Engraved in History and it’s being done by Brignall Media, a local Kenora publisher. (I also have Hockey Hall of Fame: True Stories coming out with Firefly Publishing...
I was going to wait a bit, but I see that other projections are already coming out so I feel like doing mine.
I started a thread about this last year but I ran into a myriad of problems. First, I didn't do a good job keeping rosters up to date, I changed jobs a few times and moved back to...
During the 1910s it was not entirely uncommon for deaf, or “deaf-mute” as they were called at the time, hockey players to pop up on the competitive hockey scene, either in the amateur or in the professional circuit.
Two of the more distinguished deaf hockey players around this time were Walter...
It’s July 28. There’s plenty of other sports going on. The Olympics. Baseball. Football training camps. And the NBA draft is approaching. But even in the middle of summer, hockey manages to make headlines. There was the expansion draft a week ago, the regular NHL draft a few days later, and all...
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With the NHL draft all done and dusted, now is a good time to reflect on how our teams have done historically at the draft!
This is a continuation of the first time I did this in 2017. Back then I looked at every draft from 2003 to 2017 and tried to determine how each team can...
Just four days until the most unpredictable NHL draft in recent memory. Very little consensus, lots of potential trades. Here are a few notes before I begin.
I tried to put a bit more emphasis on a player’s floor and likely projection this year as opposed to betting on upside every time...
Results from a series of polls I conducted in the poll section. Discuss. The percentages are the percentage each team got for the round they were voted into their slot.
1-32, which environments surrounding the 32 franchises are the most pressurized. That can mean fans, ownership, media, prior...
It is time for the annual write-up on Russian draft-eligible prospects. Last year I had an impression that diving too deep in the details might be not the most entertaining way, so I'll try to make it shorter this time. We always can get into more details in the discussion though if there will...
The era in ice hockey from around the turn of the twentieth century and up until the formation of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1917 doesn’t have a formal name, but it is sometimes referred to as the “pre-NHL era.” Or, up until the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) disbanded in 1926, and...
I grew up a Leafs fan and still consider them to be my favourite team — although that means a lot less to me at age 57 than it did when I was 17 … or 7! It’s been a long time since I would say I’ve bled blue and white. It was probably in 1989 (I’d have been 25 at the time) when I made my peace...
Anatoli Tarasov was the most vocal figure in Soviet hockey – so vocal, in fact, that hockey historians tend to forget he wasn't actually the head coach of the Soviet national team during its dynasty years from 1963 to 1972. Tarasov was only the assistant or associate coach. The head coach was...
A mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 vaccines could provide logistical and immunological benefits
One of this and one of that might be a good strategy to coronavirus vaccination.
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Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology...
I can't help but notice how Brayden Point is becoming the new playoff-Mike Bossy! That guy is just money in big games the past two seasons. I thought Point was the real Conn Smythe winner last year (not that Hedman wasn't deserving). Point put up 14 goals, 33 points, and a +12 (and missed two...
Just because this is a Stanley Cup story about teams from New York and Montreal, don’t go reading into it that I’m predicting the Islanders and Canadiens to reach the Final. (Then again, if it happens to be the two of them facing off against each other two weeks or so from now, remember where...
PROSPECT RANKING
WRITE-UP
1. LW William EklundDjurgårdens IF, SHL
[5’10”. 172lbs. Born on October 12, 2002.]
There isn’t a unanimous #1 in this draft, but Eklund is the most elite player available. He’s one of the best scorers in the draft. Just really good shot selection. His sharp offensive...
The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it
Sustained surveillance for disease outbreaks at global hot spots may be the key to preventing the next pandemic.
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Maureen Miller, Columbia University...
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