As a huge Pens fan, and one that watched it over and over and over, I have to say that this is on Ovechkin and his “slew foot”/whack to the head of Sid. Niskanen needs to control his stick as you say; however, his eyes never leave the area of the puck. It seems like a natural reaction to block the body that’s coming…

You’re genuinely stupid if you think that MINOR tap to the back of a HELMET encased head was cause enough for blame. Even the announcers said it was a tap, but of course Crosby initiated a dive over minor contact in order to dramatize the whole thing.

I thought the misconduct was a surprise, honestly, but the refs viewed it full-speed on ice-level. Watching replays (over, and over, and over...), I don’t have the impression Niskanen did more than get his hands up to block Crosby flying at him after Ovechkin’s hit- and if it had just been that and Crosby got hurt,…

Or maybe he can throw his weight behind truly progressive candidates while not telling women and minorities to wait their turn while the blue collar man babies get catered to even more.

I agree with what you wrote. However, in the back of my head, I kept thinking, “Oh no, another Bernie Sanders post...”

Personally I think it’s good for Y to leave. Sometimes you have to get out of your bubble in order to face a challenge and grow. I’m a Blues fan but I’ve always respected and admired The Captain.

Plus my in-laws are all Red Wings fan and now I get to rub in their faces a little bit ;)

Johan Franzen scrambled his brain at the expense of one of the best and coolest playoff goal scoring runs in recent memory and capped it off with a Cup win, the least this team can do for him is let him collect a pay check for his efforts while he sits on LTIR and doesn’t even count against the damn cap. I’m sure his…

That story has pissed me off, too. But one silver lining I take is, if Stevie had taken the reins at that point, how hard would it have been for him to do the job here? If he had made the right choice and begun a proper rebuild, most fans and certainly some in the organization would then think of him as the guy that…

Great and accurate read. I and others have felt that Holland rewards loyalty, which has been a huge detriment to the team. Want proof? Dan Cleary was still cashing checks and playing hockey for the Wings’ organization. Granted it was in Grand Rapids and the AHL, but there is no reason a 38 year old, waaaay over…

It was a year of mourning for the Red Wings

I hate Ken Holland, and getting that confirmation about him being unwilling to get kicked upstairs earlier this year just buried the needle for me. The kind of egomaniacal asshole that he must be to not make way for the icon of the franchise has buried this team in shit, and will continue to do so until somebody…

You mean errata, right?

I did realize as I was writing this that it might look like a dump. But the Cornell results came out this week and I wrote this as soon as I could, given the other things on my plate.

Canadian billionaire and Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz has been accused of luring Brazilian model and actress Greice Santo into hotel rooms on multiple occasions

“I want this, and I have a lot of money, so I should have this.” That seems to pretty much sum it up.

dump-chase-dump-chase-dump-PANIC

How does one write a whole ode to the Joe and NOT mention its freaking boards seemingly made out of trampoline material??? Both of my favorite teams (Avs and Blackhawks) have been hardcore rivals of Detroit at one time or another, but games at the Joe always had that extra element of unpredictability because of those…

Just to add, the videos where Darren punches Lemieux to oblivion
... or Osgood and Roy go at it near mid ice are also great throwbacks.

What happened to the Avalance by the way? Are they still even in the league? How could they fall so far?

There is something to a concrete bowl that smells like stale beer and musty drains. It’s that mustiness that sets it apart from the smell of frat houses.