You go Nike! Keep on designing Olympic hockey jerseys that everyone hates. Sure, every single Olympic release thus far has been panned, with the Team Canada ones even drawing comparisons to Nazi-esque designs, but Nike continues to churn out unique international sweaters for the Sochi games that incorporate national flags. Some of them even turn […]

Patrick Kaleta, noted waste of space and recent recipient of the Matt Cooke "Hey, Bro, I can help you change" award, has been waived by the Buffalo Sabres. You may remember that Kaleta was given a 10-game suspension for this hit on Jack Johnson. http://youtube.com/watch?v=2XJpL4Snwpg If you look up "head shot" on Wikipedia, I'm fairly […]

In further proof that the Sedin twins really do have to do everything together, Henrik and Daniel Sedin have signed coordinating contracts with the Vancouver Canucks.

Mike Smith is the 11th goaltender in NHL history to score a goal and the Coyotes are excited about that. They're also excited about Mike Smith Bobblehead Night on Saturday, November 9th. But how to effectively combine both events into one glorious video that everyone will remember/will be talking about? Stop motion bobblehead animation! http://youtube.com/watch?v=02wYSOy-Wzc […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have a tremendous Twitter account. Most notable for their bromance with the LA Kings' account (#lumbus forever), the team's account is conversational, funny, and pretty quick to participate with fans and other teams. Basically, they're what a lot of teams' Twitter accounts need to be. Occasionally, though, they'll tweet a clunker. […]

Dan Ellis has problems. Not job problems – he's the Dallas Stars' backup, and he's… ok, fine. He has job problems. He has just one win and three losses so far, a .895 save percentage and a huge 3.60 GAA. Perhaps misplaced priorities are why he's having issues:   If you didn't laugh at Dan […]

Rangers backup goaltender Martin Biron, who the team recently waived, has announced his retirement from hockey via Twitter: After thinking about it it with my family, I've decided to retire as a player and move on to a new chapter. Thank you all for your support. — Martin Biron (@martybiron43)

I'm about 99% sure this isn't really the Oilers posting this on the Canadian classified ads site Kijiji. Of course, with the Oilers firmly ensconced in the basement of the Western Conference and resorting to desperate attempts at lighting a fire under their team's butt by benching Nail Yakupov, that one percent chance that this is from the […]

It's easy to laugh at this. As the two outcasts in the Flortheast division, the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning more than likely aren't going to be contenders for the Stanley Cup this season. The pretty stacked Atlantic Division has the Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins, who are two early favorites this year. […]

This is something that needs to be filed under "too good to be true," so it probably is. Nevertheless, it is from Darren Dreger, so it has to be worth discussing, right? Working on confirming or debunking, but, word in Philly is Bryzgalov is about to sign an East Coast Hockey League contract in Las […]

The captaincy of a hockey team has always been considered the highest honor in the sport. Perhaps, even, one of the highest honors in team sports. The NFL copied it in recent years by awarding the captaincy to a player on each team, usually the quarterback. They even get a tiny C sewed on their […]

Players in the NHL don't like it when they have to travel huge distances. No one wants to stay up until 1 AM while your brain is still on Eastern time playing a game in Vancouver. Travel complaints for Western Conference teams are valid things, but the KHL makes players in the NHL seem like […]

  The Western Conference might’ve lost the Detroit Red Wings and the upstart Columbus Blue Jackets, but it’s still the toughest place to play hockey in the NHL. The battle for the top divisional spots will make this an interesting season. Even some of the traditionally underperforming teams may have the ability to surprise this […]

Little kids are sports fans too, though sometimes they're not rational. Some kids like teams because of the colors, the mascot or because a certain player has a cool last name. I'm trying to figure this one out, though. A little three-year-old Jets fan was very upset that Ondrej Pavelec didn't start in goal Thursday […]