0 comments by Mike Salerno on 2/26/2013
This is the second of a four-part series by the Puck Drunk Love staff examining the league's most overrated and underrated players. To come to these conclusions, the staff put their heads together and came up with a list based mostly, but not entirely, on the following criteria: salary, how production affected expectations, fan and […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 2/20/2013
This is the first of a four-part series by the Puck Drunk Love staff examining the league's most overrated and underrated players. To come to these conclusions, the staff put their heads together and came up with a list based mostly, but not entirely, on the following criteria: salary, how production affected expectations, fan and […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 2/14/2013
By now you've undoubtedly seen the footage of Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson suffering a terrifying laceration to his left Achillies tendon. If not, well, that's what we're here for: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EyfTzunzrUk He suffered the injury battling for puck possession along the boards with Pittsburgh forward Matt Cooke. Yes, that Matt Cooke, former bad boy extraordinaire and […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 2/7/2013
This time next year, we'll all be setting our alarms for the middle of the night, disrupting our sleep schedules in the name of patriotism as the 2014 Winter Olympics get underway. Now that it's been rumored that NHL players will be competing in Russia, one question burns as bright as any for USA Hockey: who's […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 2/6/2013
By now, if you're a fan of hockey in the slightest, you've noticed a glaring initiative by officials to protect the game's players. Concussion awareness and player safety have been hot-button issues for years ever since devastating injuries to Marc Savard and Sidney Crosby. But as hard as the league has been coming down on […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 2/5/2013
As the momentum from the United States' triumph at the World Junior Championships spilled over into the start of an abbreviated NHL season, there was much ado about Anaheim Ducks 2011 second-rounder John Gibson. Gibson, who carried the Americans to gold in Ufa, was extended an invitation to Ducks camp and widely seen as the goaltender […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 1/22/2013
According to Katie Strang of ESPN New York, 2010 fifth-overall pick Nino Niederreiter has seen enough of the Islanders.
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 1/21/2013
There we stood, days before the lockout ended. Feet entrenched in the dirt, scowl heavier than the ball and chain attached to our ankles. We were in hockey jail, you see. Jeremy Jacobs was the warden, Gary Bettman the judge, and Donald Fehr the jury. But there would be no executioner for us. No, we […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 1/20/2013
Hockey fans who have been starved for the better part of four months enjoyed a long-awaited celebration on Saturday as the NHL finally kicked off their "2012-13" season after a lockout that lasted 113 days and forced the cancellation of 1020 games. But fans who ordered the NHL GameCenter, the league's live-streaming online service available […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 1/19/2013
In the hierarchy of the NHL's starting goaltenders, where does Cam Ward fit? Well, for those who live by the theory of "what have you done for me lately," probably not very high. But to those who so heavily base their opinion on recent results rather than contributing factors, I pose a query. Can you […]
0 comments by Mike Salerno on 1/17/2013
By now you've undoubtedly been swept up by the compelling, confusing and convoluted story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and the deceased love of his life that never was. Deadspin broke the story yesterday, recounting how numerous national publications, such as The New York Times were duped by this story, teaching us all a valuable […]
