Author Archive: SlayerScott

The Columbus Blue Jackets have won 4 in a row and notorious taskmaster John Tortorella gave the team a day off as reward. I’m still confused as to what’s going on in Columbus – great young forwards (Cam Atkinson, Alexander…
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After a promising start including a high profile upset of their hated rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Ottawa Senators have settled into last place in the NHL. A quick reminder that they dealt their first rounder to Colorado in…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone!  Hope you all had a great holiday. International hockey is afoot! I am somewhat concerned about the state of Canadian Hockey. I know we will always be the front runner due to the…
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When did the Calgary Flames become one of the best teams in Hockey? I want to say they quietly inserted themselves into the conversation but truth be told they have been pretty loud about it.They always seem to have a…
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The axe is falling again as the St. Louis Blues let Mike Yeo go and the Edmonton Oilers replaced Todd McLellan with Ken Hitchcock. I don’t know much about the St. Louis situation other than they have a wealth of…
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The late game last night (or to people on the West Coast, the game)featured the Toronto Maple Leafs beating up the Los Angeles Kings. I feel really bad for the Kings, they are much better than their record suggest but…
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Beware of falling axes….Stanley Cup winning coaches John Stevens and Joel Quenneville were let go by their respective teams. Did they not have the talent to compete? Did they lose the room? I thought Chicago still had elite talent, but…
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  I was lucky enough to visit 2 NHL venues this week – I was at the Leaf game Monday against the Calgary Flames and at the KeyBank Centre in Buffalo on Saturday to see Metallica. Metallica was a great…
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