The climate following Kurtis Fosters’ unfortunate leg injury has created yet another opportunity to start some buzz around a radical and potentially beneficial alteration to the NHL rule book. (Video + Analysis, Click here.)
It would have been a disservice to our listeners if we didn’t cover what we affectionately call the Pronger Stomp. But it would have been a bigger disservice if we hadn’t responded to a listener email first. We also recapped the NHL’s plans to take the game abroad yet again to start the next season. In the Team of the Week we looked at the dominant play of the San Jose Sharks. As always we finished the 19th episode of the Sin Bin Show hockey podcast with the Three Stars of the Week.
Of course stars are protected in the NHL, just as they are outside of sport and throughout culture. NHL stars get more lenient judgments the same way Hollywood celebrities rarely get convicted. Star power turns 20-to-life into a mistrial or community service, or 30 games into 8. Read how Prongers stomp exemplified to us the myth of fairness. Continue reading here…
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This Weekly Wednesday podcast kicks off with the buzz surrounding next years outdoor game followed by a look at the top of the standings in the East and Western conferences. It finishes in style with back-to-back commentary on the Sean Avery contract situation and intricate analysis on why the butterfly goaltenders maybe be fatally flawed. Thanks for listening and we’d love to hear your feedback! To listen, click here.
So the task is obvious: rebuild. The methodology is – in stark contrast – very much up in the air. Until a permanent GM is in Toronto this raging debate about how to rebuild will incessantly be overheard. So in a light piece, enjoy how to repair the Maple Leafs one player at a time. Continue reading here…
Episode 18 of the Sin Bin Show hockey podcast was all about the NHL trade deadline and the huge deals that erupted out of it. We took a look at the biggest of those deals, Hossa to the Penguins, Richards to the Stars, the Capitals nabbing Huet, and the Sharks landing Brian Campbell. In the Team of the Week segment we looked at the banged up and struggling Detroit Red Wings. As always, we wrapped the show up with the Three Stars of the Week.
In the midst of a post-deadline mix-up that saw the Toronto Maple Leafs trade away three role players in an attempt to build for the future there seems to be a conflict of interest between the suits in the suites and boys behind the bench. Continue reading here…
If you woke up this morning thinking that it might be a quiet one, you aren’t the only hockey fan who’s nighttime sediment is complete shock. As much as we expected a few big names to move, I’m not alone feeling a bit overwhelmed with the magnitude of todays trade-dealine player transactions. Continue reading here…
Cheers and thanks for reading. Derek from Cloud9 Sports.
It looks like John Ferguson Jr. has risen from the grave and stabbed the hearts of Leaf fans yet again. By giving captain Mats Sundin transcendental ability to veto any and all trade offers the former general manager handed the new one a shroud knot that proved securely fastened. Yes, Mats will remain… Continue reading here….Cheers, Derek from Cloud9 Sports.
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