If facing the hottest team in the NHL isn’t enough of a challenge for the Flames (Chicago has won five in a row and is 6-0-1 in December) the Calgarians now know they also have to face one of their all-time nemeses in nets. Nikolai Khabibulin, who the Blackhawks tried to give away after acquiring …
… million I’d buy them in a heartbeat). Now that the B’s are competitive again, the NHL will have to monitor the situation because there’s no telling how long this might last. 6. The Columbus Blue Jackets or Atlanta Thrashers win a Stanley Cup First of all, let’s get one thing straight: I have …
… posted 86 goals. Things could be clearing up for the Stars; they have won their past two games. The Pittsburgh Penguins had an amazing 2007-2008 season. While they ultimately lost in the Stanley Cup finals to the Detroit Red Wings, they still managed to raise the bar for themselves. In the first half …
… interrupted. “I’m not a miracle worker you know. I can’t just give them the Stanley Cup! They have to earn that on their own, but maybe you can give me some suggestions on what I can get each of them. Then, when put all together, maybe, just maybe, it will add up to a drink from Lord Stanley’s mug …
… For Stanley likes this move: Do you really know who we just signed today? A guy that had 79 points in 73 games last season. A guy that wants to be here. A character guy in the locker room. A team player. A leader. Has Gillis let us down yet? Au contraire. The guy flogged 2 fan faves in Morrison …
… it that he was even booed during a Stanley Cup winners reception (imagine) because he was the superstar who did not score a playoff goal. His fractious relationship with Punch Imlach would even drive him to depression. Leaving Toronto was a rebirth (the first one) for Frank. He joined his brother …
… Freaking Mullen!!! I drooled over this card when it was first pulled in his Legends Masterpieces box break. The Flames, as you may know, were originally stationed in Atlanta before they were cruelly stolen by invading mounties. Man, it killed me when they won the Cup in ‘89. Joey, MacInnis, Otto, Gilmour …
… couldn’t match the Canuck’s big offer. In his column for ESPN, Scott Burnside, who isn’t very impressed with Sundin’s career or possibly just pissed off that left Toronto, wrote the following. “In all his time in the NHL, Sundin, 37, has managed to appear in zero Stanley Cup finals games. He has won …
… because…Vancouver has what it takes to win a Stanley Cup. Look, before you start laughing, think about it this way. No one can predict the finals, and no one can predict what happens in the playoffs, so to say that the Canucks won’t or will make it is obviously out of the question. But we can say …
… They retain their visibility for one extremely simple reason: they are, despite their well-documented Stanley Cup drought (1967, etc.), either the first- or second-most popular team in the NHL (the Montreal Canadiens might be able to accord. them a run for their money). Moreover, the Leafs influence …
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