Dispatches From Planet Hockey: The “Do I feel a Draft?” Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s Sunday. For some, this means a day of rest. For those who have been busy scribbling down notes, tweeting their whereabouts to readers and…
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Cover Warfare: NSH and PHI Face Off Over EA Sports NHL 13
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Dr. Hook and Shel Silverstein may have been on to something* in 1973 when they wrote their tribute to that symbol of rock and roll…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: The “Where’s Ryan Suter?” Edition
Where’s Ryan?
Who knows? And does it really matter? Chatter about sightings in Detroit, BC, Minnesota, and Tampa Bay abound, but it’s all just speculation until the press conferences are set, the contracts are signed and sweaters are doffed or donned. The truth is we’re all waiting to see where they go.
Dispatches from Planet Hockey: The Tragically Jaded Edition
commentary by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It all went off the rails when a dozen or so writers from various new media outlets agreed to spend the downtime between the…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: “Give Me Some Rope, Tie Me To Dream” Edition
commentary by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Poor Dan Harmon. Somehow he has stumbled from the land of showrunners where critical success can keep you going for years until you can…
Dispatches from Planet Hockey: Not the Underdog Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s safe to say that the Eastern Conference Finals are viewed by the mainstream sports media as a redux of a storied Clash of the…
Flames GM Feaster Douses Rumours About Personnel Moves
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor In the response to the continually churning rumour mill about who will wear the whistle and a few other hats in Calgary in 2012/13, Flames…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Crackpot Theories Edition
satire by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor The commercial flight back to Nashville was an almost welcome distraction after the series of rickety little planes that took me leap by grasshopper-like…
Postcards from Planet Hockey: There’s Still Magic Here
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Watch this video. Really. Watch it. I’ll wait. Okay. That kid, the one between the pipes? His name is Braden Holtby and at some point…
Greetings From Smashville! K2 Summit Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor In as many years, the NHL promotions people have featured two players who are and were “Who is that guy?” to the rest of the…
Bench Him, Coach
editorial by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Last night my colleague, Jim Neveau, asked if Shea Weber should be disciplined for his hits on Henrik Zetterberg during the final minute of…
Greetings From Smashville! Hitting The Big D Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor On Friday, March 30th, Predators head coach Barry Trotz hit five hundred.* Funny. He doesn’t look a day over forty-nine. That he reached this milestone…