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The Wake-up Shake-up

"My gut tells me it may be a shot across the bow. Wake up or else changes will be made." - Bruins goalie Tim Thomas on the trade that sent now former teammate Chuck Kobasew to Minnesota When a team w...

Rangers News and Notes: Avery, Valley on deck, Del Zotto and more

Andrew Gross over at Rangers Rants says that although John Tortorella won't say for sure, looks like Sean Avery and Stephen Valiquette will see their first action this weekend (click here for full sto...

Twas The Night Before Puck Drop

From the blog that brought you "Twas The Night Before Hockey Christmas" and "Twas The Night Before Game 7" comes the same tired old gimmick one more time: Twas the night before puck drop and we got a...

Thursday Caps Clips: Caps/Sabres Gameday

Your savory breakfast links: Team A (pictured below) won the Duchesne Cup with a 9-5 victory over Team B, and a number of the campers head to Buffalo for the team's first game since May: Video ...

A Small Change That Could Yield Big Results

When the Capitals and assistant coach Jay Leach parted ways back in late May, the Caps didn't name a replacement for nearly a month. As it turns out, the team didn't have need for an extended search, ...

Re-thinking What You Thought You Thought About Line-Matching

If EA Sports' series of hockey video games has taught us anything, it's that, given the chance, a rational coach would opt to play his checking line against the opponent's top trio of forwards. Sure, ...

Could Scott Gordon be the next Boudreau?

If you haven't checked in on Japers' Rink this week and their series of excerpts from Bruce Boudreau's upcoming book, yesterday's bit was a doozie for on-ice strategy wonks. That Boudreau's hockey phi...

Friday Caps Clips: Gabby's First Pitch

Your savory breakfast links: Bruce Boudreau threw out the ceremonial first pitch at last night's Nats game (video), and here's a shot of him signing baseballs beforehand (wait - the Nats didn't retir...

Boudreau's book

Because we attack and don’t sit back, critics think we’re ignoring defense. Not true. It’s really about taking time and space away from everybody anywhere on the ice so they can&rsq...

Tuesday Caps Clips: Boyd Gordon Hates Losing

Your savory breakfast links: Boyd Gordon on the Game 7 loss to Pittsburgh, his new teammates and going sans enforcer. [Capitals Insider] In case you missed it in the overnight, Semyon Varlamov's back...


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