Hindsight is such a wonderful luxury, isn't it? If ifs, ands or buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas, right?
Which, of course, is why we are going to conduct one final post-mortem on who really won and lost when pulling the trigger on NHL Trade Deadline Day.
Read the Full Article
I had the pleasure of covering games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Detroit and I am beat, brain-dead and trying to keep my emotions close to the vest.
The mood after the Red Wings' 3-0 victory in Game 2 was one of domination. Except for the first seven minutes of...
Just like any championship series, you had to know that someone, somewhere, would come up with a catchy nickname tagging the pending battle for the Stanley Cup between the upstart Pittsburgh Penguins and those ol' warhorse Detroit Red Wings.
But, come on, the Rumble of the Rust Belt? Hockeytown Motown vs. Steeltown? Young vs. Old?
Seeing how it's almost white-flag time in the Battle Carnage of Pennsylvania, we may as well turn our attention to the faithful of the Flyers and Penguins as they try to one-up each other in tee-hee-hee schoolyard antics.
Supporters of the dirty birds, probably fearing some unscheduled dental work had they been caught defacing a Philly landmark in broad daylight, courageously slipped into the shadows of the famous Rocky Balboa statue and, in darkness, slipped a Penguins' shirt on the chiseled frame of Mr. Far Too Many Sequels himself.
It's the time of year where legends, not to mention your playoff fantasy hopes, are made.
One brilliant spring can be the exclamation point on a sensational Hall of Fame run when discussing the likes of Roy, Yzerman, Lidstrom, Stevens, Sakic, Gretzky, Orr, Lafleur or Mario.
