Archive for October 2009

Monday musings

Written on October 26th, 2009 by Greener 
Monday musings

Going to see Metallica tonight at the Air Canada Centre.  I am pretty excited and not only because this concert completes the list of Heavy Metal bands I wanted to see since I was a kid, but there will be people actually cheering in that building tonight.  Just imagine….people enjoying themselves at the ACC.  Such an event was thought to be a myth. Detroit fans have

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Pat Quinn Oiler Medicine Man?

Written on October 23rd, 2009 by Greener 
Pat Quinn Oiler Medicine Man?

In all due respect to the TV drama Dr Quinn Medicine Woman that aired in the 90’s starring the eye-catching British actress Jane Seymour, coach Pat Quinn seems to be just what the doctor ordered for the Edmonton Oilers.  The brash, no nonsense, old-time hockey coach has the Oilers playing exciting hockey and is making this team work where others have failed. In recent seasons the

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Will injures to key players take their toll?

Written on October 21st, 2009 by Greener 
Will injures to key players take their toll?

This season is hardly 3 weeks old and we have already seen some key players go down with long term injuries.  What will be interesting to watch unfold is how teams cope with their star players going down.  The Canadiens have lost All-Star blueliner Andrei Markov for 4-6 months and they are struggling out of the gate with a 3 wins -5 losses  record.  Montreal is a

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Surprising fast starts and stumbles out of the gate

Written on October 16th, 2009 by Greener 
Surprising fast starts and stumbles out of the gate

With the plight of the Maple Leafs disastrous start to the season there have been a few other teams that have been escaping the limelight for their uninspired efforts.  If you take a look at the overall league standings you find a few teams that are having their own struggles to string a few wins together. Sitting with one win a piece in five games, both the Florida Panthers and the Minnesota

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Greener’s Goats, Goons and Buffoons Week #2

Written on October 14th, 2009 by Greener 
Greener’s Goats, Goons and Buffoons Week #2

I am pleased to announce that this weeks honors have been awarded to an entire team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.  This is not just because the Leafs have gone 0-5-1 in the first 6 games.  Rather, it is because of the way they have lost each game that earns the entire team all 3 of this weeks titles. All teams will have a losing streak during the season, thats a given.  And a poor

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Hockey minds think alike

Written on October 8th, 2009 by Greener 
Hockey minds think alike

When I got home yesterday after a long day toiling in front of the computer I was pleased to find a new Hockey News Collector’s issue waiting for me.  This issue is dedicated to the history of the old-time hockey sweater to the modern jerseys in use today.  It interviews Phil, the Keeper of the Cup from the Hockey Hall of Fame, gives detailed accounts of rare collectors items, the history of

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Greener’s Goats, Goons and Buffoons

Written on October 7th, 2009 by Greener 
Greener’s Goats, Goons and Buffoons

Welcome to a new feature on PuckDrop: Greener’s Goats, Goons and Buffoons!  One week into the season and we already have worthy recipients of these prestigious titles. Goat of the Week:  Nikolai Khabibulin of the Edmonton Oilers. The Bulin Wall showed a few cracks this week when on opening night in a tied game entering the last minute of the third period,  he gave the puck away to the Flames

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What’s old is new again

Written on October 7th, 2009 by Greener 
What’s old is new again

A few years ago I would often lament to anyone within earshot how I hated the trend in team colours in the NHL.  The bean-counters and the marketing departments had decided that it was more important to sell as many jerseys as economically possible rather than adhering to tradition.  To accomplish their budgetary demands, teams decided to go with what was hot, and that was the colour black.  There was also

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Ambassador Ovie runs Washington

Written on October 6th, 2009 by Greener 
Ambassador Ovie runs Washington

If you happened to catch the Leafs and Capitals game last Saturday night you would have witnessed one of the greatest phenomenons occurring in sports today.  Moscow born-and-bred Alexander Ovechkin is leading a red clad hockey revolution in the capital of the United States of America and the city is embracing the Russian and the game as one of their own.  Just before the season started, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis announced that

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Chicken Little Syndrome

Written on October 5th, 2009 by Greener 
Chicken Little Syndrome

Humanity is a strange species of animal.  Perhaps somewhere back in time in our evolution it was necessary to have a trait that made our ancestors look for the worst in a situation.  Some sort of survival instinct that made sure that if the sky was falling then we would be ready for it.  But as homo sapiens evolved into modern humans this trait has become a hindrance rather than

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