It’s just the pre-season.

It’s just the pre-season. It’s just the pre-season. It’s just the pre-season.
Last night’s 5-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues did not sound good. Ralph and Razor finally did the broadcast on The Ticket for the first time, so that part sounded good. But the game was awful.
Five goals on 19 shots is a lot [...]

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Dave Tippett found a new job.

Wayne Gretzky finally did the Phoenix Coyotes a favor and stepped down from all his duties, most importantly his coaching duties. I know I’m not supposed to say anything bad about Wayne Gretzky, but he was a terrible coach. In his four years there, despite lots of high draft picks and plenty of young talent [...]

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We’ll see how patient we are when the games count.

Mike Heika talked to Marc Crawford after Tuesday’s game about the “spotty” play of the Stars.

“We are going to correct the things we can and go back and reinforce the system’s strong points of play, but we are also going to demonstrate some patience as well. It’s going to take a constant reinforcement to get [...]

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We’re talkin’ about practice.

I finally went to a training camp practice today and it was great fun. Myra and The Kid joined me for the second hour and we analyzed the X’s and O’s together.
Mostly I took pictures, but not very good ones. I have a new camera and I don’t know it very well, so I’ll [...]

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Pre-season form.

I’m going to attribute it to the long off-season, but I am going to need more work to be able to follow what’s going on.
First, the Tampa Bay game last night, broadcast on Tampa radio (online) really shone a light on how out of shape I am. It’s hard to follow on radio as [...]

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Very interesting…

Andrew’s Dallas Stars Page had this quote from Brad Richards…
…on the the pace of the scrimmage and activation of the defensemen:
“I’ve been in the league nine years and most of the time I’ve played that type of system. I feel at home. I love it. I feel that’s the way the game should [...]

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The season inches ever closer.

Tomorrow is the start of Training Camp. Finally, it’s here.
I don’t think I’ve ever wished more for a season to start than I have for this one. Last season was such a mess, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about a new season starting. But now that it’s here, I need it. I need [...]

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Have a good life, Boo.

Philippe Boucher has announced his retirement today. Even though the last couple of seasons were tough, he ended his playing career on a high, with his name on the Stanley Cup.
He was an underrated defenseman that could block shots, push people around, and chip in a goal or two. He had a hat [...]

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