Chicago – 45 years

It’s been 45 years since the Blackhawks have brought a championship to Chicago.  The entire time, owned in part or in whole by Bill Wirtz.
The Leafs are in a similar position.  And other franchises have never won the cup at all in almost as much time, look at the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, and [...]

Debunking Canuck Summer Rumours

I’ve been asked often this summer what I think of some of the rumours that continue to surface regarding potential Canuck roster moves and signings.
Let me tell you why most are not going to happen.
Rumour 1 – Cooke to Pittsburgh for Michel Ouellet 
As much as I dislike Cooke, he has a really high trade value on the [...]

Disfunction in Boston

There is no explaining this once proud franchise.  This team has iced hockey greats Johnny Bucyk (sharing the same nickname as me, The Chief), Phil Esposito, Gerry Cheevers, Ray Bourque, Cam Neely, and of course Bobby Orr.  This team has retired 10 players numbers, and have only the number 1 & 6 left in single [...]

Nonis – Back to Work

Nonis has gotten right back to work after returning from some time off.  I guess even a GM needs to take a vacation once in a while.
In two days since he’s returned, he has made progress with Linden, Kesler, Bieksa & Fitzpatrick (more about him below). 
Bieksa – signed a two year, 1.05m deal.  Bieksa has [...]

Canuck Lines – An Inside Look

An inside source has been able to provide me with a look at the line combinations and defensive parings that the Canuck Management is entertaining for the upcoming season. 
This is obviously not set in stone as there is a lot of time between now and the start of the season, but it’s nice to see [...]