Ice Chips: Home Sweet Home Edition
Home has been such a huge storyline in the playoffs because of matchups.
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A Little Bit of History Repeating
So, any of you NHL fans out there remember the last time the same two teams squared off in the Stanley Cup Finals in back-to-back seasons?
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Ice Chips: Who’s Invisible Now Edition
Conventional wisdom says teams get more defensive as they move deeper into the playoffs. But someone forgot to tell the Penguins and Hurricanes in Thursday’s Game Two.
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Ice Chips: Meeting Expectations Edition
Crosby has four goals in the first three games while Ovechkin has five.
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The Coyotes Heading North?
Hey folks, I have spent the better part of the night talking to various folks in and around the Coyotes-Balsillie issue. I have tried to put together some facts and some opinions and, of course, in typical TSM fashion, a good look at what else is being said on the WWW.
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Philadelphia Flyers: 2008-09 Post Mortem
So the Philadelphia Flyers were once again ousted by the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, only this time — to add insult to injury — they could have won and for long periods looked as though the might. I suppose that suggests they competed hard and made a contest of it, and yet I am very much dissatisfied with the myriad Flyer problems that remain in my view, not properly addressed. I will break my assessment down into four categories: Players, Coaching, Management, and the Future.
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Sweep Dreams Are Made of This
Michael Ryder stuck it to his ex-teammates in the first round. The first round of the playoffs is usually more about who’s not around than who’s actually playing. Like a lot of people, I take a perverse pleasure in first-round eliminations. For instance, what can you say about Montreal getting swept by the Bruins? The
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