Being NHL czar of discipline is a big headache
So, Colin Campbell, Soupy to us who watched him play defence on the very first NHL Oilers team in 1979-80 (72 games, two goals, 196 PIMS), is out as the league’s Judge Roy Bean. It’s been a...
View ArticlePetrell could pay for the hit on buddy Zidlicky
The Oilers fully expect Lennart Petrell will be hearing from Brendan Shanahan, the NHL’s Sheriff of Discipline, after he pitched his former Helsinki IFK teammate Marek Zidlicky head-first into the...
View ArticleHow did Shea Weber escape a suspension?
That $2500 fine that Shea Weber got for slamming Henrik Zetterberg’s head into the glass at game’s end Wednesday isn’t even a slap on the wrist. It’s a “don’t do that again.” The Predators are one of...
View ArticleGiroux pays the piper with one game suspension
Brendan Shanahan was in a no-win situation after Fyers’ forward Claude Giroux, the man his coach Peter Laviolette hyperbolized by calling him “the best player in the world” drilled Jersey forward...
View ArticleSakic is slam-dunk for Hall of Fame announcement Tuesday but who else gets in?
Joe Sakic may tell the world he was surprised to get the call to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame Tuesday, but that’s Joe. Humble to the core. He’ll be a first-ballot HHOF player just as Steve Yzerman...
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