Jason Orach

Get ready for it, there's more than one Staal in this game and it isn't pond hockey at the Staal's house. Did you know that Jordan Staal and Eric Staal are brothers? Did you know that as brothers they grew up together and share

I plan on watching the Memorial Cup, which starts Friday night. Sorry about the low content post, I just wanted an excuse to post this picture of Dale Mitchell, described by PPP as "what a fucking doofus". PPP Update: Chemmy just called Mitchell his "favorite player on

He's a reckless player and someday someone is going to make him eat his lunch. He's going to get it someday, and it's going to be harsh. - Ken Hitchcock I think that video got us all in the mood, so in the immortal

Today's question of the day: is this trade in any way, shape or form plausible, or is Elliotte Friedman smoking rocks? As reported by Torontosportsmedia, Elliotte Friedman was on AM640 the FAN590 this morning in Toronto with this to say: Everyone in hockey is talking about this deal

Remember kids, it's ok to be the third man in and sucker punch someone without their gloves off or their hands up as long as you play for a crybaby southern strategically located growth franchise. I don't care if you're a Hurricanes fan, a

Turn the lights down real low, and get that feelin'. It's the first ever late night open thread so cancel your book club meeting and get sexy.

At his news conference, Burke also made a cryptic reference to Grabovski, one of the few Leafs who plays bigger than his physical stature. Burke has had discussions with Grabovski's agent, Gary Greenstin, and the talks have "not been successful." - The Globe and Mail Grabovski

Unless you've been living under a rock, and to those of you that have thank you for making this site your first contact with the outside world, you're well aware that the Coyotes are in trouble and Jim Balsillie already has his hands in the mix.

It was brought up on Puck Daddy this morning: should the NHL change the overtime format? (Editor's note, it's really hard to not write "hell no" right after that question so I'm putting it in italics.) Do casual fans like or hate

Let's have a good old fashioned vote. Was JFJ a terrible GM, or was he boxed in by team ownership? On one hand it's pretty clear his hand was forced with regards to a rebuild and re-signing McCabe. On the other hand he traded Rask for

Next Game Chicago Blackhawks @ Vancouver Canucks Thursday, Apr 30, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT General Motors Place Complete Coverage > Root your heart out for the team you flipped a coin and decided on today! Make saves goalie! Score first liners! Hit somebody big guys! Yeah! I'll just

This is a simple question, who's going to win tonight and by how much? The Bulin Wall vs. Roberto "OT Playoff Bathroom Visit" Luongo. The Swedish Cycling Sisters vs. Kane and Toews. Martin "Hated by Toronto" Havlat vs. Mats "Hated by Toronto"

The second half of our bandwagon decidening happens nowish. Will you Commit to the Indian or be a horrible traitor who roots for the team with Fats and Mats? Will you cheer for an Original Six rival over California kids? Which two teams are you rooting for? Anaheim and Chicago46Anaheim

Here we are in round two. TLP ate his words as Eric Staal scored a huge goal against THE BEST GOALIE WHO EVER LIVED to send the Devils to the Losertown Links this weekend. New Jersey wasn't the only NYC area team to stuff it late last night

Penguins @ Flyers 3:00 EDT Leading 3-2 in the series Pittsburgh hopes to close it out against the Flyers. The Flyers are fresh off a shutout win in Pittsburgh. Flames @ Blackhawks @ 9:00 EDT The Flames and Hawks are tied at two games a piece heading into game five. Olli

I'm not terribly into the Caps-Rangers series. It's been pretty boring hockey; Washington controls the puck on the perimeter for around sixty minutes and no one on that team dares head to the front of the net to get dirty and score a goal. The image

This is our interest check and mid-afternoon hockey chit chat thread. I'm going to do this a little differently today and leave Sharks-Ducks off of the poll since it's the only late game on TV. Today's poll, which of the three 7-ish o'

Boston at Montreal 7PM EDT, CBC, Boston leads 3-0 Don't say it. Nobody mention it. No big deal, nothing special about this game. The Canadiens are a great team who can play with the best of them. This looks like an exciting game, let's hope the

This is a short and sweet post, what game are you planning on watching tonight? What are you watching tonight? Bruins @ Habs 7PM EDT (CBC-HD)50Caps @ Rangers 7PM EDT (TSN-HD, Versus-HD)14Chicago @ Calgary 10:30PM EDT (TSN-HD, Versus-HD)16

Bob Gainey has appealed to Montreal Canadiens fans to stop booing the U.S. national anthem. The Canadiens coach and general manager said fans who booed during Star-Spangled Banner ahead of Game 3 of their playoff series against the Boston Bruins should find other ways to voice their support. -

Two seven o'clock games, up first we've got: Boston Bruins @ Montreal Canadiens Boston leads series 2-0 Without Lucic Boston heads into the Brickhouse looking to go up 3-0 against their hated rivals and wearers of prison striped jerseys. This shouldn't be hard for Boston

We'll recover... like a brick to the face. [Habs fans] will shriek and holler, chant "Go Habs Go" and mug at themselves on the big screen (although their images won't be shown unless they are wearing official Canadiens merchandise). - Montreal Gazette Countless volumes

Looks like Boudreau had enough Theodore already in this series. Varlamov is probably solid enough to not blow the game, thus putting Washington in good shape. The puck drops right now, go Caps! This is your early afternoon game day open thread!

* 7:00PM EDT - Flyers at Penguins (Versus HD, CBC, RDS HD) * 7:30PM EDT - Hurricanes at Devils (RIS, TSN HD, FS-CR) * 10:00PM EDT - St. Louis at Vancouver (Versus HD,CBC HD,RDS HD)/ Notice that the CBC HD truck is in Vancouver not on the east

Here's our second playoff bandwagon open thread PPPers. There are going to be some exciting matchups tonight, let's dig in! 7:00PM EDT Les Horriblants vs the Boston Bruins (CBC-HD) We're going to have another north south gameday thread divide, though most of us