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Reflex vs Robotic: A Look At Today’s NHL Goaltender

By Rob Cigan ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

I’m a goalie. I willingly stand in front of objects being fired at me. I’ve gone through many rituals that can only be described as strange. And I’ve loved every second of it. I’m a goalie. And thus I enjoy following and specifically watching other players of the same position. And I’ve noticed, albeit slowly [...]

Four Potential Rule Changes For NHL

By Rob Cigan ⋅ November 8, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

In spite of my love for the sport of hockey, I will be the first to admit the powers that be have been responsible for many a bad decision in the pages of the rulebook. There currently are certain rules which allow for unnecessary injuries to occur, or penalties to be called. In light of [...]

NHL Should Market Players Other Than Crosby

By Rob Cigan ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. We’ve all heard the idiom, and it doesn’t seem to be lost upon any major North American sport. Short of the NHL that is. I’m one more Sidney Crosby commercial away from a penalty box with padded walls. Seemingly unbeknownst to the NHL and it’s team owners, [...]

3 Bad NHL Contracts

By Robert Colquhoun ⋅ October 22, 2009 ⋅ One comment

With the latest CBA’s introduction of a salary cap, the NHL hasn’t been quite the same since.  The salary cap brings  a new dimension, another layer of complexity, to building a team that couldn’t have been dreamed of in a pre-cap era.  Today, deals are made sometimes strictly for cap relief.  In other words, teams [...]

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