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Move Over NHL MVP, It’s Time for the MVH: Most Valuable Henrik
Posted: 19th April 2010 by Frank Castaldi in NHL
Sorry Henrik Tallinder, you won't be part of this discussion. Nope, this award will be going to one of the three uber-valuable Henriks in the NHL.
Each one of these men are crucial to their respective club's performance on a nightly basis. Much like a traditional MVP, but these three men all have one thing in common, well, two things in common: they each are studly Swedes and each share the ...
Nick Johnson Blasts Open Yankee Stadium and His Own Season
Posted: 14th April 2010 by Frank Castaldi in MLB
Besides the ring ceremony, nail-biting finish, and return of Godzilla, there was one other noteworthy occurrence at Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon: the emergence of Nick Johnson.
When the Yankees embraced Hideki Matsui in a goosebump-inducing moment for Yankee fans, it finally set in—Matsui is no longer the Yankees DH.
No, instead of Matsui, the Yankees penciled the oft-injured Nick Johnson to fill Matsui's void of designated hitter this past offseason.
Johnson's second ...
Pittsburgh Penguins: Matt Cooke Finally Has Justice Served
Posted: 11th April 2010 by Frank Castaldi in NHL
Keeping in mind that although sports are entertainment for the masses, for the athletes, it's their jobs. It's the way they provide for their families and make a living. With that being said, you never want so see an athlete in any sport get hurt to where they can't make a living—except in this situation, maybe.
I think I speak for the majority of hockey fans and even some players when ...
No. I'm not falling for it this time. I'm not going to come crawling back to you, I'm not going to believe that you've changed.
You've hurt me so much. You've wrenched my heart over and over, and each time, I come crawling back, believing the garbage that you tell me.
How can you excuse five and a half months of grueling torture, just to come back and be the model companion ...
New York Rangers Call Up Corey Locke From Hartford, Now Give Him Real Minutes
Posted: 29th March 2010 by Frank Castaldi in NHL
The 25-year-old center will be joining fellow Wolf Pack teammates P.A. Parenteau and Andres Eriksson, who were also recently called up by the New York Rangers.
Locke, who leads the Hartford Wolf Pack in scoring with 80 points, will get some pro experience due to the injuries of Ryan Callahan and Sean Avery.
Locke tallied 29 goals and 51 assists through 73 games with the Wolf Pack this season, which is good ...
As if we don't debate on hockey's touchiest subjects enough on here, ESPN the Magazine just added more fuel to our fire.
Now, instead of the banter between all us "experts," the players have graced us with their take on happenings around the NHL.
ESPN the Magazine polled a select group of 50 NHL players on various topics around the league.
The questions covered all aspects ranging from: "The best player ...
Well, there can be one positive thing taken from this abysmal season for the New York Rangers: Henrik Lundqvist.
With Thursday night's come-from-behind win over the Devils, Henrik Lundqvist added to a record that he already holds.
Lundqvist is now the only NHL goalie to ever post five consecutive 30-win seasons to start an NHL career.
Last season Lundqvist set the record when he recorded his 30th win over the Nashville Predators.
That ...
New York Rangers, Please Don’t Tank the Rest of the Season
Posted: 24th March 2010 by Frank Castaldi in NHL
That's right, I said it: Don't tank to finish the season. Think about what I'm saying here for a minute.
What is tanking? It's when a team totally blows it, and fails to succeed. They falter when they need to perform most, and ultimately lose the goal they set out to achieve.
For most teams, tanking would be blowing the last stretch of the season and slipping out of a playoff spot ...
Remember that horrible show on MTV, NEXT? Well, that's what I'll be saying tonight when the Blueshirts square off against their Nassau County rivals, the Islanders.
Instead of seeing how long I can fake-enjoy myself with a terrible date (the Rangers-Islanders game) tonight, I'd rather push the channel and go to something that will actually be enjoyable.
For those of you that have the NHL Network, which most people have nowadays whether ...
Oh, so THIS is the game that is a must-win for the Rangers? How about the previous 71 games? Were those just warm-ups to today's game with the Bruins?
Did the Rangers ever think that maybe if they played with some consistency that the next 11 games wouldn't all be must-wins? Or do they just like the pressure?
I can't stand when people throw out the term "must-win" all of a ...