Latest Greg Wyshynski Stories

• Something Wild and Slightly Tone-Deaf
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/14/2008 2:09 AM ET
• The Minnesota Wild have this wonderfully goofy nostalgic streak, from their defiantly garish fashion sense to their official team theme song. What, you haven't heard the Wild Anthem, which is played ...
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• Jacques Martin's Stay of Execution
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/11/2008 10:40 AM ET
• So is the new trend in the NHL using season-ticket holder meetings to break huge news? First Ted Leonsis unveils Ovechkin's elephantine contract to the loyal customers; now, Florida Panthers owner ...
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• Toronto Ticket Scandal May Have Cheated Maple Leafs Fans and Players
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/10/2008 10:25 AM ET
• Five days ago, Rick Westhead of The Toronto Star broke news about a scandal within the Maple Leafs' parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Citing "ticket irregularities," a senior ... More »
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• Kevin Smith, L.C. from 'The Hills' Join the Hockey Blogosphere for the NHL
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/09/2008 1:25 PM ET
• NHL.com invited celebrities to blog for their favorite teams during the Stanley Cup Playoffs last year as part of its NHL Connect program, which has its detractors in the hockey blogosphere. Many of ...
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• Devils (4) vs. Rangers (5) Playoff Preview
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/09/2008 2:30 AM ET
• Click here for more NHL playoff previews. The New Jersey Devils' 4-3 shootout win in the regular season finale gave them home ice in this series ... but what did it really mean? Did the victory give ... More »
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• Avery, Brodeur Need Relationship Therapy
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/08/2008 10:30 AM ET
• Earlier this season and in a moment of extreme irony, Sean Avery called Devils goalie Marty Brodeur "Marty the Diver" after Brodeur was hit with a diving penalty in a game against the Rangers. Avery ...
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• Sounds Like Stamkos for Tampa
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/07/2008 9:22 PM ET
• The Tampa Bay Lightning had a 48.8-percent chance of winning the NHL Draft Lottery; yet given the year they've had, GM Jay Feaster told the St. Pete Times that there was "no way in hell" the Bolts ...
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• Bergeron Back for Bruins
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/07/2008 3:10 PM ET
• Nearly three months ago, Boston GM Peter Chiarelli told the media that center Patrice Bergeron's recovery from a Grade 3 concussion had regressed to the point where it was better for him to chill out ...
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• They Don't Know Jack (Adams)
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/07/2008 10:20 AM ET
• There was a curious line this morning in Jack Todd's celebration of Montreal's regular season conference championship: "Claude Julien has every reason to coach for revenge, and he should give Guy ... More »
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• Just Try Stealing Anaheim's Cup
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/07/2008 1:08 AM ET
• As the hockey world wraps its collective brain around the incredible Stanley Cup Playoff match-ups we've been given in Round One, it might be a good time to recall that the defending champions have ...
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• The Washington Capitals' Playoff Fight Song Will Make Your Brain Bleed Out of Your Ears
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/06/2008 5:38 PM ET
• Two bits of audio information about the newly crowned Southeast Division champions (and if recent playoff history is any indication ... well, let's not ahead of ourselves), the Washington Capitals. ...
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• Tonight's Postseason Implications
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/04/2008 4:00 PM ET
• For the five or six people who gave a flying toss about HBO's "In Treatment," I imagine the last few weeks of the NHL season have had a similar intensity: Every night a new drama, every night a new ... More »
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• Huet: Washington's Hidden MVP
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/04/2008 12:44 PM ET
• Cristobal Huet has been the catalyst for two of the most important decisions made by Eastern Conference general managers this season. The first was Bob Gainey's decision that Huet wasn't fit for the ... More »
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• The Early Word on 'The Love Guru'
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/04/2008 10:50 AM ET
• Say, when is that Mike Myers comedy that mixes humor about spiritual self-help with NHL-endorsed hockey hi-jinks supposed to hit theaters? Ah, thanks. As "The Love Guru" creeps closer to a ... More »
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• Quit Fakin' That Broken Femur
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/03/2008 8:40 PM ET
• It was one of the most horrific moments in the NHL this season: Minnesota defenseman Kurtis Foster shattering his left femur on the end boards, after the Sharks' Torrey Mitchell gave him an extra ...
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• Badda Bing! Vito from 'The Sopranos' Scores Twice from Center Ice
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/03/2008 2:00 PM ET
• Joe Gannascoli waddled into pop culture history for his role as Vito Spatafore on "The Sopranos," playing a mob henchman who happened to be a closeted homosexual. The scenes where Meadow Soprano's ...
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• The Ice Sheet: Capital Crunch Time
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/02/2008 10:40 AM ET
• Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before. Considering where the Washington ... More »
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• Zubov's Injuries: 'All of the Above'
• By Greg Wyshynski 4/01/2008 9:00 PM ET
• Sergei Zubov hasn't played a game since Jan. 17, yet the Dallas Stars will likely finish as the No. 5 or No. 6 seed in the Western Conference. But come playoff time, the Stars could certainly use a ...
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• Say Hello to On-Glass Advertising
• By Greg Wyshynski 3/31/2008 3:00 PM ET
• There are two bits of information in this report by Sports Business Journal this morning, and both of them are guaranteed to drive purists into a Tortorellian fit of rage. The more benign of the two ... More »
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• The Good, the Bad and the Charity Points
• By Greg Wyshynski 3/31/2008 10:30 AM ET
• Sunday may have been one of the most charitable days in recent NHL history. Nashville, Boston, Colorado, Columbus and Dallas all tasted defeat in various stages of overtime; and as per our current ...
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