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Welcome to Puck Daddy’s August series, “Mount Puckmore” which will feature fans, bloggers and various media personalities of all 30 teams choosing the four defining faces of their franchise. These four people are who you remember most when you think of these teams —

I guess it was all too good to be true. I guess we should’ve known that the story book ending of the Chicago Blackhawks finally winning the Stanley Cup would eventually be diminished by something.

The Toronto Maple Leaf defenseman Tomas Kaberle, is almost near the end of his career with an expiring contract. However the 32 year old still has a demand on the market and he is a player who franchises know still has the ability to upgrade a team’s defence. Tomas is a blueliner who has a [...]

This is the first “Under Review:” post (hopefully they get better over time) I’m going to be talking about contracts (I bet you can guess what inspired this post.) Here are a few thoughts I’ve had on them and maybe a few ideas that will spark some debate (or resonate with you.)

The St. Louis Blues announced today that they have resigned 6? 0” 200-pound winger David Perron to a two year 4.3million dollar contract. Perron tied for 4th in total points last season with the Blues setting a career high in goals (20) bringing his career totals to Goals (48), Assists(76) and  -/+ (20) in 225 [...]

By now (if you wanted to or not) you have heard about Kovalchuk signing his insanely long 17 year 102 million dollar contract, which was denied today by the NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly:

“The contract has been rejected by the League as a circumvention [...]

After watching a number of post-game interviews and press conferences featuring Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger (courtesy of NHL.com’s and TSN’s websites), one thing is for sure: If a media member tries to be a smart-ass or asks a stupid question, he will get the same attitude back in spades from Pronger—and deservedly so.

While the media and hockey fans both thirst for interviews and press conferences, for the players, spending 20 minutes with the media—especially after a tough loss [...]

There are times when people will ask, “Gee Chris, what do you do in the fantasy off season?”.* Well the funny thing is this.* There really is no off season for a “fantasy expert”.* Honestly there is just some down time here and there where you can rest a bit.* As the NHL Draft approaches, people start asking questions about their teams like the season just started.[...]

Now the first edition of the Stanley Cup Turkeys is upon us. The problem when you only have two teams left is that it becomes to actually choose the turkeys wisely. Let’s face it. The options are limited and turkeys can be heroes all in the same series before reverting back. It really is a crazy process. However, we trudge on as always [...]

For Blackhawks fans the sound echoing in the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia is a lot like the air rushing out of a dude after said dude has been punched in the gut. The 4-3 overtime loss to the Flyers in game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals wasn’t debilitating by any means but it was definitely a wake up call that there is still work to be done.
The Blackhawks battled [...]