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Holland named best GM by Puck Daddy
Ken Holland was named as the best GM of the past decade by Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynski with his post on Saturday. Here's a quick little excerpt from the post: Winning the Cup with this roster in the bloated payroll days of 2002 and with this roster in the spend-thrift days of 2008 is nothing short...
Remembering Mike Sillinger
Puck Daddy Greg Wyshynski recently compiled a blog post titled, "Tribute: Local bloggers recall all 12 of Mike Sillinger's NHL stops," where he asked the opinion of bloggers from each market where Mike Sillinger played. There seems to be a common theme that nobody really remembers him vividly, but...
Debunking Puck Daddy and the "Mystery" of Eric Staal
On Monday, a new author over at Yahoo's Puck Daddy Blog took the time to write a spiteful editorial about Eric Staal. While most of his facts seemed to be accurate, one might ask, why Staal and why now? In the author's viewpoint, is Staal the only inconsistent superstar in the league? The...
Blogger's Remorse? Nyet
"Bubba's Inbox" has been pretty busy the past day or so. Of course it only figures that a post-game article which was quickly thrown together during the heat of the moment late on a Saturday night, would be quoted from and linked to, by every hockey blog from the Bahamas to the Northwest...
Canes Anthem Singer Joins Walking Wounded
The high number of injured players for the Carolina Hurricanes has been well documented, but now someone related to the team also recently took a hit. Nine year-old anthem singer Katherine Fritsch fractured her heel while playing soccer on Saturday. Even though she was injured, I'm told that...
McCarthyism- Kevin "Cato" McCarthy Speaks
Late last week, the Hurricanes held a special function for "VIP's" and during the festivities, John Forslund interviewed Hurricanes Associate Head Coach, Kevin McCarthy. Fortunately, Kate Shefte of the Independent Weekly was there to take notes and write an article about the affair. McCarthy...
Under Pressure - Laviolette Stress Free?
Hurricanes beat writer Chip Alexander recently wrote an interesting story for the News and Observer's Sunday edition. It seems that Jim Rutherford has finally given coach Peter Laviolette a public vote of confidence, something that hasn't happened since the end of last season. "I don't want to...
Yahoo for Weekend Warriors
Things have been a bit quiet around here over the weekend, as far as news goes. But behind the scenes, the blog has changed servers once again as we continue in our quest to find the perfect webhost who will provide minimal downtime. Have we finally found "The One"? We'll find out. I...
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