ty-conklin Stories - The Copper & Blue
The Solution
I have always been a fan of Ty Conklin. The good news for a fan like me is that if the Penguins can manage to lose their next game, I guarantee* that Ty Conklin (career statistics) will get to play in game 4. I'm not saying Fleury is to blame (although that Stuart goal in Gm. 2 shouldn't have gone...
Goaltending Tandems Worse Than Conkkanen
I am a really, really big Ty Conklin fan. Always have been. Always will be. If I were a better person, it would be my greatest character flaw. I'm also a big fan of Finns. Thus, when Kevin Lowe dared to dream of the tandem of Ty Conklin and Jussi Markkanen, I was a big supporter.I had numbers, too....
MacT and the Goalies
The other day, David Staples had a post up on his weblog based on the NHL advertising theme "Is This the Year?". One of the things that he wrote I took as a bit of a personal challenge:"Is this the year one of the prominent Oilers bloggers says even one word of criticism about MacT?"That question...
Battle Between the Pipes - Pittsburgh's Goalie Controversy Continues
VS The Battle Between the Pipes - the goalie controversy in Pittsburgh continues.And yet - it's good controversy; if such a thing can exist.Many teams are faced with picking a starter who poses as "the lesser of two evils." That may have been the case earlier in the season when Marc-Andre Fleury...
THN Predictions
There's always this adolescent sort of giddiness channeling through my nervous system when I see the newest edition of The Hockey News resting idly in my mailbox. Whether it's the pristine pages of an otherwise hot off the press issue, or the otherwise soggy and matted edition that awaits when...
Deadline Looming
With the NHL's trade deadline standing roughly 20 days away, a lot of things can happen around the Penguins camp. The trades, recoveries and overall futures of some Pens players are certainly part of the consideration. The following is simply a personal list of players I feel fall into the...
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