PuckUpdatePuckUpdate: A Blog Dedicated to Hockey NewsIsles and Yashin Reconciling- June 16, 2008 Alexei Yashin returning to the Islanders Would anyone be happy with that Would the Isles be happy to have him back in the locker room Would GM Garth Snow be happy to be paying Yashin even more money on top of what Yashin got in his buyout Would Yashin enjoy being the focus of Isle Nation hatred again Yashin must still be dating Carol Alt and looking to come home so he can actually see her. That's the only way this makes sense. By the way. The lovely Ms. Alt is a product of Flushing, Queens. I...http://www.puckupdate.com/archives/2008_06_15-2008_06_21.html#002380 Usually Just a T-Shirt- June 13, 2008 I'm sorry but I just can't get excited about the NHL's awards. Not when they're missing a Best Performance in Drawing a Whistle award. Not like Sidney Crosby needs more hardware or anything. After the awards ceremony, Tarik El-Bashir from the Washington Post went to a party for Alex Ovechkin's clothing line. He reports the party was pretty crowded. Here are some pictures. Not to veer into FashionUpdate territory, but isn't Ovechkin's line just variations on a black t-shirt I almost feel like I..http://www.puckupdate.com/archives/2008_06_08-2008_06_14.html#002379 The Four Stages of the Coaching Life- June 12, 2008 Yesterday we saw the cycle of coaching lives in the NHL. There was birth, in Detroit assistant Todd McLellan getting his first NHL coaching gig, for the Sharks. I have no idea what kind of coach he is, but coming out of both the Red Wing and Wild organizations gives him a very interesting pedigree. And given that pedigree, it seems like defense would be a priority for him. There was life, in Red Wings coach Mike Babcock getting a three-year contract extension. Only three years I kind of thought.http://www.puckupdate.com/archives/2008_06_08-2008_06_14.html#002378 Crawford Fired; Myers Markets- June 11, 2008 So the Kings fired Marc Crawford. Helene Elliott says it was the right thing to do. In fact, she says the Kings never should have hired Crawford to coach a young team in the first place. I'll admit Crawford didn't do well in LA, but I thought he could work, if for no other reason than uptempo coaching + young legs should equal success. I guess that's why I'm not a GM. Rich Hammond has a ton of related material over at Inside the Kings. He's got like six posts on Crawford's firing. Also, I'm...http://www.puckupdate.com/archives/2008_06_08-2008_06_14.html#002377 |