http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?blogger_id=40Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:24:06 -0400 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15903 There were many reports about Anaheim’s Brian Burke extending the deadline for Scott Niedermayer’s decision to July 1. I’m sure that all Ducks fans are happy Burke extended Scotty’s deadline, since Niedermayer announced today that he will be a Duck for the 2008-09 season. All the Ducks fans I know are hoping that Teemu Selanne will follow suit and announce that he will not be retiring th Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:24:06 -0400Ducks Niedermayer Selanne Kings Blake JR Crawford Burke http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15686 I haven’t read the book Hockey Player for Life (being released 8/8/8, see Amazon.com to order) yet, but if the YouTube ad is any indication, it’s going to be worth reading. Check out the YouTube Hockey Player for Life video or look at the sneak peak at HowardShapiro.net for more information. Kat KatKealy@gmail.com Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:57:33 -0400book player YouTube http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15596 As a fan of the Penguins (and someone who predicted that the Pens would win the Stanley Cup in Sid’s 3rd year and who reiterated that at the beginning of this season and playoffs), I’ve been getting a lot of calls, emails, and text messages since last night’s loss to the Red Wings. Some of these messages have been comforting; some are saying that they knew their team would beat mine or that Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:59:05 -0400Penguin Crosby Hossa Red Wings Finals Ducks Stanley Cup http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15470 I know just about everyone has been predicting that the Red Wings would win the finals and I really couldn’t understand why. Every time a team actually showed up for a game against them, the team won fairly easily and I know the Penguins are better than the Stars or the Predators, so I figured the finals would be no problem for the Penguins. Perhaps the Penguins saw the same things I did and t Tue, 27 May 2008 12:09:12 -0400Penguins Red Wings Finals Stanley Cup http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15262 As the end of the 1st period of the Penguins/Flyers game 2 in the Eastern Conference Finals winds down, I’m reminded again of how much I want the NHL to invest in a GPS device or some other sensor to tell us definitively if the puck crossed the line. It was clear (even from my home with just a normal HDTV and Versus coverage and angles, with little or no zoom) that the puck crossed the line in Sun, 11 May 2008 20:47:17 -0400Pucks GPS Penguins Flyers Goals http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15085 It’s been fun talking to the people who thought I was being “too emotional” or letting the fact that I am a Penguins fan get in the way of my judgment when picking teams I thought would make it to the finals (I picked the Pens and Sharks pre-season and I’m so anti-JR, it’s not even funny and chose the same just before the playoffs began – didn’t change my mind about the Sharks until Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:50:03 -0400Penguins Crosby Malkin Fleury Hossa Malone Sharks Stars Senators http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15016 Nothing against Nicklas Backstrom, Patrick Kane, or Jonathan Toews, but didn’t anyone consider the goalie who led the Canadiens into first place in the eastern conference? Kane, Backstrom, and Toews are the top three scoring leaders out of the rookies this season. Toews is that high in spite of his injury, which kept him out for almost 20 games. This is all very impressive, clearly. However, Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:47:55 -0400Price Canadiens Backstrom Kane Toews Calder playoffs http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=14881 I’m sure all the Ducks fans will claim that they knew the Ducks would win tonight’s game, but I didn’t talk to any fans who really thought they would. There were a couple people who said they hoped tonight’s game wouldn’t be the last this year (at which point, they were asked to clarify, since we’re sure it’s not going to be the last this calendar year), but no one seemed to believe Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:18:10 -0400Stars Ducks http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=14703 What a game! Before game 1 of the Stars/Ducks series started, I was talking to someone in the press box who was wearing a very bright orange shirt. Someone made the comment that he probably wasn’t going into the Stars’ locker room with that shirt on and he said of course he wasn’t – he only goes into the locker room of the winning team. We hadn’t realized this was the case and every Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:04:39 -0400Stars Ducks playoffs Turco http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=14601 With the Playoffs rapidly approaching (Wednesday can’t get here fast enough, but at least it’s not far away), I had been thinking about the playoff beard – how it started, why it started, etc. (A friend who decided to grow out his mustache until the Kings won actually started the thought process a month or so ago.) I’ve always wondered how a group of players believed to be some of the mo Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:25:53 -0400playoff beards playoffs draft lottery