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NHL Realignment Project – Week 31

NHL Realignment Project – Week 31

Seeking 32 (Quebec City, Seattle, Houston) First of all, sorry for the very late post this week… Christmas and its aftermath have been a beatdown. But better late than never, eh? This week we take our “Seeking 32” idea and mess with it a bit. We do get to 32 teams in 4 conferences, but …

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk9

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk9

Week 9: The Official Illustrated NHL History: The Official Story of the Coolest Game on Earth Merry Christmas, everyone. Tomorrow is “officially” Christmas, so today I officially give you the official Tom Fulery Random Hockey Book of the Week (officially one day late)… This is the OFFICIAL Illustrated history of the NHL in book form. …

NHL Realignment Project – Week 30

NHL Realignment Project – Week 30

Seeking 32 (KC, QBC, Hamilton, Portland) This week, we continue our effort to find the “perfect 32” homes for a slightly expanded NHL. Last week we left all current host-cities alone, just adding two new cities (Kansas City and Quebec) to bring us up to 32 teams. This week, we’re a little less nice. Gone …

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk8

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk8

Week 8: Hockey ABC (My First NHL Book) Only a few shopping days left until Christmas, so this week we’re going back to the well and offering up a kids book. This isn’t just any ol’ kids book, but one of Christopher Jordan’s “My First NHL Book” series of books. Like all the books in …

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk7

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk7

Week 7: Defining Moments: 100 Inspirational Moments about 100 Great Players With all the craziness going on in my life away from this blog, things are a little behind. In related news, Mrs. Fulery has now graduated nursing school… so if you know anyone in need of an amazing RN, let me know. ? Back …

NHL Realignment Project – Week 29

NHL Realignment Project – Week 29

Where do we go from here? Now that we’ve had a week to digest the big news of what the NHL will (most likely) look like in 2012, we can begin to ponder the question of where we go from here. I’m gonna do my best Santa Claus impersonation and deliver the gift of “every …

The New NHL – Conference Names

The New NHL – Conference Names

The internets are abuzz on the new NHL. There is a lot of chatter about what the names of the four new conferences will be. This is a place where we can speculate until Gary and the Boyz make a decision. If you have suggestions, put ’em in the comments and I’ll make a map …

NHL Realignment Project – Week 28

NHL Realignment Project – Week 28

Gary Christmas! Good news! So word from the ‘internets’ is that our buddy Gary has a proposal that is in front of the NHL Board of Governors that is gaining a little momentum. (There is actually a second one known as the “simple plan” that just swaps Detroit for Winnipeg and washes it’s hands, but …

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk6

Random Hockey Book of the Week – Wk6

Week 6: Hockey: Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet With the holidays coming up, this week’s random hockey book is aimed at a younger audience… a little younger even than the Edmonton Oilers lineup. Everything your future Stu Grimson could need is in this guy. Happy holidays! Enjoy… Via Amazon: Z is for Zamboni: …