Welcome to Snap Shots! This week, we look at a trade that was voided, another third jersey — would that make it a second third jersey or a fourth jersey — for the Maple Leafs, and a team that went from hero to zero in less than a year.
Tag: Vegas Golden Knights
Snap Shots: Nicklas Backstrom Scores 1,000th Point
I didn’t have as much time as usual to focus on this week’s edition of Snap Shots. So, here is a very quick rundown of the top five hockey stories over the past week.
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The First Annual Puck Junk Awards
A.K.A. 6 NHL Awards We’d Like to See
The 2018 NHL Awards take place tonight. Seeing the same great players over and over win trophies and make boring speeches is fine and all, but what hockey needs is a little variety to its awards. So here are six all-new and exciting trophies that the NHL should give out to these six unique and interesting players. But the NHL is more likely to give Quebec its next expansion franchise than to acknowledge the feats of these guys. I guess that leaves it to me. So I present to you the First Annual Puck Junk Awards!
What Haters Get Wrong about the Vegas Golden Knights
Most of us know that this simply is not true. Plus, as they say, haters gonna hate. Here are four myths that naysayers have clung to about the Golden Knights — and why each one is wrong.
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Puck Junk Podcast #20 – Nov. 30, 2016
…with Sal Barry & Tim Parish
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In the latest Puck Junk Podcast, Sal and Tim (@TheRealDFG) talk about:
Playing fantasy hockey on Topps Skate
The Vegas Golden Knights’ name, color, jersey and logo
Gerard Gallant being fired by the Florida Panthers
Lighthouse Hockey’s campaign to make N.Y. Islanders’ third-string goalie J.F. Berube an NHL All-Star Game captain
Podcast #20 weighs in at 55:31, so have a seat before you click play.
Theme music by Jim “Not the Goalie” Howard.
So, what do you think about the new Vegas team, the Panthers firing Gallant or the push to get J.F. Berube into the 2017 All-Star Game? Leave a comment below. ■