Mike Keenan has been living off his reputation for 15 years. Franchises keep hiring the guy . . . and they keep firing him, too. Aside from a brief and impressive run coaching the Bruins, Iron Mike has made a…
Here is a shocker: Mike Keenan has once failed horribly with a big budget team, amid great hype.
The yesteryear coaching legend had led still another franchise to epic disappointment. This time it is the Calgary Flames – a team that…
The Blues have three games left with the torrid Blue Jackets, starting Saturday at Scottrade Center. Columbus is 14-5-1 in it last 20 games, thank largely to red-hot goaltender Steve Mason.
To get into the playoffs, the Blues will have to…
By rallying in Calgary, one of the tougher NHL towns to visit, the Blues bolstered their playoff hopes appreciably.
After taking six of eight points at home, they took three of six on the road. The shootout loss at Edmonton was…
The Blues don’t have enough offense to go into a place like Calgary and beat a top team like the Flames. They just don’t.
But Andy Murray’s team WILL show up and WILL fight — literally. Tuesday night’s game reminded us…
Former Blues coach Mike Keenan hasn’t changed a bit over the years. He talks a good game about accountability, but he passes the buck when questions arise about his failures.
Blues fans gave him a light booing Tuesday night when his…
The Canadiens were supposed to be a breakout team this season. But, like the Blues, they keep taking injury hits.
Consider some of the damage:
Alex Pietrangelo didn’t look out of place in the NHL. The teenager flashed his potential and showed why the Note took him with its first draft pick last summer.
But Pietrangelo didn’t star, either, so the Blues made the right decision…
Hockey Guy gets more excited about prospect Nikolay Lemtyugov all the time.
His Rivermen teammates made him go “all in” for Pink in the Rink night, a Peoria event which raised awareness of breast cancer.
“The team told me I was picked…
Hockey Guy was sad to hear about Kelly Chase’s health issue — but heartened by his strength and resilience.
Chase is one of the most impressive sports figures I’ve run across in my 30 years of sportswriting. He willed himself into…
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