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Conflicting Stories
The Colorado Avalanche are notorious for their Soviet-like vise grip on any and all information relating to the team. This complete lack of respect for their fanbase is, of course, infuriating. The Avalanche made a huge organizational change yesterday but instead of getting excited about the...
I Also Think Granato Should Go
If you go back and look at my volumonous ramblings on the Avalanche this year, you might notice that while I have criticized Tony Granto, I've stopped short of calling for his job. That's partly because I think it's really hard for anyone on the outside to evaluate a coach. Plus, I think the...
Greatest Sharks: M&M
Although I would have loved to induct Skittles to the "Greatest Sharks" roster, the FTF readers went with an old staple, M&M's. That's right, Marco and Milan are the next two players to be inducted to Fear the Fin's "Greatest Sharks" team. Voting was extremely tight throughout the week, but...
Greatest Sharks: Mr. Freeze
No, not that guy... this guy... As was the theme of the two other rounds of voting, the first pick in the LW category was chosen in a landslide. You selected Jeff Friesen, awarding him with 55% of the overall vote. I'm going to save the analysis for the Left Wing voting wrap-up....
Greatest Sharks: All that is "Left"
picture courtesy of Tom Burns "How much more "Left" can you get? Party Time!" I guess communism doesn't really go hand in hand with our theme of democracy lately, but we're talking leftism here, people. Well, left wings. Close enough. As you may have noticed, FTF set out on a pretty ambitious...
Granato's Second Stint So Far: Some Perspective
Following the lead of my new best friend Terry Frei, we'll take a quick look at Tony Granato's first quarter season (or so) of being head coach of the Colorado Avalanche (again). Overall, Frei's profile is more oriented toward Granato's coaching style and his relationship with the players than his...
Around the NHL Blogosphere
In order to broaden the horizons of the Hockey Wilderness community, I decided to start a weekly "Around the NHL Blogosphere" column. This will include stories from our ever-expanding SBNation NHL community, headed by Hockey Blogger extraordinaire, James Mirtle as well as the excellent blogs across...
Is The Hartley Clock Already Ticking For Granato?
In 2002-03, the Colorado Avalanche had a deep, impressive lineup. After a disappointing end to the 2001-02 season, the Avs were looking to make another run for the Stanley Cup, and it was Patrick Roy's final chance for a fifth championship ring. Behind the bench was Bob Hartley, the fiery...
Frei: Granato's Coaching Ability Is "Suspect"
I like doing traditional media-style headlines. You cherry pick a single word from the article you're headlining, and then build a false impression of what the article is about using just that one word. This will all make sense, so stick with me. Terry Frei, one of "our" reporters, posted a...
You Say Granaito, I Say Granato
[Please forgive the incredibly lame (and nonsensical) title. It's been a long week. - Joe] So we've all had a night to calmly and politely reflect on the not-so-surprise re-hiring of Tony Granato as the head coach of the Colorado Avalanche. Our initial shock and massive migraine have subsided...
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