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NHL + Media: What’s Wrong with the Capitals? Ovechkin?

Nothing. Yet, I don’t know what to make of this Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals situation anymore. There are so many things at play at this point, that you just end up arguing and thinking…Read More

NHL + Media: Pekka Rinne, Overpaid and Underrated

Old narrative: Goalies are essential to winning the Stanley Cup. A mediocre netminder will just not cut it as your team tries to slog its way through a grueling second season. New narrative: Elite goalies…Read More

NHL + Media: The Washington Capitals Day Care Center

Barry Melrose has this fantastic ability to say something logical, well-reasoned and intelligent, and then just a few seconds later, completely shatter all of that goodwill by saying something stupid.…Read More

NHL + Media: Roberto Luongo, The NHL’s A-Rod

Is there any question, anymore? All it takes is a couple of sub-stellar performances FIVE PERCENT into a new season for the boo-birds and the overzealous critics to come out and engulf the consistently…Read More

NHL + Media: Roenick, Roenick, and Don Cherry

The first full week of the season did not disappoint, both in terms of quality of games (which you obviously care the most about) and depth of material for this column (which you SHOULD care the most about,…Read More

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The Watermark: NBC Announcers, Milbury, ESPN + Grantland

The Watermark is a free-flowing, frequently exasperated weekly column concerning the NHL and its media…Read More

The Player Power Rankings: Season Preview

Starting tonight (with a little bit of a break before the next post so the season can start) we’ll…Read More

The Watermark: MSG Network + NHL Media Day

The Watermark is a free-flowing, frequently exasperated weekly column concerning the NHL and its media…Read More

The Watermark: Belak Coverage + NBC SportsTalk

Anyone else as ecstatic as I am that August is over? It’s my least favorite month of the year for a…Read More

The Watermark: NBC Schedule, Roenick, Messier, Avery

The Watermark is a free-flowing, frequently exasperated weekly column concerning the NHL and its media…Read More

The Watermark: Doc, Kovalev, Isles’ Dynasty, and MLS

The Watermark is a free-flowing, frequently exasperated weekly column concerning the NHL and its media coverage. If you come across something relevant to the NHL and media coverage, please do send the…Read More

The Watermark: Media + the NHL

Every Saturday morning from now until the end of time and space, we are going to take a look at the week that was in media coverage of the NHL. We will take a look at how the newly formed NBC Sports Network…Read More

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