http://thetwolinepass.com The Nashville Predators' No. 1 rival Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:32:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a story you will read in every Canadian newspaper tomorrow. VANCOUVER — On the game's biggest stage, and in the most important game of his life, Roberto Luongo ____________ (answered his critics/imploded horribly), spilling thousands of Vancouver fans into the street in paroxysms of ____________ (sheer joy/blinding rage). Luongo, who in many ways was the ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2011/06/choose-your-own-adventure-the-____________-canucksbruins-are-stanley-cup-champions/ The Lead Hockey's biggest rivalry! The 8-6 slugfest from February! Make no mistake, there was palpable excitement for this Bruins/Habs showdown in Montreal that, while it wouldn't decide the Northeast Division by any stretch of the imagination, it was certainly going to be a huge boost to whichever team emerged victorious. Both teams ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2011/03/good-night-young-claude-doesnt-play-it-safe/ The Lead (I know, I know. Shut up.) Derek Boogaard hadn't scored a goal since January 7, 2006. Four years, 10 months and three days later, he scored again, taking the puck coast to coast and rifling a slapshot past Michal Neuvirth to put the Rangers up 3-2 on the Capitals midway through ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/11/good-night-demote-the-capitals/ Detroit, as the Red Wings supporters are so eager to point out any time you bring up anything even remotely critical of the city itself, its residents or anything else even tangentially involved with it on any level, is a town that has been through a lot lately. And while I ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/05/a-lament-for-henrik-zetterberg-an-unofficial-eulogy-for-the-2009-10-detroit-red-wings/ The Lead I've been sitting here for a while now trying to think of the best way to write about this Sharks/Red Wings game, which certainly had its share of storylines. Goal reviews, both upholding the original calls and overturning them. An absurd call for a penalty shot that ended up not ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/05/good-night-a-look-at-the-red-wings-that-could-be-seen-as-being-somewhat-allegorical-to-their-home-city/ The Lead If past performance is indicative of future results, and we have at no point in the history of performance-to-result comparison been given any reason to find that this is not the case, then Antti Niemi is going to concede roughly 213 goals on 214 shots in the next game ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/05/good-night-on-to-something/ The Lead Well now that the Red Wings went into Glendale and kicked the living christ out of the Phoenix Coyotes, the time has come for me to apologize. You see, as it turns out the team loaded with cagey veteran, hardened by years of deep and trying forays into postseason after ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/04/good-night-a-contrite-apology/ The Lead How awesome was that, right? Freakin' Coyotes come back from to beat Detroit in the first home game in Phoenix, err, Glendale since I want to say 1642. Unreal. Keith Yandle was better than Nicklas Lidstrom. Wojtek Wolski was better than Henrik Zetterberg. Derek Morris was better than Brian ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/04/good-night-just-a-reminder/ The Lead For real if I controlled an army (one day, Lambert, one day...) I'd be parachuting my troops into Colorado like Red Dawn right this very second. Last night I didn't happen to write about the NHL because a. I was busy freaking out over one of the best Lost episodes ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/04/good-night-it-keeps-me-warm/ The Lead Alexander Ovechkin has 46 goals and 58 assists in 69 games. He's two points out of the league lead despite having played 10 fewer games than Henrik Sedin, who's out in front. He's also a goal back of Sid Crosby in the Rocket Richard race despite eight fewer games ... http://thetwolinepass.com/2010/04/good-night-the-best-player-no-one-talks-about/