Tomas Vokoun to start game five for Pittsburgh, and it’s absolutely the right decision
Jonathan Willis
May 08 2013 09:25PM
With Marc-Andre Fleury’s fourth consecutive playoff implosion, the Penguins have finally done the inevitable and decided to use a different goaltender in the post-season. With all due respect to his strong regular season play, the possibility of this was the biggest reason why signing Tomas Vokoun in the summer was a decision that had to be made.
Certain bad vs. uncertain good: the Steve Mason story
Jonathan Willis
April 08 2013 05:29PM
Steve Mason signed a $1.5 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for the 2013-14 season on Monday. It wasn’t a surprising development after the Flyers were willing to spend a draft pick acquiring him in trade, but it remains a poor decision for a hockey club with a long history of making poor decisions in net.
It’s bad enough that there’s a pretty good argument to be made that the Flyers would have been better off promoting a good goalie out of the AHL or the top European leagues instead of signing Mason.
Best of the Nation: 2.24.13
Jonathan Willis
February 24 2013 10:51AM
After the jump: the Nation Network turns five, predicting the end-of-season standings, talking about dirty hits and franchise-defining trades, and lots more good stuff from the past week.
Best of the Nation: 2.17.13
Jonathan Willis
February 17 2013 11:15AM
After the jump: the single-biggest story in the NHL last week, a mess of trades, injuries, and trade rumours, how bloggers are once again undermining Western society, and Graphic Comments. Also - and this is important - the Winnipeg Jets' all-time greatest moustaches.
Best of the Nation – 2.10.13
Jonathan Willis
February 10 2013 09:31AM
Lots of good stuff after the jump – trades and transactions, NHL expansion, Craig MacTavish on his old team in Vancouver, Olympic speculation and more. Plus – a special look at the (highly impressive) results of our Jets Nation casting call.
