Dirty 30 Weekend

I took the weekend to catch up on the fantasy goalie landscape by providing you with a quick and dirty look at all 30 NHL teams and their current situations in goal. I made it through 20 teams by Sunday afternoon before I was distracted by … sleep! It’s Monday morning, but what’s a Dirty 30 Weekend without busting through the finish [...]

Miller’s New Mask: Inner Peace

So Ryan Miller wore a new mask against the Red Wings last night on Versus and it turns out the artwork looks more like something out of a fairytale than that of a nightmare. And as usual, our good friends at InGoalMag.com got the scoop on Miller’s “Japanese tattoo” style mask by interviewing the artist, Ray Bishop! Backed by many shades of light and dark blue, one side displays a dragon while the other has [...]

School of Block Episode #04

School of Block is back in session kiddos, so grab your seats and listen to our weekly internet radio show dedicated to nothing but goaltending. Alongside Launy “The” Schwartz from HockeyBarn.com, we return for another installment that’s sure to teach you a few things about the position from between the pipes. Today’s show is all about the pressure of performing [...]

Paddle Down is Dead!

It’s tough to say this after I just got finished praising the guy for his remarkable return from injury, but Ryan Miller’s read on Ilya Kovalchuk’s breakway was pretty lousy. I don’t know how many times it has to be said, but PADDLE-DOWN IS DEAD. Paddle-down?! What the heck were you thinking, Miller!? Besides the obnoxious poke-check, the paddle-down movement has to be the worst one [...]

Mindrust

When you hear that a player was “rusty” in their first game back from an injury, what images start dancing in your head? Do you envision him lacking energy or a powerful first stride? Or maybe he’s mishandling the puck and making bad passes? Whatever it is, you know the tell-tale signs and they are [...]