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Jordan Staal's Lack of Goal Scoring, Production Is Somewhat Concerning

Ever since he was taken No. 2 overall during the 2006 NHL draft, Jordan Staal has been considered a building block for the Penguins. After scoring 29 goals as an 18-year old rookie straight out of Peterborough, he was compared -- locally, anyway -- to a young Mark Messier. Staal suffered a sophomore slump of sorts a year...

An Idea for the YoungStars Game: Bring in the Old Guys!

Unlike my esteemed colleague, Kevin Schultz, I found the YoungStars game to be the least interesting aspect of yesterday's All-Star festivities. Not that I don't enjoy seeing today's youngest stars display their l33t skills, but, as my girlfriend pointed out, the YoungStars game was basically 'like a weak game of...

The Ice Sheet: Brian Leetch Leads an Assembly of Old Guys

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.Tonight the New York Rangers raised another banner to the rafters. Next to Crybaby and Mike Richter defenseman Brian Leetch saw his number raised to the rafters....

New York Rangers to Retire Leetch's #2

If you were to vote for the greatest New York Rangers player of all time, who would you choose? Mark Messier, Mike Richter, Ron "Donkey Schlong" DuGuay? Wayne Gretzky, even with his short tenure?All good players, yes, but none of them could possibly compare to Brian Leetch, who easily gets my pick as THE #1 player in...

Recalling Dave Semenko vs. Muhammad Ali

Perhaps no other player in NHL history is more associated with Wayne Gretzky's backside than Dave Semenko (unless you want to include most of the Calgary Flames in the 1980s, as they watched The Great One frequently skate past them into the Finals). Semenko was known as "Gretzky's bodyguard," patrolling the ice for...

MarkMessier News From the Web

05/30/12 West Ottawa family home of 27 years burns down Source: CTV News A longtime family home is reduced to charred rubble in west Ottawa after a Wednesday morning fire.
05/29/12 Human foot sent to Tory HQ Source: Niagara Falls Review A Conservative Party staffer made a horrifying discovery late Tuesday morning, partially opening a box sent to the party's headquarters that contained a human foot.
05/24/12 Finals flashback: Mess guarantees Game 6 win Source: New York Daily News - New York NY The Rangers' captain stood in front of his locker after yesterday's spirited practice at Rye Playland, deliberately buttoned his white dress shirt and matter-of-factly fired a verbal bombshell on the eve of his team's do-or-die Game 6 against the Devils.
05/24/12 Rangers Need A Messier-Like Performance Source: Kukla's Korner So now they cross the river, same as they did 18 years ago.
05/23/12 Fire disrupts classes at W. Carleton school Source: Ottawa Sun - Ottawa - ON - Canada West Carleton high school on Dunrobin Rd., just outside the village of Dunrobin.