How To Tank: A Guide For Fans And Teams

With a couple weeks left in the season, the noise about playoffs and the draft is becoming hard to ignore.  As we all know by now, the top half of the league starts making moves before the trade deadline and the bottom half starts gunning to be the NHL’s Next Edmonton Oilers.  But in the middle there’s that barren wasteland, where a team must decide if they have chance to make an ernest effort to and in the playoffs or if they should just attempt to align themselves to improve their drafting position.  

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First Night Of 24/7 Does Not Disappoint

8 takeaways from the 1st episode of the newest edition of 24/7- Toronto Maple Leafs/Detroit Red Wings (possible spoilers, but really who can do this show justice with only words?):

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Ep. 127: #TeamGeno

Peter's out this week so Brandon was joined by the site's editors Shane Bua and Cait Platt . They discuss preseason ultraviolence.

-A FAQ of the Leafs-Sabres line brawl by Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynki

-Zach Kassian smashes Sam Gagner in the face. 

-From Hockey This Week, a positive review of the Islanders' game experience at Barclays Center.

-The rebranded Calgary Inferno of the CWHL, and the owners of CalgaryInferno.com.

Murderball

Music Featured This Week:

Take The Mirror by White Lung

Brother by Meat Wave

Ring Of Fire by Social Distortion

Away From The Circle by No Fun At All

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Ep. 104: Gallows' Wade MacNeil & Lockout Madness

We're back again! This week we have Brandon's conversation with Gallows frontman and St. Catherines, Ontario native Wade MacNeil. They discuss Wade's roots as a hockey fan, where his NHL team allegiance lies, what's it's been like to take over singing for an establish band, and of course, the new gallows record. Then Peter and Brandon discuss Pete's ebay finds, minor league hockey and NHL13's soundtrack.

Gallows-Last June

Music Featured This Week:

Cross Of Lorraine by Gallows

45 by The Gaslight Anthem

that pw clip is from Bassnectar

Ran That Scam by Dead To Me

2012 Demo by Oblivination

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Yo Ho Yo Ho The NHL At Sea!

Not a single hockey fan in this photo

Okay, so recently I went on a trip to the south where the weather is always warm and ice rinks are a mythical creature.  Fine, not really seeing as Florida, one of the places that I stopped, has two NHL teams plus a bunchaother teams.  But in all honesty, hockey isn't very big the further south you head.  And that's why I packed a bunch of hockey tee shirts and paraded myself around waiting to see what people would say. 

Mind you, I was on a cruise ship, that left from NYC, so you would assume this would be skewed, that I would run in to crazy amounts of Atlantic and Northeastern Division fans, but no I didn't. So disappointed hockey fans!  

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