2w
Barry Melrose Rocks 2w ago
The Canucks finally have a rival
With the Seattle Kraken becoming real in about a month, the Vancouver Canucks can finally brace themselves for battle with a real life (…)
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3w
Barry Melrose Rocks 3w ago
A solution for the Oilers
It seems like the Oilers have been bad forever, right? But really, they were a Cup finalist in 2006. Sure, they were the 8th seed that (…)
4w
Barry Melrose Rocks 4w ago
All right, gambling!
The NHL has started partnering with sportsbooks over the last couple of years, joining the rest of the NHL in simultaneously reversing (…)
22 Aug
Barry Melrose Rocks 22 Aug
Compromise or A Silver Lining
One of the most lamented teams to depart the NHL landscape was the Hartford Whalers. It was a small market with a fun goal horn and a (…)
10 Aug
Barry Melrose Rocks 10 Aug
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1424883240758878211 There are no winners or losers in the offseason, to be sure, but if there were, (…)
02 Aug
Barry Melrose Rocks 02 Aug
Offseasons can be fun again!
I’m sure we don’t need any more reminders about how strange 2020 was, but one that I have definitely been thinking about over the past (…)
15 Jul
Barry Melrose Rocks 15 Jul
These Lightning came at the right time
There was very little good out of the past couple of years. I got to spend more time with my kids, I haven’t had to try tying a tie and (…)
28 Jun
Barry Melrose Rocks 28 Jun
I'm sure it's all good news
The Calgary Flames are getting a new arena, which is too bad, because when the Saddledome is gone, there won’t be enough arenas named after (…)
04 Jun
Barry Melrose Rocks 04 Jun
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1401008127747624962 The Vegas Golden Knights are merely 4 years old, so you’ll have to forgive the (…)
27 May
Barry Melrose Rocks 27 May
BMR Playoff status check
Back when this site was actually good, we had a trio of talented contributors, and me, the cockroach that won’t die. We each had a team (…)
24 May
Barry Melrose Rocks 24 May
Zdeno Chara, the villain that wasn't
If you were to write a bad movie, and you needed an evil henchman, the tropes surrounding this antagonist seem like they would mostly (…)
20 May
Barry Melrose Rocks 20 May
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1395408979631624192 “Give the people what they want,” They said. “Like what?” I asked. “I don’t want (…)
14 May
Barry Melrose Rocks 14 May
The opposite of playoff atmosphere
The Stanley Cup Playoff starts tomorrow, and frankly, it is one of the more normal sensations we’ve had on the sports calendar in a while. (…)
01 May
Barry Melrose Rocks 01 May
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1388678889891762178 The Colorado Avalanche are one of, perhaps the two or three best teams in the (…)
16 Apr
Barry Melrose Rocks 16 Apr
Sean Monahan looking for an Edge
“Late in the season, we’re just looking for an Edge,” Flames center Sean Monahan said in a recent interview. “I have climbed the highest (…)
03 Apr
Barry Melrose Rocks 03 Apr
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1378433071893078022 What a long and hallowed history that the Lightning must have that their top (…)
22 Mar
Barry Melrose Rocks 22 Mar
This season is going better than I expected
In what has been an incredibly challenging year across the planet, one of the relative successes has been the NHL. It started late last (…)
20 Mar
Barry Melrose Rocks 20 Mar
Dallas Stars, a team of mystery
The Dallas Stars are a .500 team this year. Not terrible, not great. Not a playoff team, but not a laughingstock. With restrictions on fans (…)
17 Mar
Barry Melrose Rocks 17 Mar
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1372354319991857155 This is a beautifully shot video, really. Cinematic lighting and all that, but (…)
15 Mar
Barry Melrose Rocks 15 Mar
ESPN and NHL together again at last
As a website that has drawn it’s namesake from ESPN’s still somehow employed after all these years, we are very excited that the NHL is (…)
11 Mar
Barry Melrose Rocks 11 Mar
Tweet of the Moment
https://twitter.com/NHLJets/status/1370098056000065537 More Americans will get NHL coverage now from ESPN starting next season, which means (…)
04 Jan
Barry Melrose Rocks 04 Jan
A fun, 1 year rivalry for 2021 for each division
With the new divisions coming to the NHL for the 2021 season, three groups of 8 in the US, and all 7 teams in Canada will play in self (…)
01 Jan
Barry Melrose Rocks 01 Jan
From the expiring mind of a hockey blogger in the midst of potty training twin toddlers
Baby Shark doot doo doo doo doo doo Baby Shark doot doo doo doo doo doo Baby Shark doot doo doo doo doo doo Baby Shark! Daddy Shark doot (…)
28 Dec 20
Barry Melrose Rocks 28 Dec 20
Well, that was weird
I’m not going to break any new ground with this uncontroversial statement: 2020 was a pretty weird year. There was some good that came (…)
