Monthly Archives: March 2009
The Comeback Kid
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about how the St. Louis blues were in the midst of a battle for their postseason lives. That hasn’t changed, in fact the Blues currently find themselves in 8th position in the Western … Continue reading
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Overrated/Underrated: Northwest Division
After a brief hiatus, the Bench Boss is back with his second to last installment of overrated/underrated for the 2009 season. Today we look at the Northwest division where you will find probably the most controversial of all the overrated … Continue reading
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Save the CBC (and Hockey Night in Canada)
Since this isn’t the proper forum, I won’t explain why I think public broadcasting has intrinsic value (though it does pain me that the CBC has to supplement its income with advertising dollars). The CBC has already lost The Hockey … Continue reading
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Another Walk in the Park
From time to time, Distinct Kicking Motion has the special honour and insider privilege of being able to collect valuable tidbits of information from New York Islanders super-sniper, Richard Park. Recalling Richard’s first post with us just over a month … Continue reading
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Playoff Preview
Last night’s game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver may have set up what could be a very entertaining first round playoff matchup. After the Canucks 4-0 domination of the Hawks the two teams sit 4th and 5th in … Continue reading
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Dominic Moore is a Monster
During the Buffalo Sabres / Toronto Maple Leafs’ affair last night, former Leaf Dominic Moore (featured in Distinct Kicking Motion’s inaugural post) took on the Leaf’s prized 19-year-old rookie, Luke Schenn. Judging from Moore’s stick-work and his ineffective punches, this … Continue reading
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DKM WAGs of the Week
While we here at Distinct Kicking Motion enjoy providing readers with our humble musings and insights on the great game of hockey, sometimes we all need to step back and enjoy the finer points in life. Sure, I could post … Continue reading
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Take off your pants and Blue Jackets
Imagine Michael Peca in the playoffs. Then imagine that the year is not 1999, but the blessed year of Our Lord 2009! We here at DKM usually do not believe in curses, Jinxes, generally subtle feelings of fearing the Great … Continue reading
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Overrated/Underrated: Central Division
In today’s look at who is overrated and who is underrated, I switch over to the Western Conference and the Central division. As you’ll see, there are some pretty good players that found there way into the overrated section. Enjoy.
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Overrated/Underrated: Southeast Division
Today I am going to check through the most obscure division in hockey, the Southeast division. With hockey crazed cities such as Atlanta, Raleigh, Sunrise and Tampa it’s hard to see why. As you will see, some of the players … Continue reading
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Overrated/Underrated: Atlantic Division
In the second installment of overrated/underrated I am going to take a look at the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic division.
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Overrated/Underrated: Northeast Division
With only a few games to go in the regular season, the Bench Boss would like to take a look at who he thinks have been the most overrated and the most underrated players this season. Over the next couple … Continue reading
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