Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween in the NHL: 2012 edition

As the lockout drags on, NHL fans are getting a little tired of things, while the players have some extra time this year to plan their Halloween costumes. The owners? Well, we're not too sure what the owners are doing, but we like to imagine them sitting in a smoke-filled boardroom cackling about the misery of others while taking turns throwing wads of bills into a bonfire. 

Let's focus on the Halloween costumes, shall we? (Here's our handy dandy guide to last year's costumes)
As always, thanks to the players and their wives/girlfriends for the pictures. 

Sunday, October 14, 2012

It's our blogiversary!


Today marks the one year anniversary of our first post! One year may not be too long in the blogosphere, but we're pretty proud of ourselves for writing on a somewhat consistent basis through such difficult obstacles as writer's block, laziness, procrastination, forgetfulness. So, yay us!

We've come a long way in the past year. Our readership has grown, we've tried some different things, we've both finished our first year of university, and we've accepted the fact that Roberto Luongo may not be the most evil man in the NHL. Emily has become a full-fledged writer on Blue Bird Banter, and Shelly is on her way to becoming a legitimate fan of KHL hockey (one of these accomplishments is greater than the other). And while we're probably not in the running for the Calder, we're pretty proud of our blog. So we're going to celebrate with the best way we know how, by looking back at our top 5 most popular posts:


Sunday, October 07, 2012

What the Previous Lockout Did to the Leafs (And if this one can do the opposite).

Ed note: you may remember the guest post we made on our friend Will's blog. Will was kind enough to return the favour by helping us out right here.



It's no secret that the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise is an absolute mess. From letting injured players play (Joe Colborne, JS Giguere etc), from the coaching fiasco involving Francois Allaire, all the way to the failure to make the playoffs in the last seven years. Toronto is a basketcase, and it has been since 2005. What some fans don't really think of is how damaging 2005 was for Toronto. Currently, the NHL is locked out yet again, seemingly for most, if not the whole regular season. What this article touches upon is the consequences the last one had on the Maple Leafs, and if the brand new lockout will have the same, or the opposite effect.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

We don't miss NHL hockey





During one of our usual "waaah the lockout sucks" sessions, we realised there are some positives to having a lot fewer hockey games to watch. Maybe it's cause we're Leafs fans, but we actually have a pretty long list of horrible hockey memories, a lot of which are NHL-related: