Jaromir Jagr

Barrasso Finally Gets His Due

With the Hockey Hall of Fame announcing its new class on Wednesday, June 21st, one should have noticed that there was a theme that really had not been present before. That theme was goaltenders. This year, the selection committee announced that three goaltenders would be going into its Hall of Fame. One of them was […]

Jaromir Jagr, The Ageless Wonder

The man, the mullet, the legend, and an ageless wonder. Jaromir Jagr has had a long and highly decorated professional hockey career. Before it all started for Jaromir, he lived on a farm with his parents and his sister until he was 18. The Life Before Jagr’s Highly Decorated NHL Career: Jaromir Jagr is a […]

A Potential Great Career That Never Began: Alexei Cherepanov

It is always intriguing when a hockey fan thinks about what could have been with a particular prospect had things gone right. I am talking about production, reaching their potential, and being the player that the organization knew he would be when they drafted him. There have been so many highly touted prospects in the […]

Examining Where Kris Letang Signs Next

The Ultimate Penguin When you think of the Pittsburgh Penguins, you of course, think Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr’s awesome head of hair. In this era of Penguins hockey, you think of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and even Marc Andre Fleury. You also think of defenceman Kris Letang. The former 3rd round pick in the […]

Report: Kreider hits 50 goal plateau

He did it. On Tuesday night, Chris Kreider became the 4th Ranger in franchise history to score 50 goals in one season. He joined elite company when he slid a rebound past Frederik Andersen of the Carolina Hurricanes to bring the Rangers within one late in the third period. The Blueshirts would lose the game […]

Report: Chris Kreider for… 50?

The New York Rangers selected Chris Kreider 19th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. The Boxford, Massachusetts native turned pro after winning two National Championships in three seasons at Boston College. On the heels of the 2012 National Championship, and with the ink still moist from his contract, Kreider jumped into his first NHL […]

BTLHP Thoughts: NHL Pulling Out Of The Olympics?, Bergevin Firing

NHL and the Olympics The NHL and NHLPA will have to decide soon if the players are going to the Olympics in Bejing. From the looks of what’s been coming out recently, they will likely be pulling out of the Olympics due to the risk involved with it. If a player were to get a […]

Could Ovechkin Break A Gretzky Record This Year?

There are thousands of different records kept by the NHL, and the main discussion this season has been around the primary record everyone discusses; the all-time goal scorer. As we’ve recently written about, the Washington Capitals captain recently passed Brett Hull for fourth on the all-time goals list. The only folks ahead of Ovechkin now […]