The Agony And The Ecstasy

The Ecstasy: Yay! We re-signed Oduya! Every time we’ve looked at the pending UFA lists in the last few months, his was the only name on there that set our hearts a-flutter. We would have been some very sad Ookies if he’d flown the coop, so thank goodness our very own Johnny [...]

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A Cure For The March Doldrums

March is a month of nastiness. It brings us weather that doesn’t warm up fast enough, late-season snowstorms when all we want are flowers, and worst of all, March hockey swoons. There is however one thing to look forward to every March — The Name of the Year bracket. It’s like the [...]

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Wherein We Make It Official

We are ushering in the second half of the season by making one marriage official and by accepting the calling card of some certain gentlemen callers.

There’s no going back now. We’ve printed out their schedules. We’re in it for the long haul!
(One question: why is it the Flyers are the only team in [...]

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Wherein IPB Comes Back For More: NHL Awards Show 2008

Here we are again, Gentle Reader, another awards show. Last year VS tried to best us by putting everything on an “unintentional” four-and-a-half-hour delay filled with TapOut and boxing, so this year we beat them to the punch. Thanks to the Red Carpet event starting on NHL Network at the ungodly hour of [...]

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Pronger Madness

We were going to write tonight all about how much the Pronger suspension is making us ashamed of being fans of the NHL, and we were going to rail in this space about how, once again, ESPN is letting hockey fans down. This is the stupid, arbitrary, irresponsible and asinine disciplinary action that has [...]

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IPB’s Part-Time Trade Deadline Mania

It’s finally upon us, this most manic of frenzied days, this wild free-for-all that is the NHL trade deadline. And like any reputable news source, we’re going to be here every step of the way, offering you, Gentle Reader, with all the fast-breaking news. Of course, because this is the interwebs, and breaking [...]

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IPB Programming Alert: VERSUS All-Star Weekend Edition

Attention Gentle Reader! We are excited to swagfully announce that we are planning a blowout weekend of diarizing all the All-Star programming Versus and NHL Network have to offer. Be here or be square! Please help us in our quest to get a Versus playoff tracker magnet board by being here for [...]

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