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Eastern Conference is a mess; Bruins don't need centers?; Sam Reinhart makes historyWe’re halfway through the NHL season, which is now meant as a device to make everyone look stupid. Or really, to make me look stupid, which isn’t all that hard, because I’m stupid. After 41 games, we should have an idea of who is what and who’s going where. But in the Eastern Conference, we really d...

The NHL Will Give Gustav Nyquist A Few Days To Think About What He DidThe Red Wings have missed the playoffs just twice in my lifetime, and I’m old. But now, at 22-24-10 and dead last in the Eastern Conference, they appear bound for the reckoning/rebuild that they’ve somehow escaped so many times over the decades. It is, for the first time since 1990, a lost season in...

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Exaggerator Rules The Slop, Takes Preakness Over Rival Nyquist

Exaggerator this afternoon became the first Kentucky Derby runner-up since 1993 to win the Preakness, angled out wide from the rail on the final turn to chase down Nyquist, the Derby winner and heavy favorite....

Nyquist, Still Undefeated In 8 Starts, Easily Wins The Kentucky Derby

The favorite Nyquist ran a smooth, fast race in a dampened Kentucky Derby, breaking on the outside and holding off Exaggerator down the stretch to win in 2 minutes, 1 second and change. He’s the clean horse in the photo there, sailing along and blasting crudlets of mud over the rest of the field, re...

Gustav Nyquist's No-Look Backhander Ties Up Colorado Stadium Series Game

Detroit tied up the Avalanche at tonight’s Stadium Series game in Colorado with a gorgeous goal by Gustav Nyquist—a no-look backhander that helped set the stage for the Red Wings to take the lead later in the third period. (As I write this, Colorado tied it back up again.)...

Gustav Nyquist Holds Puck For About Half A Minute Before Scoring

Gustav Nyquist's overtime winner against the Senators last night can't fit into a GIF. You need to watch the full video to appreciate it. The Red Wing got the puck at 1:17, and scored with 48 seconds left....

Damien Brunner Cheats At Keepy-Uppy

Via Guyism, this gif of Red Wings forwards Damien Brunner and Gustav Nyquist getting loose before last night's Game 3. That's not nice....