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Why there are roughing-the-passer penalties and why there aren't answersIt’s a belabored point by now. We’ve spent enough time covering it. But every time an NFL game turns into a farce when someone has to turn to a backup QB, or wonder in vain why they didn’t dress a third, we get back to it. We rant and yell when we watch our team on the ass end of a game-changing rou...

Darkness has fallen upon the Edmonton Oilers once againThe fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars. Though apparently if you’re covering the Edmonton Oilers or a fan of them, that’s the going theme. Perhaps after years and years of the same problem, Oilers observers are just tired of complaining about the same things, so they’re looking for things tha...

Home wasn’t the cure for the cursed IslandersThings were stacked against the New York Islanders before a puck was even dropped this season. The new UBS Arena, which would end this weird New York area odyssey they’ve been on since that ill-fated decision to play at Barclays Arena, which didn’t ever plan for hockey, wasn’t ready until this past ...

Top 5 NHL playoff saves of all time

We always remember the goals: Bobby Orr flying through the air, Ray Bourque scoring in the Stanley Cup Finals at 40 years old, and Matteau! Matteau! Matteau! Legendary moments. But what about the goals that didn’t happen? What about the goals that were snagged away with a flash of the leather or a f...

Pregame warmup oopsie sends Isles’ Varlamov to the training room, offers Ilya Sorokin long-awaited NHL debut

Hockey warmups always have a little bit of danger to them, with every player on the ice having their own puck, and everyone skating around all at once — but it’s really organized chaos. It’s not like everyone is shooting on the goalie at the same time....

A domestic assault case against Avalanche (and potential Russian Olympic) goalie Semyon Varlamov has been dismissed at the behest of prosecutors, who said they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. [Denver Post]...

Avs Goalie Semyon Varlamov Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges

Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov spent the night in jail after turning himself in to face charges of second-degree kidnapping and third-degree assault in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident on Tuesday....

Watch This Really Nice Glove Save From The Avalanche/Blackhawks Game

From last Thursday night's Blackhawks/Avalanche game, Chicago's Marcus Kruger probably thought he'd given his team a 3-1 lead with his first NHL goal. Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov wasn't having it. Marian Hossa would score about three minutes later, though, so it was kind of all for naught....