Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Letters To A Nimrod First of all… For some reason, you just knew after those three words that you were gonna be irritated back on October 22nd. If someone had just given John Buccigross an open-handed bitch slap right then? All would be well. Didn’t happen. Steve Phillips’ production assistant was busy. Matthew Barnaby was repeatedly stabbing the exclamation point key. No one stopped...
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
E.J. Hradek, Barry Melrose and Matthew Barnaby discuss whether this year is the Year of the Shark in a panel discussion on ESPN. One problem with Barnaby's analysis, if you do not want to see another regular season game out of the Sharks this year you are going to miss some very good hockey. There are no more 'Big 4' or 'Big 2' teams in the Western Conference as parity has come abruptly to the fore....
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Penguins -How much upside does Chris Bourque have ? -Can the Penguins make Bill Guerin ( above ) an alternate captain ? -In its time, Mellon Arena was cutting edge . -Can the Islanders find inspiration in the Penguins' past problems with securing a new arena ? -A few photos from EN readers from Friday's home-opener. Kelli Zappas sends us this... well... it's a jersey foul for sure. But we would classify...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Let Barry Melrose and Matthew Barnaby of ESPN tell you.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
from Bruce Dowbiggin of the Globe and Mail, Say this about the hockey media. They like busy. Many of the hockey-panel shows and instant analysts in the blogosphere were quick to anoint the Calgary Flames as the early winners in the NHL rearmament race after the Flames signed defenceman Jay Bouwmeester to a five-year, $33-million (all currency U.S.) contract. “I think he’s the best defenceman...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
...sports that don't involve a stick, ice, and pucks of vulcanized rubber? We were clicking here and there and came upon last fall's predictions from the "experts" at ESPN on who would win what in the NHL this year. Here is how they saw the fight for the Stanley Cup... So...none of them had the Devils winning in the Atlantic. All of them had Kool-Aid shooters on the Habs 100th anniverary...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/26/2009
LIKE THE JOKER from "Batman," Matthew Barnaby made millions of dollars as a professional villain. Playing hockey was just something that he did on the side.
Michigan Bodybuilding Journal (Free subscription) | 05/18/2009
Matthew Barnaby breaks down the Red Wings' 5-2 Game 1 win Pierre LeBrun covers the NHL for ESPN.com , describes the Blackhawks and Red Wings as "two greatly talented teams being separated only by experience". The Red Wings beat the younger Blackhawks 4-0 and 6-4, Dec. 30 at Joe Louis Arena and Jan. 1 at Wrigley Field and have beaten Chicago coach Joel Quenneville in each of their last four...
Melt Your Face-Off (Free subscription) | 05/15/2009
On SportsCenter this morning, Neil Everett turned to acclaimed hockey scholar Matthew Barnaby for some early analysis on the NHL Cofnerence Finals. To be fair, Barnaby hasn’t been terrible since he was hired to replace Pinstripe McLobstermullet, who went on to coach Tampa for awhile and then wander back to Bristol. But his analysis of [...]
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Matthew Barnaby of ESPN participated in a chat earlier today… Matt what is up with the Flames lately should I be as concerned as I am they just don’t seem to have that same pop like they did right after the trade deadline. Matthew Barnaby: This is a banged up team right now. With all their injuries and problems with the salary cap, they have been playing the last few games with 17 players,...
D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 03/31/2009
Tom Poti, not chirping. (Karl B DeBlaker - AP) "Guys say the most ridiculous things," Brian Pothier told me, when I asked him about on-ice chirping. "Matthew Barnaby called me ugly once. That was an interesting one. What am I supposed to say? I'm like, 'Yeah, all right man. You got me. Sorry dude. I didn't mean to offend you with my presence.' " The Caps, several players said, don't...
The Battle of Alberta (Free subscription) | 03/04/2009
From Jay Onrait's Deadline Blog : Matthew Barnaby: "... I talked to players in the Western Conference (about the Jokinen deal) and they said 'Great'... 'He's a cancer'" Wow. (All stats for 2008/09) EVPts/60: Lombardi - 2.36, Jokinen - 1.72 PK GA/60 : Lombardi - 2.91 ( 4th Best in NHL ), Jokinen -N/A EV+/- : Lombardi +11, Jokinen -6 Shots +/-: Lombardi +52, Jokinen -53 Corsi #: Lombardi +107...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
from TSN, The panel then offered their thoughts on their leading candidates for Comeback Player of the Year this season. McKenzie and Matthew Barnaby went with Philadelphia Flyers’ winger Simon Gagne while Dreger chose Michael Ryder of the Boston Bruins. “Coming back from a concussion is a very difficult thing to do and Gagne is scoring in the tough areas,” said Barnaby. “The...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
Barry Melrose will return to ESPN as a hockey analyst Jan. 1. Melrose, who was fired as coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning last month, will appear on SportsCenter and ESPNEWS. He'll often be paired with analyst Matthew Barnaby. "I am very, very excited about coming back home to ESPN where I have had so many great years," Melrose said. "I look forward to analyzing people being fired rather...
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