Recently by Gord Stellick

• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: When NHL draft plans go wrong As the 2012 NHL Entry Draft nears we need to remember that sometimes the best player you get isn't the one that you coveted.  Here are the stories of two instances where teams were bitterly disappointed to not be able to draft the player that they coveted and instead ended up "settling" for a Hall of Famer. Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | 10:39 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Brodeur will be the key in the final series New Jersey goaltender Marty Brodeur is an obvious key to any hopes that the New Jersey Devils have of winning the Stanley Cup again. His excellent puck-handling skills have proved to be a strength and advantage for the Devils in the first three rounds. Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 09:51 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Rangers must keep puck away from Martin Brodeur Despite his horrific giveaway on what was the tying goal for the Devils in Game 5, the puck handling skills of Marty Brodeur have helped offset the continued excellence of Henrik Lundqvist in their Eastern Conference final. Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 | 01:43 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Fatigue often spells defeat The fatigue factor that coach John Tortorella refuses to address regarding his New York Rangers has history on its side. The fact is no NHL team has ever won the Stanley Cup (post 1967) after playing seven games in their first two playoff series.  Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 03:37 PM
• NHL Stellicktricity: NHL playoff winners and losers The Philadelphia Flyers are out in five games and had to play their fifth and final game without arguably their best player, Claude Giroux.  His one-game suspension for his hit on Dainius Zubrus of the New Jersey Devils in Game Four drew a one-game suspension that likely wouldn't have been the case a few weeks earlier.   Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 | 11:07 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Luongo's noble approach The Vancouver Canucks season ended with a whimper rather than a bang this year and the post mortem began almost immediately. Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | 02:00 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Canucks to dispose of Kings in 5 games Although the intrigue about whether Daniel Sedin returns to the Canuck lineup for Game 1 or soon after is somewhat a moot point. Any which way, he won't be 100 per cent healthy and the Canucks better realize that for the first round against Los Angeles beginning Wednesday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 10:30 p.m. ET). Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 | 12:07 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Karlsson, Landeskog, Quick all award-worthy This is an exciting time of year as we get set for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  Also, a time to reflect on those who I feel should be celebrating their own individual awards a short time after the Stanley Cup is awarded in June. Posted: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 | 04:21 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: The pain of rooting for the Maple Leafs It never fails. Whenever the Leafs are in a prolonged slump, experience turmoil in the dressing room and the front office, make a coaching and/or general manager change, I get phone calls from media colleagues. Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | 11:05 AM
• NHL Stellictricity: Don't get into shootout with Crosby's Penguins I don't think Winnipeg head coach Claude Noel expected his team to win in Pittsburgh. But, he certainly couldn't have been pleased to see them try to match the Pittsburgh Penguins in a wide-open, run-and-gun offensive tilt. Predictably the Jets couldn't match the offensive firepower of the Penguins, who were led by Evegeni Malkin (five points) and Sidney Crosby (four points) in an 8-4 Penguins victory. Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | 12:26 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Leafs' slide leaves unanswered questions Not only has the Toronto Maple Leafs' recent on-ice slide been disconcerting for the present, it is also a worry that so many questions remain unanswered. Are James Reimer and Jonas Gustavsson NHL goaltenders? Why is Luke Schenn stuck in neutral? Why isn't Nazem Kadri on the Leafs' NHL roster? Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2012 | 09:01 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Schenn begins again Gord offers his takes on Luke Schenn, Zach Parise, Steve Yzerman and Kirk Muller, among other topics. Posted: Thursday, March 8, 2012 | 11:04 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Stories from Gretzky This week's Stellicktricity on Yzerman, Geoffrion and Gretzky Yzerman the victor yet again? - Steve Yzerman was the manager who led Team Canada to gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Yzerman was the player who played hurt but was a key cog in Team Canada's gold in Salt Lake City in 2002. Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2012 | 12:27 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Jets' resurgence a group effort The Winnipeg Jets are not just surprising for their recent vault back into the Eastern Conference playoff race. The larger mystery is how they are doing it without any star players. But, it's like a winning baseball team's batting order. Different players get hot and carry the team at different times. Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | 12:46 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Red Wings have record of longevity Nicklas Lidstrom played in his 1,550th NHL game in Detroit's 4-3 win over Philadelphia on Sunday, all with the Red Wings, which establishes a new NHL record for the most career games with a single team. Next on the list are two other Red Wings. Alex Delvecchio (1,549 games) held the record Lidstrom broke and next is Steve Yzerman at 1,514 games. Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | 10:57 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Uncertainty surrounding Markov Andrei Markov's future with the Montreal Canadiens is uncertain due to a long injury layoff, while teammate Scott Gomez's struggles defy explanation. Posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | 11:17 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Utmost respect for Datsyuk It was a great acknowledgment and a sign of respect for Zdeno Chara to forgo team captain alliances and bias for the first-overall pick and use it to select Pavel Datysuk. Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 | 01:25 PM
• NHL Signing Parise presents challenge for cash-strapped Devils Lou Lamoriello has always made decisions based on what was best and right for his New Jersey Devils. He has been successful in the past in getting many of his veteran players to forego free agency and buy into his philosophy with the Devils. That philosophy has resulted in three Stanley Cups (1995, 2000 & 2003). Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | 02:14 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Parenteau, Joseph show there's no "one path" P.A. Parenteau, Curtis Joseph and Sean Couturier took very different routes to the NHL, writes Gord Stellick, and he tackles the question of whether the Vancouver Canucks will part with Cory Schneider after the season. Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 | 12:04 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Henrik Sedin fires back An international flavour to this week's Stellicktricity with many who were guests this past week on Hockey Night in Canada Radio, including Henrik Sedin, Lars Eller, Joffrey Lupul and Bernie Parent. Posted: Monday, January 9, 2012 | 02:49 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Concussion issue & the Jets' resurgence We ring in the New Year with the Winnipeg Jets, a far different team than the one that opened at home on Thanksgiving Sunday. That Jets team looked overwhelmed and flustered by the unfamiliar Stanley Cup atmosphere and lost feebly to the Montreal Canadiens. That is a distant memory. We've also learned more and more about concussions, and are still seeing players suffer as a result. Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 | 06:27 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Springing a Panther on J.P. We had a great visit on Hockey Night in Radio last week with Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia. He and a few of his teammates have joined Colby Armstrong and Tyler Bozak of the Toronto Maple Leaf in a professional and personal friendship that includes a charitable venture.  Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 | 09:36 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Looking back at Leafs ownership This week's Stellicktricity looks back at the ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs in a week that saw Rogers and Bell involved in the largest professional sports transaction in Canadian history. Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 | 12:29 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Realignment vote no surprise It comes as no surprise that a resounding 26 of the 30 teams voted for the NHL realignment plan. This reaffirms the credo and style of Gary Bettman, who has secured more influence and power in his position as commissioner. Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 | 11:21 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Iginla, Flames should part ways I feel that it is time for Jarome Iginla and the Calgary Flames to part company. This is reminding me of the Ray Bourque situation in Boston and the Roy Halladay situation with the Toronto Blue Jays. The 34-year-old Iginla remains the face of the Calgary Flames both on and off the ice.  But the ship has sailed from a few years ago when it was thought he could be the face and captain of a Stanley Cup championship team in Calgary. Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 | 03:47 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Gabby's good news, plus Vlasic a pickle for foes In this week's Stellickricity, Gord talks up a Bruce Boudreau accomplishments, strong play by Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Stephen Weiss and Milan Michalek, and wonders if Jack Capuano can last on Long Island. Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 | 12:50 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Trotz, Murray forever linked In this week's Stellicktricity, Gord relays memories from the esteemed Hockey Hall of Fame class, talks about how Barry Trotz and Terry Murray are forever linked, and provides interesting stats about Johan Franzen and others. Posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 | 11:41 AM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: Schenn sits and Oilers rule Even taking their act on the road hasn't derailed the surprise team in the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers.  Many thought that not having last line change was going to prove to be a challenge as youngsters like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins faced the opponents' top checkers, but it hasn't proven to be a problem - at least not yet! Posted: Monday, November 7, 2011 | 02:47 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: "Circle of Life", Red Light memories The great start to the season for Tomas Vokoun of the Washington Capitals has drawn many followers to a trending site on Twitter called Vokounamattatta.  I asked him during on interview on Hockey Night in Canada Radio if his personality was like the Lion King song, which means having no worries. He assured our listeners that he does feel the pressures and worries of being an NHL goaltender. Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 | 12:14 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Stellicktricity: 'Free' Flyers, Tallon tales In this edition of Stellicktricity, the Hockey Night in Canada Radio host talks Flyer free agents, Tallon finds, Franson struggles and the Luongo chorus. Posted: Monday, October 24, 2011 | 01:24 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada Why do we need the trapezoid again? In the latest Stellickricity, the Hockey Night in Canada Radio host takes aim at the trapezoid and gives his take on Colorado's tandem, Al Montoya's "comeback", and Robyn Regehr growing into a Buffalo Sabres Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | 04:56 PM
• Hockey Night in Canada On Semin & early coach changes: Stellicktricity A quip here. A comment there. The things you pick up over a lifetime in and around the NHL that provides a unique perspective. That's what you'll get here with Gord Stellick's, Stellicktricity.  Posted: Friday, October 14, 2011 | 01:12 PM