December 23, 2015

Time and a half for Santa

Most #Caps fans are expecting Santa to work well past Dec 25th...

December 15, 2015

Stamkos likes Toronto

In honor of Stamkos' trip to Toronto tonight, the #Leafs will be wearing an alternate jersey... More on Stamkos' online habits here.

December 14, 2015

Update: Coaches as Superheroes

Penguins fired coach Mike Johnston and went with another Mike in Mike Sullivan. So, Batman v. Superman... we know who would win.

December 4, 2015

BarDown

Backwards Slapshot + BarDown = More comic awesomeness. Hey! Looks like I'm going to be working with TSN on some stuff at BarDown! Check out the first piece here:


November 25, 2015

Sid & Mario

According to Matthew Barnaby (via Yahoo Sports), Sidney Crosby and Mario Lemieux have had a 'falling out'. Take that for what it's worth. Though Lemieux denied it, we can at least speculate what it might have been about. Hat tip to Winging It In Mowtown for this idea.... #SidAndMarioBeef

November 19, 2015

New All-Star Format

The news about the NHL using a 3 on 3 tournament as their All-Star game has mixed reviews. Players like Erik Karlsson have noted how tiring the format is when used for regular season overtime. My idea, jetpacks...

November 18, 2015

Player Safety

NHL Player Safety has put the Capitals' Tom Wilson on notice for his play. He's adjusting accordingly...   

November 16, 2015

Gettin' Paid

The Red Wings Justin Abdelkader got paid - something seems different...

November 12, 2015

How to increase scoring

Heard all the chatter about tinkering with the nets and/or goalies. Problem solved...

November 10, 2015

Curse?

With the trend of Oilers 1st round picks and shoulder injuries, they might have to rethink what they give out on draft day...

October 30, 2015

All your favorite NHL head coaches as superheroes

You'll never watch a press conference the same again...




Inktober Bonus

Torts as another Hulk (with Roy) smashing Richards as Blue Beetle. NHL head coaches as superheroes completes...

Inktober Day 30

Last but not least, the #Jets Paul Maurice as Professor X. NHL head coaches as superheroes day 30.

October 29, 2015

Heating up Boudreau

Ducks' coach Bruce Boudreau can't seem to escape the pressure...

Inktober Day 29

#Caps Barry Trotz as none other than #CaptainAmerica. #NHL head coaches as #superheroes with one day to go.

October 28, 2015

Inktober Day 28

#Canucks Willie Desjardins as #DrStrange. NHL coaches as #superheroes day 28 #inktober.

October 27, 2015

Inktober Day 27

#Inktober rolls on to day 27 with Toronto #MapleLeafs coach Mike Babcock as a blue #Ironman...

October 26, 2015

Inktober Day 26

#TBLightning coach Jon Cooper as #Quicksilver. All caught up on NHL coaches as #superheroes, #inktober Day 26

Inktober Day 25

#NHL head coaches as #superheroes rolls on w/ #Sharks coach Peter Deboer as #Aquaman. #Inktober day 25

Inktober Day 24

  head coaches as  continues w/  Ken Hitchcock as  

October 23, 2015

Inktober Day 23

Mike Johnston of the #PittsburghPenguins was excited to find out he would be #Batman. We told him it wasn't very Batman-y to smile so big, but I mean come on... it's Batman. #BlackandGold #Inktober day 23

The Savior?

New #Caps #Oilers comic. Join the Caps discussion at Japers' Rink  http://www.japersrink.com/2015/10/23/9572571/backwards-slapshot-the-savior


October 22, 2015

Inktober Day 22

#NHL head coaches as superheroes #inktober day 22 continues w/ #Flyers coach Dave Hakstol as a very orange and black #Falcon. Because he can fly, the Flyers, get it...

October 21, 2015

Inktober Day 21

#NHL head coaches as superheroes #inktober day 21 continues with #OttawaSenators coach Dave Cameron as #Cyclops...

Torts is Back

The Columbus #BlueJackets have officially hired John Tortorella as their coach. Vancouver will be paying some of his salary, but the players might pay the most...

October 20, 2015

Inktober Day 20

#NYRangers coach Alain Vigneault as #Beast, obviously because he's already Ranger blue. #NHL coaches as superheroes #inktober day 20.

October 19, 2015

Inktober Day 19

#NYIslanders coach Jack Capuano as #Nightcrawler. #NHL coaches as superheroes #inktober day 19.

October 18, 2015

Inktober Day 18

Of course #NewJerseyDevils coach John Hynes is #Daredevil. #NHL coaches as superheroes day 18 #inktober.

October 17, 2015

Inktober Day 17

Today's #inktober doesn't really look like Peter Laviolette or #RocketRaccoon, but somehow it's still awesome.. #NHL coaches as superheroes #inktober day 17

October 16, 2015

Inktober Day 16

#MontrealCanadiens coach Michel Therrien as the French/English speaking #Gambit. #Inktober Day 16

October 15, 2015

Inktober Day 15

#NHL head coaches as superheroes day 15 #inktober with #MinnesotaWild Mike Yeo as #GreenLantern

October 14, 2015

Good Call

In lieu of last night's first challenge *cough* blown *cough* by referee Tim Peel...

Inktober Day 14

#NHL coaches as superheroes #inktober day 14. Daryl Sutter as #Thing.

October 13, 2015

Inktober Day 13

#NHL coaches as superheroes #inktober Day 13 rolls on with Florida Panthers coach Gerard Gallant as #Colossus. Again, not a stretch.

October 12, 2015

Inktober Day 12

#NHL head coaches as superheroes continues with #Oilers Todd McLellan as #Iceman. It wasn't a stretch, he might actually be Iceman. #Inktober Day 12

October 11, 2015

Inktober Day 11

#NHL head coaches as superheroes continues with a man in spandex... and a suit jacket. #Wings Jeff Blashill as #Flash. #Inktober Day 11

October 10, 2015

Inktober Day 10

#NHL head coaches as superheroes day 10. #DallasStars Lindy Ruff as #Northstar #MinnesotaNorthStars #Inktober

October 9, 2015

Inktober Day 9

#inktober and #NHL head coaches as superheroes day 9. #BlueJackets Todd Richards trying to get a call as Blue Beetle
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October 8, 2015

Inktober Day 8

#NHL head coaches as superheroes continues with the #Avalanche 's coach Patrick Roy becoming the #Hulk. I don't think this is too far off from reality. #inktober day 8

October 7, 2015

Inktober Day 7

Coach Quenneville is #Hawkeye. Looks like he needs practice up on the bow skills... #inktober day 6, #NHL head coaches as superheroes.


October 6, 2015

New Faces in New Places

The #NHL is back tomorrow! With some new faces in new places, some are happier than others. Enjoy the season!!!

Inktober Day 6

#inktober day 6, #NHL head coaches as superheroes. Sorry #Hurricanes coach Bill Peters, we can't all be awesome superheroes. Somebody had to be #Robin.

October 5, 2015

Inktober Day 5

 day 5.  head coaches as superheroes continues with  Bob Hartley as who else, the ...

October 4, 2015

Inktober Day 4

Danny Bylsma is Clark Kent... #NHL head coaches as superheroes #inktober Day 4


October 3, 2015

Inktober Day 3

Boston's Claude Julien trying to get a call as Antman... #inktober

October 2, 2015

Inktober Day 2

Arizona Coyotes' Dave Tippett as Wolverine, though it doesn't look like he's in the mood #Inktober 

October 1, 2015

Inktober Day 1

Hey everyone, I'll be doing Inktober this year, drawing each NHL head coach as a superhero. I'll go in alphabetical order by team and choose something fitting, or unfitting for that coach/team. So, without further ado, here is Bruce Boudreau as Spiderman... for obvious reasons.

June 10, 2015

Coopers' Law

In the NHL, coaches treat injuries like national secrets. During game three, Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper tried to explain away goalie Ben Bishop's physical struggles by citing his height [watch and read here]...