Bartnick’s First Round Stanley Cup Playoff Picks

The NHL has almost completed its 56 game Covid season, c’mon Canada, hurry up. Everyone associated with the NHL deserves stick tap for getting it done. THANK YOU!!! Now on to the playoffs. Penguins (1) vs Islanders (2) No franchise … Continue reading

Dolan throws metaphorical jab, Drury needs to follow with cross

Three years into a rebuild, four years with little more than a sniff at the post season were just too many years for New York Rangers owner and CEO James Dolan. On Wednesday, a seismic shift in the bedrock under … Continue reading

Bartnick on the comings and goings on trade deadline day

Here are my team grades on Trade Deadline Day. I’m only concerning myself with the buyers not the sellers. Did these contenders fill the holes they needed to fill? Penguins – The Penguins got two-time Stanley Cup winner Jeff Carter … Continue reading

On loathing and obsession in Bartnick’s world

LOS ANGELES – This is a column I’ve wanted to write for a few years now. I watch tons of games and always wondered where my loyalties lie, besides loving the Penguins and despising the Flyers. Thanks to technology I’ve … Continue reading

PHN Podcast Epi 130 drops live

DENVER – In the not too distant future, artificial intelligence will take over advertising campaigns and assess our mobile carriers and deliver supportive or coercive messaging directly to our brains and wallets. Until then, there is always the option of … Continue reading