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Kirk Muller
By James Baxter ©BBS Under the blazing hot glow of the arena’s mercury lights, Kirk Muller has always lurked in the shadows. The man Montreal Canadiens brass admits may be the least appreciated player in the National Hockey League has made a career for himself in those shadows. Muller is probably the best player never…
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Before he was an NHLer: Radek Bonk
By Kevin Iole Bonk “a la” Las Vegas Thunder. ©BBS Visitors to the Las Vegas Thunder’s practice sessions who want to talk to teenage center Radek Bonk are often forced to wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. The 6’4”, 215-pound native of the Czech Republic, who was taken by the Ottawa Senators as the…
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Brendan Shanahan: One of the NHL’s power elite
By Stan Fischler Oct 22, 2001, 17:14 That may explain why he was the New Jersey Devils first draft pick, second overall (behind Pierre Turgeon), in 1987. Not that Brendan was an instant star. The maturing process was slow, and often painful, at the Meadow-lands. And there were times when it appeared that the tall,…