PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.
The Philadelphia Flyers held a closed-door meeting following their latest lose. Hopefully no one brought up an NHL standings page. (CSNPhilly.com)
Good stuff about how Carey Price’s selfie pal became his pen pal. (Global News.ca)
Why “only x points back” type observations can often be misleading during playoff races:
This is how tough it is to gain ground in playoff race: Stars are 6-2-0 in last 8 games and have gained 1 point on final wild-card spot.
— Mark Stepneski (@StarsInsideEdge) March 20, 2015
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To little surprise, many members of the hockey community shared their thoughts on Matthew Wuest, CapGeek’s creator who passed away on Thursday.
The Globe & Mail’s James Mirtle had probably the lengthiest account, and it’s worth a read on his old blog (which still provides rushes of nostalgia for those of us who followed the Mirtle blog many moons ago). I provided my condolences at Rotoworld, which admittedly only compliments some of the observations from around the hockey web:
Is Matthew Wuest eligible to be inducted into the HHOF's media wing? He changed hockey more than any other journalist.
— Fear the Fin (@fearthefin) March 20, 2015
Terrible news about Matthew Wuest. Not many can say they did as much for hockey fans over the last few years.
— Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) March 20, 2015
R.I.P. Matthew Wuest, the genius behind @capgeek. Matt was a hockey pioneer whose energy & tremendous work will be missed
— Dave Stubbs 🇨🇦 (@Dave_Stubbs) March 20, 2015
Here's our story on the early days of Cap Geek: http://t.co/eVD6QWnifo
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) March 20, 2015
Here's Matt's Hockey Guilty Pleasures post: http://t.co/GF57QfCI4E
Pretty incredible how humble Matthew Wuest was about CapGeek. Most people who make something so incredibly amazing want everyone to know.
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 20, 2015