Matthew Barnaby

Interesting tidbit from our friends at Going Five Hole about former Ranger Matthew Barnaby possibly being in the mix for the ESPN analyst role vacated by Barry Melrose. Even though ESPN does not carry live NHL games, its analyst gig......

Matthew Barnaby evidently is headed to Bristol to replace Barry Melrose as ESPN's lead studio analyst for the NHL. Barnaby, whose name came up early in the discussion, is a fine choice. But he should go with the mullet look......

One more thing . . . ESPN will announce today that Matthew Barnaby will succeed Barry Melrose as its NHL studio analyst, a development The Buffalo News reported last month. Barnaby will debut on SportsCenter Oct. 8 and usually appear......

The Lightning fired Barry Melrose?! Huh? I was just working on getting used to Matthew Barnaby in the ESPN studio. This is weird. Beyond weird. (Speaking of weird, it appears based on the above link that the St. Petersburg Times'......

By the way, Barry Horn was right: Barry Melrose is headed back to ESPN. Not sure of the details yet, and not sure what if anything this means for Matthew Barnaby. Have think of something to write about Plax for......

When he first came up, they used to call him "Sid the Kid." His skills helped him eventually become the face of the NHL, but his childish act began to wear thin for non-Pittsburgh hockey enthusiasts. They began bestowing Sidney Crosby with derogatory...

Hey, Bob, who would want to come here? I mean we can offer all the money in the world but who will want to come to the third worst team in the NHL? I have been a Hawks fan since I could stand, and in the NHL winning brings winners so what talent can we...

Perhaps the biggest obstacle facing the Blackhawks this season has been their lack of skill and scoring ability from their forwards. On the current roster they have three players—Kyle Calder, Radim Vrbata and Tuomo Ruutu—who could be considered top-six...

If Tuesday night was Matthew Barnaby's last game with the Blackhawks, he couldn't have asked for a better way to exit the stage. Barnaby's empty-net goal sealed a 3-1 Hawks victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in their last game before Thursday's trade...

Because the Blackhawks are going to spend another spring watching the postseason on television, the least they can do in the final six weeks of their season is try to entertain their fans as much as possible. They did that Friday, thoroughly entertaining...

There was a lot not to like about what happened Sunday night at the United Center. This is a Blackhawks team that sees itself as a factor in the playoffs, and it's still too soon to say it won't happen. But if the Hawks are going to play next spring,...

If there is a positive to be taken out of the carnage that was the Blackhawks' outing against the Stars on Friday night, it's that perhaps they have nowhere to go but up. Of course, it's also entirely possible that the Hawks have found their level and...