Hi everyone! We’re getting to that time of year again when the contenders are almost fully separated from the pretenders, and that means we’ve got lots of stressed out coaches and general managers who are staring down the barrel of the unemployment gun. It has to be tough playing out the stretch when you know you have no hope, maybe not even for the next several seasons. Fred Glover had been lucky enough to lead the Seals behind the bench during their salad days in the late sixties, but the early seventies were indeed a different time. The Seals’ roster had been decimated by the World Hockey Association, and there was just a smattering of quality players left behind. The roster was very young, dominated by first- and second-year players who were either going to thrive under the pressure of being rushed into the NHL, or who were going to see their big-league dreams die a lot faster than they ever could have imagined.

In this week’s article, we look at a devastating 7-0 loss at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers. Fred Glover was certainly not a loss for words following this debacle, as he unleashed a memorable tirade about how his players were skating around in a dream-like state, how the referees were legally blind, and how the Philadelphia Flyers used dirty tactics to dominate opponents. It was one of Glover’s more memorable rants, and you can read all about it here.

In the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame, we present to you Todd Bertuzzi’s initial entry to this site. As with every other card ever inducted, this one ain’t pretty, and it never should have seen the light of day, but card companies are indeed a different breed of business in that they seem to embrace those awkward moments that make us all cringe rather than selling us, you know, nice-looking action photos of our favorite stars. Anyway, here’s a St. Louis Blue trying (or not trying) to get his head into Bertuzzi’s butt right here. Again, I’m not making this stuff up.

If you haven’t done so already, you can vote for the 2022 inductees to the Seals Hall of Fame by clicking on this link. You can also read up on each of the candidates here and find out why each is worthy of induction.

In closing this week, I have to sadly mention that defenseman Jean Potvin, a member of the 1977-78 Cleveland Barons, passed away March 15 at the age of 72. R.I.P. He was of course, along with his brother Denis, a long-time member of the New York Islanders, with whom he scored a career-high 17 goals and 72 points in 1974-75. He was dealt to Cleveland with J.P. Parise mid-way through the Barons’ second season, and provided some much-needed leadership and stability on a team that lacked both. Potvin scored three goals and 14 helpers in 40 games with his new club before finding his way to Minnesota through the Stars-Barons merger. R.I.P. Jean.