A Moment of Pure Bulis

It's a stressful time right now. The NHL trade deadline is under five hours away. Fans and players alike want to know that Mike Gillis will do. Who's on the way in? Who's on the way out? Will we get better? Will we lose ground? Will they trade for a top-six winger? Will they trade Mason Raymond? What will happen to Mason Raymond? Has anyone asked Mason Raymond what he wants?

Is this you? Relax, Mason Raymond.


Sometimes the fever pitch reaches a critical point. When that happens, we at PITB recommend that you take a step back, focus on your breathing, and enjoy a much-needed Moment of Pure Bulis.



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A Moment of Pure Bulis

It's a stressful time right now. When the Canucks play a team as crummy as the Maple Leafs, there's always a concern they'll lose and the mockery will flow. We sense a lot of pregame hand-wringing.

My boss is from Toronto. How can I face him if his crappy team beats my supposedly good team? It will poison my work environment. If the Canucks lose tonight, I'll have to quit my job.

Is this you? Relax.

Sometimes the fever pitch reaches a critical point. When that happens, we at PITB recommend that you take a step back, focus on your breathing, and enjoy a much-needed Moment of Pure Bulis.


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Bulis Update!

As much as we love Jan Bulis here at PiTB!, I admit that I haven't kept up with his career post-Canucks. Turns out he's doing quite well for himself over in the KHL for Atlant Moscow Oblast. Sparked by this post over at Hockey or Die, which informed me that Bulis played on the top line for the top-5 hockey team, I looked into Jan's stats over at the Atlant Moscow Oblast website.

Last season, Bulis scored 43 points in 38 games, good enough to land him at 17 on the list of top scorers in the KHL. He also grew out his hair from the odd cueball look he sported in the NHL. He now looks significantly less weird.

Applying the same equivalency numbers Jonathan Willis used for Zherdev, Jan's season translates to these NHL numbers over an 82 game season:

82GP - 30G - 22A - 52PTS

While I sincerely doubt anyone in the NHL is paying attention to Jan Bulis right now and I equally doubt he's interested in going from a top line in the KHL to spot-second-line duty in the NHL, an equivalent 30 goal season is quite nice for the former piggybacking star.

Well done, Bulis, well done. We here at PiTB! wish you all the best in your upcoming season.

A Moment of Pure Bulis

Sometimes the fever pitch reaches a critical point. When that happens, we at PiTB recommend that you take a step back, breathe in, and enjoy a much-needed Moment of Pure Bulis.


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