The Malik Report

My blogging mentor, Paul Kukla, passed away this week.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the concept that “Kukla’s Korner” won’t be my first stop in the morning and my last stop at night, because Paul knew how to encapsulate the entire hockey world’s events into one webpage.

He worked incredibly hard every day to make things look easy, and he worked ...

A couple of days ago, I posted this on the platform formerly known as Twitter, mostly amused in the Alanis Morissette sense of the term “ironic,” a.k.a. “darkly funny.”

Just an FYI (and I will write about this soon):

There is another parallel between Sergei Fedorov's divorce from the Wings in 2003 and Dylan Larkin's impending exit from Det...

The Friday morning after Dylan Larkin’s request for a trade was made public has yielded a significant amount of the “blame game” going around the internet and sports talk radio.

Whose fault is it that the Red Wings’ home-grown captain has chosen to leave his team? Is it Larkin’s fault for being a 29-year-old turncoat, if not someone for whom the rebuild has passed ...

There’s a real rule for fans of rebuilding teams, and it should be placed somewhere near the team store, frankly.

“There’s going to be a lot of roster turnover as your team rebuilds, so don’t spend all your money on the team’s current roster players. If you’re considering spending a lot of money on an authentic jersey with authentic name and numbering, purchase an ...

Blog news:

My health conditions continue to improve, slowly, over time. I’m getting more energy back as the days and weeks progress, and I am at least at an every-other-day-is-not-so-bad point right now. I can function for a day, and then rest for a day.

I would like to get back to full-time blogging by the start of the 2026 NHL Draft on June 26th and 27th...