The Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks made a minor deal at the trade deadline that was major news because nothing happened of real importance on deadline day. The trade sent Jamie McGinn to the Avalanche, along with two prospects, for TJ Galiardi, Daniel Winnik and a seventh round pick. The trade looks like it [...]
TweetFor hardcore hockey fans the NHL trade deadline is like a religious holiday. It’s almost as if you have not fully evolved as a hockey fan until you take the day off work, cancel all your appointments and glue yourself in front of your television or computer screen waiting for the trade madness to ensue. [...]
Tweet(Last Update) Another disappointing deadline that picked up at the end of the day. The one team that made significant moves at a hefty price was the Nashville Predators. Rick Nash staying in Columbus, as expected. Paul Gaustad valued at a 1st round pick, not expected. (Updated 3:38 PM EST) TRADE: Buffalo Sabres have traded [...]
TweetThe Carolina Hurricanes defeated the San Jose Sharks by a 3-2 count on Friday night, but that almost wasn’t the case. It took a whiff of epic proportions for the Canes to hang onto that victory, staving off a late flurry from the Sharks. That whiff came courtesy of San Jose captain, Joe Thornton. With [...]
TweetI’ve watched a lot of sports in my life and can say that I’ve seen just about everything but just when I thought I’ve seen it all, something comes along that leaves me shaking my head. What is even worse is the incident should have never happened and was purely the product of an official [...]
TweetNHL hockey players are by far the best in the world but that doesn’t mean there isn’t great hockey being played outside of North America. The Russian professionals in the Kontinental Hockey League are extremely skilled and in many aspects more entertaining than even their NHL counterparts. If you ever get sick and tired of [...]
TweetThe Detroit Red Wings are a legendary NHL Franchise. They’re an original six club with 11 Stanley Cup championships, most among any U.S. based teams. So it would make sense that such a historically significant hockey team would break another historically significant NHL record on Sunday night. Detroit equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight [...]
TweetWhen I woke up today I saw the headlines about the 2013 NHL Winter Classic being held in the city of Detroit. At first I was excited to see that it would be a Detroit Red Wings-Toronto Maple Leafs game in one of the biggest football stadiums in America in one of the best group [...]
TweetNHL Fantasy Hat Trick Hot and Cold Edition February 5th, 2012 This is a fantasy hockey based weekly blog, where I will feature 3 hot and 3 cold players each week, every weekend. So that you can use my suggestions, update and prepare your fantasy teams accordingly for the coming week. 3 HOT Same Gagner [...]
TweetThe 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend officially begins tonight with the All-Star Fantasy Draft at 8 P.M. Team Chara and Team Alfredsson will draft their respective teams from the pool of All-Stars, which can be found here. Our NHL editor Randy Holt and I decided to have our own mock All-Star draft, with Randy taking control of [...]
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