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Daily Archives: April 25, 2012

Slater Koekkoek – The Next Ones: 2012 NHL Draft Prospect Profile

Slater Koekkoek THW Close-up: Date of Birth: February 18, 1994 Place of Birth: Mountain, Ontario Height: 6’2″  Weight: 183 lbs Shoots: Left Position: Defence NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012     Slater Koekkoek has seen his draft stock rise and fall quite a bit this season throughout the many draft rankings that get released.  Based on his ...

Game Winning Play in Overtime Exemplifies Parise’s Value to Devils

By now, we’ve all seen the goal. Travis Zajac slips the puck past Scott Clemmensen after a slick pass by Ilya Kovalchuk, and the Devils stave off elimination to force a Game 7 vs. the Panthers. It was pretty, it was gratifying, and it was the single biggest moment the Devils have had since moving ...

The President’s Trophy of Doom? – feast, famine and the NHL’s best teams

It has often been said by hockey fans and pundits alike that the regular season does not really matter. While not entirely true, the 82 games prior to the Stanley Cup Playoffs determine who qualifies and their seeding. That seems to be it. While winning a division or the President’s Trophy as the league’s best ...

The magical fourth year: 10 players you want to draft for next season!

In the era of in-depth analysis, sabermetrics and advanced statistics, more and more fantasy experts are talking about the magical fourth season for NHL players. Most of you would ask, “What is exactly the magical fourth season?” Well, roughly speaking, offensive players make big jumps in their production in years two through six. In the fourth year, ...

Amerks Go Down Without a Fight

Hockey is officially over for Buffalo’s teams as the Rochester Americans lost 3-0 to the Toronto Marlies on Monday. The Marlies went on to win the playoff series 3 games to none! Despite the early first round exit, fans of the Sabres have to be happy with the great season the Amerks had. When the ...

Five Games The Tampa Bay Lightning Should Have Won

  The Tampa Bay Lightning are on the outside looking in for the playoffs this year. However, according to the seemingly ageless Marty St. Louis they were closer to making it this year than their despondent fans may have realized. In an interview with the St. Petersburg Times’ Damian Cristodero the 13-year veteran said, “We’re ...

Minnesota Wild Season Grades: The Blue-Liners

There will be no playoff hockey for the Minnesota Wild once again in 2012, but the 2011-12 season has left much to discuss and consider in Hockey Town. GM Chuck Fletcher doesn’t have the easiest job in front of him, and what he feels he needs to do will be strongly based on how he ...

Henrik Lundqvist: Why the Rangers Goalie Deserves to Win the Vezina

Today, the NHL announced the finalists for the Vezina Trophy, awarded each season to the league’s best goaltender. For the 2011-12 season, the three nominees for the award are the Kings’ Jonathan Quick, the Predators’ Pekka Rinne, and the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist. In a season that has featured many goalies with outstanding numbers, Quick, Rinne, ...

Top 20: Detroit Red Wings 2011-12 Highlights

If you’re like me, every day since their playoff usurping you’ve spent at least a little time reflecting on what went wrong for the Detroit Red Wings in 2011-12. Encased in a bubble of depression, you’ve considered the unthinkable reality that Nicklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom may never take the ice again, the real possibility ...

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