Even the biggest fan of the New Jersey Devils didn’t see this one coming. Led by balanced scoring, timely goaltending and an unwillingness to retaliate the Undead Devils steamrolled the Philadelphia Flyers — winning four straight games, despite surrendering the opening goal in each of those victories. The Flyers managed only 11 goals in the ...
It’s a little too early to compare Braden Holtby to Ken Dryden… or is it? Dryden made his NHL debut in 1971 after playing six regular-season games with a 0.957 save percentage. Holtby played seven regular season games with a 0.922 save percentage before taking his team into the playoffs. While Dryden may have edged ...
It’s no secret that the Detroit Red Wings plan to be active during this offseason. After exiting the playoffs in just 5 games, the team is aware that changes must be made. The most popular avenue suggested for those changes? Free Agency, a time when, according Red Wings Vice President Jim Devellano, the team will ...
Now that he has received a new contract from the Vancouver Canucks, general manager Mike Gillis is faced with the most important summer of his tenure. The Canucks are coming off of back to back President’s Trophy seasons that resulted in zero Stanley Cup championship banners hanging from the rafters at Rogers Arena. He ...
Now that the Montreal Canadiens have named Marc Bergevin as their new general manager, the organization will turn its focus on finding the right candidate to replace interim head coach Randy Cunneyworth, who has been assigned back to assistant duties after taking over Jacques Martin last December. Bergevin already mentioned that the next Canadiens bench ...
The last time the Sabres had a team that was able to make a push towards the Stanley Cup was in 2006 when they lost in the conference finals to the Ottawa Senators. That team included players like Daniel Briere, Brian Campbell, Daniel Paille, Chris Drury and Dainius Zubrus. They all left Buffalo in the ...
With the salary cap presenting financial challenges for general managers everywhere, although they do attempt to circumvent the rules at times (ahem, Mr. Lamoriello), building a championship-caliber squad has become a very inexact science…
As far as the Pittsburgh Penguins are concerned, any meaningful trade talk in the wake of another postseason letdown will have to be suspended until at least September 15. That’s the earliest date by which terms on a new NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement can be reached and ratified. “Certainly, whenever the new CBA is going ...
Here we go again ladies and gentlemen on another fantasy hockey quest. The goal was to give a traveling account of women who play fantasy sports but particularly fantasy hockey naturally. Last time were were in the LA area. Now our search on this part of the adventure took us back to a person ...
An unknown author once said, “A brother shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.” In the case of Adam Pelech, he has two brothers to share the memories and dreams with. He is carrying on a family tradition that has seen each of his older siblings play in the OHL and, in 2012, drafted to the ...
