What we are witnessing in this year’s Stanley Cup Finals is not your typical mismatch where team “A” dominates team “B” from top to bottom. We are seeing a great hockey club being soundly beaten in a manner that is almost surgical in it’s precision by a spectacular hockey team. The Los Angeles Kings, led ...
The Colorado Avalanche begun a critical off-season by returning head coach Joe Sacco, and resigning team captain Milan Hejduk (the team also signed a trio of minor league goalies, which will be discussed in a future article). Neither move is necessarily surprising, although both saw mixed reactions. Coach Sacco enjoyed a successful first season in Denver ...
Hampus Lindholm THW Close-Up: Date of Birth: January 20, 1994 Place of Birth: Helsingborg, Sweden Ht: 6-2 Wt: 185 lbs Shoots: Left Position: Defense NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012 Over recent years, Sweden has continued to produce a steady supply of excellent defenders to the National Hockey League. Prior years have seen Adam Larsson, Victor Hedman, ...
How long a future does Enstrom have with the Jets? The Winnipeg Jets, like every other NHL team, have a bunch of decisions to make ahead of the league’s draft on June 22. One of the biggest might be whether or not to move defenseman Tobias Enstrom. Enstrom will become an unrestricted free agent after ...
With less than a month to go before the start of free agency, there are many highly sought after players out there that have not been resigned by their respective clubs. Big ticket names such as Ryan Suter and Zach Parise head the list, but they are by no means the only names that teams will ...
Tomas Vokoun had made it clear that he would not be returning to the Washingon Capitals next year, so it was really only a matter of time before he was dealt. Today that time was up; Washington traded their negotiating rights for Vokoun to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a seventh round pick in this year’s draft. ...
commentary by Steve Kendall Everyone and their brother seem to have an opinion on the latest Tim Thomas saga. Thomas announced on Sunday he was taking this season off from hockey to focus on the three Fs: Friends, Family and Faith. On his Facebook page, Thomas wrote: “From the earliest age I can remember, I’ve ...
Mark Jankowski THW Close-Up: Date of birth: September 13th, 1994 Place of birth: Dundas, Ontario Ht: 6-2 Wt: 175 Shoots: Left Position: Center NHL Draft Eligibility: 1st time eligible in 2012 THW Ranking (May): 42nd Other Rankings CSS (North American skaters): 43 McKeen’s: 37 ISS: 55 Craig Button: 14 Hockey Prospectus: 36 *** *Click here for ...
On the surface, comparing hockey and baseball is like comparing apples and oranges. Setting aside the obvious differences in the two games, comparing teams and their make up, personnel, character and heart isn’t much of a stretch. Any group of athletes who play a team sport, be it hockey, baseball, football or a host of ...
Dalton Thrower THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 12/20/1993 Place of birth: North Vancouver, BC, CAN Ht: 6’0″ Wt: 190 Shoots: Right Position: Defenseman NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012 1st year eligible THW Ranking (May): 16th Other Rankings (via Lighthouse Hockey) ISS: 27 CSS (N.A. skaters): 26 McKeen’s: 27 Future Considerations: 28 The Hockey News: 29 Craig Button: ...
