The Ottawa Senators have a ton of reasons to be optimistic heading towards the future. 2012 draft pick Cody Ceci is one of the biggest. Ceci, a 6’2”, 200-lb defenseman who played last season with the Ottawa 67s Ontario Hockey League club, has all the makings of a top NHL defenseman. He has an offensive ...
Four former players were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame earlier this week: Pavel Bure, Mats Sundin, Adam Oates and Joe Sakic. One fun collecting idea is to collect a rookie card from every player in the Hall of Fame. For those who have not bought hockey cards before, the term rookie card (abbreviated ...
Though he can’t sign it until Sunday according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Jonathan Quick has agreed to terms on a ten-year extension with the Los Angeles Kings. The deal is expected to be front loaded and will carry a cap hit of $5.8 million per year according to Renaud Lavoie of RDS. To sum ...
According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, the Boston Bruins have come to terms with goaltender Tuukka Rask on a one-year contract worth $3.5 million. BOS and netminder Rask agreed to terms on one-year, $3.5M deal. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 28, 2012 Rask would have been a restricted free agent after having been ‘qualified’ by the ...
It has been no secret: the San Jose Sharks want to acquire Rick Nash from the Columbus Blue Jackets, and they want to do it badly. Imagine Nash reuniting with Joe Thornton, his former teammate at HC Davos during the 2004-2005 lockout. If just one of those players by themselves would cause trouble for opponents ...
Thursday morning, the sixth annual Boston Bruins Development Camp commenced in Wilmington, Massachusetts. It was a warm summer day in Massachusetts, yet the bright young talents on display were worth braving the cold and crowd at Ristuccia: Close to thirty Bruins’ prospects and camp invitees took to the ice in the first of five days ...
Looking at the Montreal Canadiens’ defensive depth chart this off-season, it is difficult to decide whether the team boasts an embarrassment of riches…or just plain embarrassment. With so many question marks surrounding the Habs’ blue line, it would be easy to justify an argument in either direction. Perhaps Andrei Markov’s surgically repaired knee cannot be trusted, ...
The New York Islanders had a very busy day last Friday as the team selected Griffin Reinhart with the fourth overall pick and acquired Lubomir Visnovsky from the Anaheim Ducks for a 2013 second round pick. The trade for Visnovsky was released before the Islanders selected Reinhart, but the defensive additions continued for New York ...
Carolina Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford has been saying for months that he has one major goal to accomplish this summer: find an elite player to skate alongside Eric Staal. As of Wednesday, it appears that player will be Eric’s brother, Jordan—at least for now. In a meeting with the press, head coach Kirk Muller indicated ...
With the NHL free-agency period fast approaching, the talk of the NHL is set to where the big name free-agents will end up. Ryan Suter, Zach Parise and Alexander Semin are just a few of the names that are being floated around every NHL city. Sometimes, the best free-agent signings may not even be one ...
