New Jersey Devils mastermind/General Manager Lou Lamoriello is not getting any younger. Though it may be hard for us to envision due to the fact that none of us remember him as ever having any hair, the fact is he has not stayed the same age during his wildly successful quarter-century decade reign which has ...
After a hard-luck season, the Florida Panthers draft second overall in a very talented draft class. Will they take Nate MacKinnon or Jonathan Drouin?
All true hockey fans have by now heard of Seth Jones. The young defenseman has rocketed up to the top of every major hockey scouting services’ rankings for the 2013 NHL entry draft. His skating ability and athleticism are positively electric, uncannily belying his tremendous size at 6’4″ 210 (and possibly not done growing). His ...
To say the least, it has been a tumultuous year for the New Jersey Devils. Left for dead by prognosticators following the off-season free agent exit of team captain Zach Parise, the Devils set out in 2012-13 to (as always) prove the critics wrong. After storming out of the gate to a 9-2-3 mark, the ...
As often is the case, forever may be ending earlier than once expected. Two years ago, Brad Richards signed what was widely thought to be a lifetime contract with the New York Rangers, for nine years and $60 million. Richards certainly thought he had found a longtime home on an Original Six squad poised to ...
Previous Previews: Team Czech Republic Team Finland Team Sweden Team Canada Team Russia In the 2010 Vancouver games, Team USA beat the Canadians in the preliminary round and brought them to overtime in the gold medal game, before Sidney Crosby famously won it with a sick wrist shot from the left circle. At the time, ...
Past Previews: Team Czech Republic Team Finland Team Sweden Team Russia Team Canada won the game they had to win, defeating the arch-rival Team USA in the gold medal game of the 2010 Olympics on home ice in Vancouver, when Sidney Crosby scored on a sharp-angle shot in overtime which is certain to be featured on at ...
The last time Russia had the Olympic games it was summer, the height of the cold war, and no one wanted to go to Russia. More than three decades later, they are getting the Olympics again, and no event will match the attention given to hockey. The Russians adore their hockey, and the nation’s best athletes usually flock to the sport. In Sochi 2014, Russia is certain to ice an incredibly talented team, with more than enough motivation in front of rabid home crowds to bring home the gold medal.
After striking Gold in the 2006 Olympic Games, Sweden was considered one of the favorites to come out on top once again in 2010. Unfortunately, they disappointed — finishing in just 5th place and failing to medal in the Vancouver Games. With many holdovers from their 2006 glory, most notably reigning Vezina Trophy winning goaltender ...
One of the more controversial additions to the new NHL collective bargaining agreement, the league will allow all 30 teams to correct past contractual mistakes by offering them two buyouts over the ensuing two off-seasons. With the NHL salary cap shrinking from over $70 million this season to a reported $64.3 million next year, these ...
