The National Hockey League season is at its midway point and with the Under-20 World Junior Championship recently completed scout’s notebooks are containing a little more information on the upcoming draft class. It is now time to complete my first Mock Draft attempt of2012 NHL Entry Draft. First off, let me put out a disclaimer ...
Of the 30 NHL teams, there are currently only eight who have a losing record. A pretty amazing stat, unless of course you are one of the star players who happen to play on one of those eight teams that sit below the .500 mark. If you are considered to be an elite player in the NHL ...
The year of 2011 is coming to an end. For some, it couldn’t have gone by any slower. Others don’t want it to end so soon. Either way, it’s still the time of year for celebration and looking back at all the great moments we’ve had. In the hockey world, there were many triumphant moments, ...
Every year the trade deadline features a number of players who are headed for free agency. Non-contending teams deem these types expendable every spring.
It has not yet been 24 hours since the Tomas Kaberle trade was completed, but fans of the bleu, blanc, et rouge have wasted no time, clamouring to step onto their soap-boxes and bang their drums.
The Montreal Canadiens have traded for long-time Toronto Maple Leaf defenceman Tomas Kaberle. In a surprising move, the 33 year-old Czech was acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Jaroslav Spacek late Friday morning. Kaberle, who has 2 years left on his current contract at $4.25 million per year, will be expected to ...
Outside the rink, Jeff Skinner is simply an average teenager. He’s not very tall, nor exceptionally strong; his voice is more comparable to a child than a professional athlete; he enjoys listening to Taylor Swift, and isn’t afraid to admit it. Generally speaking, there is nothing that separates Skinner from any other adolescent boy. That ...
After missing 10 games following a check to the head by Niagara forward Tom Kuhnhackl, Kitchener Rangers star defenseman Ryan Murphy has returned to the ice where he and his Rangers teammates have surged to the second best record in the OHL. While the success of his junior team is certainly of the utmost importance to ...
On Monday afternoon the NHL’s Board of Governors agreed to implement the proposed four conference re-alignment beginning for the 2012-2013 National Hockey League season. The new format will divide the current thirty teams into four conferences featuring two consisting of eight teams and two with seven teams. The conferences have yet to be named but ...
If Jim Rutherford and the Carolina Hurricanes needed a reason to increase their payroll, they just got it.
