Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsWith a full season NHL lockout looming, the top affiliate club of the Anaheim Ducks have made sure that their ducklings are well taking care of in the AHL. The Norfolk Admirals, the AHL affiliate of Anaheim, are off to a scorching start having won all four games that they have played. Norfolk is standing ...
As the 40th day of the NHL lockout passed fans were left disappointed as there is still no resolution to the labor squabbles in sight. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had said all along that the NHL’s latest proposal would have to be signed, sealed and delivered by October, 25th, if there was any hope of ...
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it— W.C. Fields If W.C. was right, the Los Angeles Kings would be a roller hockey franchise in San Bernardino, California right about now instead of basking in the sweat-stained glow of the Stanley Cup. ...
This is the first of a six part series that focuses on the players in a divisional format. Part 1: Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks Part 2: Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers Part 3: Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks, ...
Over the course of the off-season, I’ll be examining the essential questions facing the Anaheim Ducks in the 2012-13 season, as they look to regain elite standing in the league. Stay tuned as the pieces start to role out! Management vs. Coaching vs. The Core Earlier in the Summer I started out on a series of ...
Over the course of the off-season, I’ll be examining the essential questions facing the Anaheim Ducks in the 2012-13 season, as they look to regain elite standing in the league. Stay tuned as the pieces start to role out! Management vs. Coaching vs. The Core Earlier in the Summer I started out on a series of ...
August is the time of the year where things are very slow regarding NHL news, especially since the free agency “frenzy” has cooled down and that NHL training camps are still about one month away. However, with a lock-out looming over the league and the players, following Gary Bettman’s announcement last week that there will ...
The Philadelphia Flyers have taken some major hits this offseason, and most of those punches have hit their defensive corps square on the jaw. The future of former captain, Chris Pronger, has appeared to slowly fade into the darkness.Pronger’s former partner, Matt Carle, jumped ship and signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning during free-agency. The ...
With the current CBA about to expire, it’s time to look at how the NHL’s Western Conference has fared since the 2004-2005 lockout…
This off-season has been full of surprising twists and turns in the NHL world, from Shea Weber signing an offer sheet with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Nashville Predators’ matching of it, to the NHL owners’ one-sided proposal for a new CBA, or the continual ownership drama in Phoenix and the subsequent effect that has ...
