There are many terms that could describe the Blues’ 2013 season. Unpredictable. Exciting. Depressing. Uplifting. Gut-wrenching. But there is one word that can describe many players on the roster: inconsistent. Brian Elliott, the NHL’s second star of April and the Blues’ workhorse in the playoffs, has been accused of inconsistency this season. He started the ...
The Phoenix Coyotes season is now officially over and the organization is going to have to decide what to do with impending UFA goaltender Mike Smith. This decision for both sides isn’t as cut and dried as it is for most UFA’s and reminds me of this past off-season with the tough decisions that Coyotes Captain Shane Doan had to make. In Doan’s case, ...
It’s no question that this upcoming offseason will be an interesting one for the Ottawa Senators. With over twenty-two million in cap space available next season, the Senators have the ability to make a major splash come July 5th. The Senators have sixteen players that need to be resigned and it’s likely we will not ...
A big part of the mythology of free agency in professional sports is the idea that athletes put up large numbers in the final year of a contract, thus incurring an even bigger payday on their next deal. And in what has been a disappointing 2013 to date, Nathan Horton is doing his finest to ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a number of players they must re-sign prior to July 5 if they want everyone to return, but there are some who shouldn’t.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will have some tough decisions to make on free agents this summer. With so many major contracts expiring, not everyone can to stay.
The summer of 2012 was not one that will be fondly remembered by fans of the Detroit Red Wings. The end of May saw future Hall of Fame blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom hang up the skates, and defenseman Brad Stuart leave Detroit for greener pastures in California. This, in addition to the exits of Jiri Hudler ...
It’s a shame the 2012 off-season will forever be overshadowed by a labor dispute. High profile free-agent signings like Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, and Alex Semin along with blockbuster trades including players such as Rick Nash, Jordan Staal, and James van Riemsdyk are eclipsed by memories of hockey related revenue, “make-whole”, player pensions, and the ...
Lubomir Visnovsky’s decision to stay in his native Slovakia and continue playing in the KHL is nothing new to Islanders fans. Over the years Islander fans have had their fair share of reluctant acquisitions. In 1995, the Islanders enigmatically traded their start Pierre Turgeon to the Montreal Canadians for Kirk Muller… who needed to take ...
As soon as the new CBA is ratified by both the NHL owners and the players, teams will finally be allowed to start making roster moves such as signing free agents and calling up players from their farm teams. In the case of a few teams, that also means signing their restricted free agents as ...
