UFAs Spotted Over Washington
What can be said for the Washington Capitals 2012 Cup drive? It was a team effort. They got OT winners from fourth liners, divvied up ice time so that everybody got a slice, won as a team, lost as a team, and now it looks like the team will be broken up. By July 1st [...]
Dale Hunter is Going Home
All the speculation was spot on – Dale Hunter is headed back to London, Ontario. Hunter announced early Monday morning that he will be stepping down as the head coach of the Washington Capitals two days after being eliminated by the New York Rangers in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Hunter cites [...]
Time For Washington To Part Ways With Semin
The Washington Capitals are going to look different next season, we know that much for sure, but to what extent remains to be seen. GM George McPhee has a few big decisions to make during the offseason, including hiring a new coach, as Dale Hunter will not return to the Washington bench next season. One [...]
What the Sabres Should Do This Off-Season
It was a rough season for the Buffalo Sabres, plagued by injuries yet climbing back and falling just short of the playoffs. During the last few months of the season they went 15-5-5 and showed that when healthy this team can be a force to be reckoned with! Many believe the Buffalo Sabres are just [...]
Will We See An Openly Gay Player In The NHL Soon?
By Brooks Bratten For an athlete, sport is a passion. An escape. A chance to be who they really are for a portion of the day. So if an athlete can’t be all of these things in their natural environment, what’s the point? The makeup of the athlete shouldn’t matter. If they can play, then [...]
Dispatches from Planet Hockey: Not the Underdog Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s safe to say that the Eastern Conference Finals are viewed by the mainstream sports media as a redux of a storied Clash of the Titans. This is a pretty stark contrast to the reception the Western Conference Finals have received from many members of the press. This past week, [...]
Rangers Will Have A Devil of a Time in the Eastern Conference Finals
After narrowly escaping their first two series in the 2012 Playoffs, the Rangers face a familiar foe in the Eastern Conference Finals in the New Jersey Devils. The two teams have taken different paths to get to this point, but this series has all of the makings of a classic series: divisional rivalry, recent regular [...]
The Weeks That Were: April 30th-May 11th
Another two weeks have passed, and another playoff round has come and gone. Eight teams entered the fight and only half have moved on. Each year, the final four offers a different theme present in all of the teams. In 2010, the four teams that remained were the Blackhawks, Flyers, Canadiens, and Sharks. The quartet [...]
Andrey Makarov – The Next Ones: 2012 NHL Draft Prospect Profile – The “Other” Russian Goalie
Andrey Makarov THW Close-Up: Date of Birth: April 20, 1993 Place of Birth: Kazan, Russia Height: 6’1″ Weight: 178 lbs. Shoots: Left Position: G NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012 For complete coverage and analysis of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and its prospects, click here for Chris Ralph’s 2012 NHL Entry Draft Guide. The [...]
Capitals and Rangers Are Going to Game 8
Well folks, it’s going to Game 8. You read right – both these teams have played enough hockey between the triple overtime and just how incredibly close this series has been, it feels like we’re at least at Game 8 by now. The Great 8 himself Alex Ovechkin opened up the scoring Wednesday night with [...]
Brayden Schenn Impressed During Flyers’ Playoff Run
While the beginning of Brayden Schenn’s first full National Hockey League season was a little rough, he had clearly established himself in the Flyer’s lineup by the All-Star break. He hasn’t looked back since. Throughout the Philadelphia Flyers’ short but exciting playoff run, Schenn was a human wrecking ball, hitting everyone in sight. On top [...]
Nicklas Lidstrom’s Future Could Decide Where Ryan Suter Lands
It’s no secret that the Detroit Red Wings plan to be active during this offseason. After exiting the playoffs in just 5 games, the team is aware that changes must be made. The most popular avenue suggested for those changes? Free Agency, a time when, according Red Wings Vice President Jim Devellano, the team will [...]
The NHL Salary Cap Dream Team
With the salary cap presenting financial challenges for general managers everywhere, although they do attempt to circumvent the rules at times (ahem, Mr. Lamoriello), building a championship-caliber squad has become a very inexact science…
Drop the Puck!
The manor in which NHL linesman handle face-off encroachment puzzles me. I have watched this closely throughout the regular season and now the playoffs. What I do not understand is, why on the first try is a linesman apt to kick out a player, but on the second try they drop the puck right away? [...]
Hot Topic: Evaluating the NHL’s Discipline of the Phoenix Coyotes
Jim Neveau, Managing Editor/Coyotes Correspondent Glendale, Arizona – Hockey isn’t something that one expects to find in the deserts of Arizona this time of year. The Phoenix Coyotes have never been beyond the first round of the playoffs in their organization’s history, but this year, things seem to be different. After dispatching the Chicago Blackhawks [...]
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