For the fourth year in a row, the closest that the Calgary Flames and their fans will get to the playoffs are televised games. As the Flames continue to plan for the future and the fans watch other teams mount a quest for the glorious Stanley Cup, there are some aspects of the playoffs that ...
When you think of the San Jose Sharks this season the first thing that pops to mind may be their undefeated 7-0-0 record or the return to dominance of Joe Thornton or the amazing sniping of Patrick Marleau. While the production from San Jose’s Thornton and Marleau are a HUGE reason why the team is ...
Chicago is speedy. St. Louis is dirty. Nashville is both. The only reprieve will come against a Nash-less Columbus. Detroit will play each of these teams nearly SEVEN times over the next few months. It will be bloody. It will be messy. It will be fast and fierce. Players who remained stagnant, that ...
After six and a half seasons, Brad Stuart will be making his return as a member of the San Jose Sharks.
The Detroit Red Wings have been a playoff team for the last 21 seasons, in that time making six Finals appearances and winning four Stanley Cups. One of the most dominant teams in professional sports for the last two decades, the Wings successfully managed to stay on top even through the NHL’s implementation of a ...
There really is very little debate about it. With 1,078 points (59th in NHL history), seven all-star appearances, an Art Ross Trophy and a Hart Trophy, Joe Thornton will eventually be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. And the resume is as of yet incomplete, the palette unfinished, as Thornton is still ...
Being tenured with one team for ten years is a rarity in professional sports nowadays. 10-year veteran Barret Jackman, who has spent his entire NHL career as a St. Louis Blue, agreed to a three-year contract extension Monday morning. Jackman is not only the longest-tenured defenseman in the NHL, but the longest-tenured athlete in St. ...
The Detroit Red Wings traded soon-to-be UFA Brad Stuart’s rights to the San Jose Sharks on Sunday in exchange for a conditional 7th round pick in the 2014 draft and forward Andrew Murray (also an UFA). The move put an end to months of speculation about the veteran defender’s future with the Wings, and confirmed ...
“You add people and you lose people. Some of them are tougher than others.We haven’t been good enough in here lately and I think everyone in here is prepared to make those sacrifices to do what needs to be done.” Those were Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg’s words just days after the team’s first ...
In a sport as grueling and demanding as hockey there are certain traits that all successful teams share. Looking beyond the obvious, and required, luxuries of possessing star-level talent and consistent goaltending allowing teams to reign atop the league standings in a given season, there must also be a potent mix of grit, size, depth ...
