More in Andrew Brunette
-
A Brief Hockey Card History of the Minnesota Wild
Millions of paintings have been painted, but it’s a few, well-chosen paintings that make a museum. Much the same way, millions of hockey cards have been manufactured, and it’s a...
-
San Jose Sharks Are Setting Themselves Up for Another Disappointing Season
So much for those “big changes” hinted at by Doug Wilson and promised by the media. So much for dismantling the core and “blowing up” the team after a pathetic...
-
Four Notable Free Agents the Toronto Maple Leafs Should Consider
NHL free agency is two weeks old, but there are still many options available for the Toronto Maple Leafs to consider.
-
Top 10 Greatest Stanley Cup Playoff Upsets (Picks 1-5)
Hockey fans were taken through a bit of history as the timeline ranged from the 1930s to 2006. If history has shown hockey fans anything, then it has illustrated that there are no guarantees when the Stanley Cup playoffs begin.
-
Is Joel Quenneville Crazy for Wanting Patrick Kane to Play Center?
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Over the life of the hockey renaissance that has taken over the city of Chicago in the past four years, there hasn’t been a player...
-
Previewing the 2011-12 Chicago Blackhawks
A year ago, the Chicago Blackhawks were winding down after spending the summer with Stanley, and the team had undergone a radical makeover as it attempted to squeeze under the...
-
Five Good and Bad Signings on the First Day of Free Agency
There were no major signings on the first day of free agency, by that I mean Brad Richards is still available. Paul Holmgren continued to do quite a number on...
-
Opening Bell: Who Were the Winners and Losers on Day One of Free Agency?
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent The main theme for this year’s free agent class was a simple one: slim pickings. Most of the potential big name free agents had either locked...
-
Overrating the 2011 NHL Free Agent Class
On Monday, the Florida Panthers acquired the negotiating rights of soon-to-be unrestricted free agent Tomas Kopecky from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a conditional draft pick. By Wednesday, the Panthers had signed Kopecky to a four-year, $12 million deal paying the left-winger $3 million annually after his career year of 15 goals and 42 points (with a -13!) in 2010-11 with Chicago. Don’t laugh just yet—it gets better.
Late Wednesday night, the rights of Steve Montador, another upcoming UFA, were traded to Chicago from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a 2012 seventh round draft pick. What kind of a bizarro world have we entered where Montador is actually a hot commodity prior to free agency frenzy that comes on July 1?
-
Exploring the Sabres Top Free Agent Targets
Since Terry Pegula purchased the Buffalo Sabres back on February 22, Buffalo hockey fans have been in an uproar over the anticipation of the first offseason under the new regime. With Pegula’s seemingly bottomless pockets comes...
-
Wild Notes: 2-6-0 But Light At The End of the Tunnel?
The Minnesota Wild is not a good NHL team right now. But, it’s becoming evident that the players are, in fact, starting to assimilate to head coach Todd Richards’ new system.