By Mike Miccoli, Boston Bruins Correspondent
Here we are–less than 50 days from the beginning of the Boston Bruins’ season opening game in Prague. It’s been somewhat of a crazy offseason for the B’s ever since nabbing Tyler Seguin second overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Yes, Marc Savard is still in black and gold, as is Blake Wheeler and Mark Recchi. Daniel Paille, Johnny Boychuk and Mark Stuart are all back too. And how about that salary cap situation? Feel free to thank Marco Sturm for his stint on LTIR saving the Bruins approximately $3.5 million in space until he laces his skates in Boston again.
This year saw the Wings return all 7 of their defenseman from last years Western Conference Championship team. Their core 4 of Nick Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Nick Kronwall, and Brad Stuart are as good as it gets in the NHL and with the return of Lidstrom, all 4 are due back in the lineup next [...]
For the first time in 4 years the Detroit Red Wings aren’t advancing to the Conference finals. After facing the Pittsburgh penguins in each of the past 2 years in the finals the Red wings will be taking the rest of the summer off for a much needed break. Besides the Penguins no other team [...]
Jim Neveau, Blackhawks Correspondent After going 2-2-2 last season against Detroit during the regular season, and not to mention losing in five games in the Western Conference Finals to the Wings, it is safe to say that the Blackhawks aren’t exactly experts in beating their Central Division foes. Even with the new season beginning in [...]
You’ve got to give Oilers Head Coach Pat Quinn credit. He may be old school, but he’s certainly willing to try something new. Prior to last night’s thrilling win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, Quinn split up the Oilers’ longtime duo of Ales Hemsky & Shawn Horcoff. The move paid immediate dividends with the Oilers’ [...]
The sky is falling! Panic in Detroit! The Red Wings have started the season with two consecutive losses for the first time since 1989-90. Now that I have attracted all the naysayers and nervous Nellies the way an accident attracts gawkers, let’s all take a deep breath and exhale. Things are going to be OK [...]
With Detroit a man down Darren Helm streaked up the ice with the puck on his stick and gained the Blackhawks’ zone. Not content to simply get it deep and go for a change he broke to the left, curled around the net and proceeded to eat up a good 25 seconds of Chicago’s power-play [...]
There are a lot of predictions bandied about this time of year, and everyone from the mailman to your grandmother seems to have an opinion on who is going to win this Detroit/Chicago series. Simply click on over to any given hockey blog or web site and you’ll literally have your fill of fortune telling [...]
The game had barely started when Johan Franzen streaked down the left side of the Joe Louis Arena ice, took a pass from Marian Hossa and beat Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller on the far side. Unfortunately the puck clanged off the post on that shot, but Franzen would make up for it early in the [...]
More shots from around the web. A great goalie goes into a game with a solid plan, so says David Hutchison of InGoalMag. Some of the best goalies are said to play with “ice water in their veins” meaning they are cool under pressure and nothing rattles them. You can be this way too – [...]
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