Far away from the hoopla surrounding names like Rick Nash, Zach Parise, and Ryan Suter, the Ducks quietly went about their business this past off-season, adding role players and smaller pieces in an attempt to improve on a disappointing 2011-12 campaign.
This is a weekly column that aims to be your one-stop shop for all the notable Anaheim Ducks news that occurred over the course of a given week. Rather than just regurgitate facts and figures (although, I’ll do a bit of that, too), I’ll attempt to offer insight and analysis, especially as it pertains to various subject ...
Seventy-nine. In mathematics, it represents an emirp, as its reverse (97) is also a prime number. In music, the number of cumulative weeks Elvis Presley spent at #1 on the Billboard charts. It’s also the atomic number of gold. Alas, it also denotes the number of days it took a golden season by San Jose ...
For both the San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues, the formula is fairly straightforward in their Western Conference Quarterfinals series. Score three goals. Over the past 28 games of the regular season, the Sharks scored two or less fifteen times, the Blues eleven. Within the confines of tight checking, collapsing defenses and the ...
The Colorado Avalanche dealt their way into the trade deadline conversation. As mentioned, The Avs acquired forward Steve Downie from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team also involved themselves in a trade with the San José Sharks at the deadline, sending Daniel Winnik and T.J. Galiardi, along with a 7th round pick, to the Shark ...
This trade deadline should almost be called the deadline that nearly went according to the script. Only 16 trades were made today and that was just in our target range of 16-18. If you were expecting this blockbuster deadline with lots of fantasy impact, we really are sorry to disappoint. Some things are out of ...
The 2012 trade deadline was more a trade dudline (how many times have you heard that one) but the Avalanche managed to be involved in one of the bigger transactions of the day. Colorado shipped forward Daniel Winnik and T.J. Galiardi, along with a 7th round pick in the 2012 draft to San Jose for ...
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Another trade deadline is now in the books in the National Hockey League, and despite the huge expectations and people calling it the league’s “Christmas”, it was a relatively uneventful one this year. There were plenty of low-key moves, but with the exception of one or two moves, none of ...
By Bob Mand, Contributing Editor With the NHL trade deadline a few scant hours away, the Boston Bruins have been noticeably silent. With options running out and zero-hour looming, do the Bruins have what it takes to make a game-changing move? Should they? While making big deadline moves isn’t entirely expected of a squad identified ...
With only about 72 hours before the February 27 NHL trade deadline, rumors are swirling all over the Internet, and especially on Twitter, as fake insiders try to get the attention of hockey fans by spreading out false trade rumors. I will try to dissect some of the hottest rumors around and tell you which ...
