The only news that’s coming out of the Canucks dressing room today is much of the same – Roberto Luongo is starting Game Two on Friday night. And, not much else to announce. There is little comfort in that Game One’s 3-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks wasn’t completely Luongo’s fault. At least he ...
The Vancouver Canucks have been the best regular season team in the NHL the two seasons preceding this one. That regular season success, which includes two straight President’s Trophy wins, has yet to pay off in the big prize at the end. This season the team has struggled with injuries and inconsistency and have been overlooked by many NHL pundits.
In part I of the winners and losers of the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, I broke down some teams that might have walked away with the upper hand after completing their respective dealings. While some teams might have received the short end of the stick during deadline day bargaining, there are still a few teams ...
After all the dust settles from the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, hockey fans can finally start picking apart the trades that have occurred over the last several days. While a number of trades were made before the trade deadline rolled around, players such as Jaromir Jagr and Derek Roy found themselves switching uniforms with about ...
With the 2013 NHL trade deadline officially past, the dust is finally beginning to settle on what was a whirlwind few days for the Dallas Stars. One of the league’s most active participants leading up to Wednesday’s deadline, the Stars made three separate deals on Tuesday, including two of the biggest ones of all in ...
After a listless performance in Sunday’s night loss to the Los Angeles Kings and a beating from the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night, the writing was on the wall for the Dallas Stars’ season. They’d already traded one unrestricted free agent-to be in their captain, Brenden Morrow, and it became apparent that their two other ...
The Vancouver Canucks kicked off their trade deadline push by making a move that will net them Dallas Stars center Derek Roy. In return Vancouver sent a second round draft pick and Kevin Connauton from the Chicago Wolves. This move on the surface seems to be a good move and one that is somewhat surprising. Roy has ...
Brett Ritchie, the second-round (44th overall) pick of the Dallas Stars in 2011, has officially ended his junior hockey career and was assigned to the Texas Stars on Monday. Ritchie, 19, spent the past season and half playing for Niagara of the Ontario Hockey League. The Ice Dogs were eliminated from the postseason this past week ...
With the fantasy hockey playoffs beginning in less than two weeks in certain formats, free agent pools might be bone-dry at this point of the season, but for those that are lucky enough there are still a few gems worth plucking at this stage of the season. A strong offense can certainly propel a team ...
This not how it was supposed to be. When the Dallas Stars acquired Derek Roy during the offseason, one of the big issues people may have had with the trade was Roy’s expiring contracting. Then came the news that Derek Roy would need shoulder surgery. But everyone said the right things. Roy indicated he was ...
