Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsThe Minnesota Wild captured the offseason headlines with the signing top free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to 13-year deals worth around $98 million each. Suddenly, the Wild, who haven’t reached the postseason since 2008, were catapulted amongst the league’s premier teams in terms of expectation and salary expenditure. Minnesota’s traditionally tight purse strings ...
Many adjectives have been used to describe the Detroit Red Wings off-season disastrous, disappointing, sub-par unproductive, ineffective, fruitless – the list can go on and on. For such a storied franchise that always seems to be the talk of the NHL in terms of getting it right they seemed to have done a 180 and ...
A couple of weeks ago, July changed to August and a new month began. In most people’s minds, the change in date symbolized the impending stoppage of warm weather, family barbeques, and vacation time. To hockey fans, it meant that it was a day closer to the (scheduled) start of the 2012-13 NHL season. In ...
The Blues can check off one of their biggest priorities for the summer. David Perron is under contract for another four years. The Canadian-born left-wing signed a four-year, $15.25 million contract extension. The cap-hit will be a miniscule $3.8 million per season, while the contract itself is back loaded. Perron will be paid $3 million ...
Welcome to Volume One of The Icing Line, a weekly column dedicated to the recent happenings of the NHL world. Zach Parise and Ryan Suter are now both members of Minnesota Wild. Good for them…similar terms and contracts. They will be a huge part of the Wild foundation for the next thirteen years. Minnesota now ...
When you include the lockout, the Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t been to the playoffs in eight seasons. Leafs General Manager Brian Burke was supposed to change all that when he took the reigns of the club four seasons ago, but so far it hasn’t worked out. For the first time in his tenure, Burke is ...
While the NHL Entry Draft is usually considered a very important part of a rebuild for an organization, there have been scores of diamonds in the rough who never heard their name called on any given draft day. Draft day is always exciting for the best young players in the world and their families. However, ...
As the season finally gets underway, almost every team has a shiny new player that they are anxious to show off. Admittedly, the free agency crop has been diminishing in star talent over the past few years. Most teams are now locking up their elite talent at a young age: superstars like Steven Stamkos and ...
Rumours say the Vancouver Canucks have signed hired gun Brad Winchester – see what I did there? “Hired gun”? “Winchester”? Hey, I can’t let sports editors have all the lame headline pun fun… Let’s just assume it’s gospel, and get on with the analysis, shall we? With Winchester, GM Mike Gillis adds something to the ...
Despite a July 1st which saw over eighty players signed to contracts in an undeniable free agent frenzy, the Stanley Cup Champions made only three minor signings including only one projected roster player. Bruins General Manager, Peter Chiarelli laid out a specific plan prior to the start of this frantic fever of financial frivolity– to ...
