Brendan Gallagher: Calder Front-runner? If you asked him, he’d probably say he’d prefer it the other way around. From what we know of Montreal Canadiens rookie forward Brendan Gallagher, the small but feisty forward — who has quickly made a name for himself around the league for his ever-present smile, determination and net presence — ...
He led all rookies this season in goals. He tied Jonathan Huberdeau in points. He did all this while playing for a dismal Edmonton Oilers team, and for the most part didn’t play with the teams superstars. Yet Nail Yakupov was left off the final ballot for the Calder Trophy. Instead, Brenden Gallagher and Brandon ...
Nail Yakupov closed out 2013 with a bang. The 2012 first overall pick scored a third period hat trick in game 48 to finish out the Oilers season with a 7-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. The hat trick was the first of the young Russian dynamo’s career and very likely not the last. He finished ...
It’s been a pretty rough few months down in the Sunshine State. The Florida Panthers were the darlings of the NHL Playoffs last season, and now their in the basement. Riding the pine. Playing golf in April. And it sucks. But you know what makes it better? Ruining other teams’ chances of making the playoffs ...
With more than two-thirds of the NHL season played, we now have a clearer picture as who the leading candidates are for the best NHL rookie of the year. This season, as opposed to recent years, there is no clear-cut candidate to win the Calder Trophy, but rather a plethora of worthy candidates to consider for ...
Last week, New Jersey Devils’ goaltender Martin Brodeur secured his 666th career win in a hard fought 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers. As usual, Brodeur was spectacular in net that evening, stopping 17 of 18 Panthers’ shots on goal. While 666 may be just another number on Brodeur’s long Hall of Fame resume, both ...
Heading in to the 2013 season, the Florida Panthers and their fans strongly believed that rookie Jonathan Huberdeau would garner the team the national attention that it had been lacking throughout the past decade. While Huberdeau has been a revelation for the team throughout the year, it has been the play of another Panther that ...
We’re just over halfway through the 2013/2014 NHL season and several rookies have already made big impacts on their respective teams, and have stood out from the rest. Whether it be offensively, defensively, or by agitating the opposing teams, these NHL rookies have earned to right to remain on the big club. 1. Jonathan ...
After a resurgent season in which they were able to capture their first ever Southeast Division title, the Florida Panthers have fallen back into irrelevancy as they have been unable to recapture the fire that fueled them to the playoffs last year. Just over halfway through the 2013 season and the Panthers are in the ...
After spending some time earlier this month speculating on why the Florida Panthers would trade their former franchise center Stephen Weiss, it seems as if things may be happening faster than expected as a soap opera is starting to unfold in South Florida. After being one of the team’s top scoring options last season, Stephen ...
