The Florida Panthers were quiet on Deadline Day, having made their moves in the days prior. General Manager Dale Tallon added Jerred Smithson from the Predators and Wojtek Wolski from the Rangers, and both players have paid immediate dividends. Smithson has shown his skills in the face-off circle, averaging a 56.7% success rate in his ...
After a brutal third period in a 6-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Philadelphia Flyers acquired defenseman Pavel Kubina from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for forward Jon Kalinski, a 2nd round pick, and a 2013 4th round pick. The 2nd round pick can be used in either the 2012 or 2013 draft, ...
The NHL just passed its midway point, and a number of candidates have emerged for each of the major NHL awards. It should be an interesting second half, as teams try to battle for playoff spots and players establish themselves as the best in the league. At this point, it is difficult to say who ...
Each year the Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player deemed most valuable to his team, and each year we begin speculation on who that might be around the midseason mark. Now a few games past that mark, the talk of who might be this season’s MVP is in full swing. The names of ...
Not surprisingly, the NHL All-Star Fan Balloting turned into a popularity contest. With the Ottawa Senators hosting this year’s All-Star game, the hometown team’s fans wanted to see their own players on the ice, and they showed it in voting. Of the six available spots, four went to Ottawa Senators. All three forwards chosen by ...
Versteeg Goal Here we are 41 games into the season, with 41 games to go. This time last year, I was writing about a team that was in last place in the Southeast. That team was just below the .500 mark and had just given up leads in four of their last five games. That ...
The Devils completed their two-game Florida road trip last night with a 3-2 shootout win against the Panthers, their fourth win in five games. New Jersey found themselves down 2-0 in the second period, courtesy of Florida’s Kris Versteeeg, but battled back to tie the game on a goal by Zach Parise in the third. ...
Jose Theodore is a Bruins killer. This is not news–at least it shouldn’t be.
Let’s take a trip back in time to the 2003-04 playoffs. Theodore, then a Montreal Canadien, helped his team battle back from a 3-1 deficit against Bruins that included a big Game 7 shutout win in Boston and enough theatrical saves to make Tim Thomas blush. Almost eight years later, Theodore is still giving the Bruins headaches, proven on Thursday night when the Florida Panthers shut-out the Bruins, 2-0.
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After defeating the Winnipeg Jets last night, the Florida Panthers gained two points which moved them in to first place in the Southeast. Yes, it’s early in the season, but it’s looking more and more like this team has made a major turnaround since finishing last season in last place…not only in the Southeast, ...
