Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsOne of the more controversial additions to the new NHL collective bargaining agreement, the league will allow all 30 teams to correct past contractual mistakes by offering them two buyouts over the ensuing two off-seasons. With the NHL salary cap shrinking from over $70 million this season to a reported $64.3 million next year, these ...
Anytime you mention the San Jose Sharks this past month you hear people ask what happened to them. Even casual NHL fans know about the Sharks struggles, that’s when you know it’s getting bad. The Sharks powerplay has crashed and burned so bad that it has almost become as laughable as a Ron Wilson led ...
Martin Havlat could only stare straight ahead with his mouth open as he lay on the ice. Why? Because all he needed to do was tap the puck into a wide open net that to put his team in the lead. Instead, he celebrated a bit too early. Watch for yourself (play starts at 1:10 ...
The first week is almost in the books for the 2013 NHL season and the San Jose Sharks are looking really good. The Sharks own a perfect 3-0-0 record and sit 2nd in the western conference. San Jose has shown they can dominate early in their contest against the Oilers. The Sharks were perhaps most ...
Last season was unfamiliar territory for the San Jose Sharks, scrapping through the season and only clinching a playoff spot at the very end.
The hockey world exploded with much anticipated news – NHL hockey is back! Within a mere two weeks, lamps will light up frozen battlefields in 30 arenas around Canada and the United States. The long awaited drop of the puck in the NHL will echo across the entire world. The fans won’t forget, but will ...
Much like the New Year, a new NHL season is also a time to hope. Minnesota Wild fans have hopes that cross and are at a crossroads this New Year: That there’s a 2012-13 season to showcase the second richest free agent signings in league history, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. In honor of the ...
*in no particular order, focusing on players making more than four million With the imminent lock-out looming, let’s have a look at the most overpaid players in the National Hockey League (NHL) that could be victim of an amnesty buy-out should the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) contain such a clause. The following players don’t ...
Minnesota has suffered. It has for a while. Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, and 196 million dollars changes it all. The Minnesota Vikings are 0-4 in Super Bowls and their best two teams in franchise history never made the Super Bowl; 1998 and 2009. Gary Anderson missed wide left after being perfect the entire season in ...
Daniil Zharkov THW Close-Up: Date of birth: February 6th, 1994 Place of birth: St. Petersburgh, Russia Ht: 6’3″ Wt: 194 lbs Shoots: Left Position: Left wing Draft Eligibility: 2012 It’s hard for any 16-year old to take a plunge (and this one wasn’t marriage). Daniil Zharkov took the road less traveled and moved away from ...
