One of the more interesting decisions facing New Jersey Devils coach Pete DeBoer heading into next season will be which player will center his top gun Ilya Kovalchuk? The two likely candidates vying for the spot as the sniper’s set-up man will be Adam Henrique and Travis Zajac. Each has spent almost a full season ...
In today’s NHL arena, there’s a lot of different sights and sounds. There’s also seemingly music and a montage for everything, from intros, between periods and after goals are scored. Although some of the older buildings still do roll out the organ, leaving some fans to yearn for the days when the game could breathe ...
For hockey fans, although the summer lasts only two months, it seems like an eternity since we have seen a live game, heard a goal horn or witnessed an incredible deke followed by a top-shelf goal. It gives us plenty of time to ponder the upcoming season and how many days until our heroes are ...
With the Flyers extending an offer sheet to 26-year-old All-Star Norris-finalist defenseman Shea Weber, let’s take a look back at some other significant offer sheets in recent NHL history: Changing Places 1991 – Blues Sign Shanahan, Lose Stevens The St. Louis Blues were big game hunters in the early ‘90s when it came ...
Assuming the New Jersey Devils don’t make any trades or signings before training camp opens, they will have eight defensemen competing for the top six slots. Each blueliner brings some value to the lineup so it will be interesting to see how coach Pete DeBoer and new assistant Scott Stevens handle the situation — the ...
With the skill level of young players getting higher, the amount of young NHL talent has spiked over the years. Every year there is a new crop of future star players shipped into the NHL through the NHL Entry Draft, and these players take the league by storm, setting scoring records, scoring highlight reel goals ...
Zach Parise served as the New Jersey Devils captain for one season before signing with the Minnesota Wild last week. Now that he is settling into his new home as an alternate captain for his new team, the Devils must look ahead and decide who will be the next player to wear the C. Here ...
The Year of the Los Angeles Kings: Celebrating the 2012 Stanley Cup Champions By Andrew Podnieks. (2012, Toronto: Fenn/McClelland & Stewart. Softcover. Pp. 160. $19.99. ISBN 978-0-7710-5510-4.) Forty-five years in the waiting, hockey fans in Los Angeles finally have something to celebrate. Dustin Brown and Drew Doughty – with a little help from ...
With Zach Parise taking his talents to the Twin Cities, the New Jersey Devils now find themselves asking, ‘How do we replace Parise’s offense and his presence on the team?’ Despite the bleak outlook amongst the team’s fans, GM Lou Lamoriello still has a myriad of options to improve the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. First ...
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor There is no joy in Nashville on this hot Fourth of July. Earlier today, Predators GM David Poile held a press conference during which the normally unflappable boss behind the Big Cats conveyed a sense of betrayal that was echoed throughout the Predators press and fan community. As a leader ...
