Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent St. Paul, Minnesota – With the NHL Entry Draft a mere five and a half hours from beginning, things are starting to heat up around Xcel Energy Center. The buzz in the air about who will go number one is strong, and there are a lot of other NHL stories making ...
Now that the smoke has cleared from the Stanley Cup finals and the 2010 season its time to look ahead to the 2011 off-season. This is the first real off-season for Stan Bowman who went into last summer with his hands tied behind his back thanks to Dale Tallon’s mismanaging of the salary cap. With ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent During this late stage of the NHL calendar, there has been plenty of news both on and off the ice to keep computer keyboards active and eyes busy with reading. You’ve had the Stanley Cup playoffs rolling along, the Atlanta Thrashers’ finally ending 15 years of frustration in Winnipeg by announcing ...
According to the New York Post’s Larry Brook, sources have indicated that impending free-agent center Brad Richards is seeking a long-term deal worth $7 million per season for the rights to have his services on the top scoring-line and powerplay. “The Rangers have heard through the grapevine that Brad Richards will be seeking a long-term contract worth ...
With Stan Bowman already getting a jump on the off-season locking up Corey Crawford it is about time that I finish wrapping up last season. So lets take a look at how the blueliners graded out for the Blackhawks. Just a reminder I’m only grading players who finished the season with the organization (though if ...
With the Blackhawks season now behind us and about a month before a new team kisses the cup marking the official start of the off-season, let take a look at how each player did this year. A little house keeping before I get into it; I’m only looking at players who played at least 5 ...
As the few loyal fans exited the arena, the in-house DJ played The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony, a tune symbolic of the Vancouver Canucks’ bittersweet playoff fortunes. By day’s beginning, the team had a chance to close out the series on home ice, and by night’s end, they find themselves with the ugliest 3-2 series advantage ...
The Blackhawks have been here before… twice; and both times it was the Vancouver Canucks, who looked great in game one and lost in six games. Even more encouraging for the Hawks fans is that for the final 40 minutes of game one it was the visitors who controlled the play. Despite the the final ...
After two days filled with talk of mental edges, having their number, backing into the playoffs meaning nothing, it was great to finally see these two rivals hit the ice. The atmosphere was fantastic, with every seat waving a towel, and in full throat. Once the puck dropped, the Canucks showed the hitting was ...
If you had told me on Sunday that the Chicago Blackhawks would meet the Vancouver Canucks in the first round of the NHL playoffs I would have said that was the least likely senario. To meet the Canucks, the ‘Hawks needed to lose to the Detroit Red Wings in regulation and the Dallas Stars to ...
