Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsAfter having reached the quarter pole of the shortened season with a 1-0 loss at home against Winnipeg on Saturday, the Ottawa Senators sit 6th in the East with a record of 6-4-2 and a goal differential of +8, a very respectable if not better than expected result. Having said that, Ottawa’s success has come ...
Just one day after Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis traded forward Matthew Lombardi to the Phoenix Coyotes, Nonis has placed forward Tim Connolly on waivers. The Lombardi netted Nonis a conditional pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, which could be high as a third rounder should Lombardi re-sign with the Coyotes ...
It was announced on Thursday that the Toronto Maple Leafs were set to waive center Tim Connolly after a disappointing single season with the storied franchise. After a solid but unspectacular career with the Buffalo Sabres, Connolly signed a substantial contract to join the Leafs, scoring 36 points on 13 goals and 23 assists in ...
Fresh off the heals of forward Matthew Lombardi being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis continued to clean his hockey club of dead weight, electing to put underperforming forward Tim Connolly on waivers this afternoon. Former Maple Leaf GM Brian Burke signed Connolly, 31, away from the Buffalo ...
Several sources, including TSN, are reporting that the Toronto Maple Leafs have moved tough-luck centre Matthew Lombardi to the Phoenix Coyotes. The deal will see the Maple Leafs get a fourth round draft pick in 2014 in return for Lombardi, which will turn into a third-rounder should Lombardi re-sign with Phoenix this summer. The Leafs ...
Expectation: Nazem Kadri is a three-part series. Part I is available here. Part III is available here. Nazem Kadri’s medial collateral ligament sprain during the 2011 Maple Leaf training camp had given the organization an out. The injury meant Kadri couldn’t start the season with the NHL club, regardless of his play. But the truth ...
Contract issues can get any team into serious on-ice issues in the future. Have these five contracts done that to the Toronto Maple Leafs?
Let’s face it, the Toronto Maple Leafs team as a whole need to be better. Coach Randy Carlyle may help in that regard. Hired in March, Carlyle took over a team that was 29-28-7, and managed only a 6-9-3 record. Ideally, the NHL and players’ association will settle the collective bargaining issues and the coach ...
*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 ...
When the 2011-12 season ended Toronto Maple Leafs president and general manager Brian Burke quickly conducted an exit interview with the Toronto media. While many topics were discussed, what the fans and media were most interested in was what Burke had planned for the offseason. Burke made reference to the draft and how important it ...
