I wasn’t familiar with Justin Abdelkader‘s name until this year; his fifth year in the league. That’s because his production and ice-time have gone up in small increments with every season and he hasn’t done much damage to any specific team. Now he has changed that, as the winger is a household name in Anaheim ...
The Minnesota Wild were big buyers during the summer free agency period signing top free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to huge contracts. Through 30 games of the 2013 NHL season Chuck Fletcher’s team have shown enough to suggest that the GM should be looking to add a little at the NHL trade deadline ...
When Dan Girardi stayed down, writhing in pain, after blocking a Montreal slap-shot with his ankle Saturday night, the entire Ranger organization and fan-base was frozen for a moment in palpable trepidation. Blocking shots is just one of the unheralded yet elite facets of Girardi’s game. The once undrafted free agent out of the Welland, ...
After the tough 6-0 shut out loss to St. Louis in the season opener, the offensive wheels have finally begun moving in the motor city. The big offensive players like Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Filppula are all producing as expected so far this season, and the Wings also seem to have acquired the top-6 sniper they were looking ...
As we enter the final 24 hours before the trade deadline we as hockey fans now know it is the season of rumors, sources and hatred of the anonymous hockey bloggers. With all these rumors floating around many Chicago Blackhawks fans have begun to imagine how some “available” players would make the ‘Hawks legitimate Stanley ...
I have seen all the rumors too. Corey Perry to Vancouver, Ryan Getzlaf to Buffalo, Bobby Ryan to Toronto. It is my belief that none of those players will be moved at the deadline. Why? They are all young, good players that can help the Ducks for another 10 years. It does not make any ...
Lubomir Visnovsky led the NHL with 68 points last season The 2011-2012 Ducks defense may not have the same big names as future hockey hall of famers Scott Neidermayer, or Chris Pronger, but this years version of the Ducks defense will be a huge part in determining the success of the team. From the first goal of ...
Something that quacks, waddles and eats bugs for breakfast isn’t typically considered more physical than a ferocious animal that devours said creature for its breakfast. And yet, on Friday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, that’s exactly how it was. The Anaheim Ducks, on the strength of 31 saves by Jonas Hiller and ...
Unless you’re a fan of the Anaheim Ducks, or you closely follow NHL up and comers, you may not have heard the name Luca Sbisa. The Italian born Swiss is a defenseman for the Ducks, who stands at 6’2” and weighs in at 207lbs. Sbisa is a strong stay at home defenseman for Anaheim and ...
Through games of 12/27/2010 1. (1) Philadelphia (22-8-5): The Flyers had eight days off heading into a five-game road trip that starts Tuesday against No. 2 Vancouver and ends on Jan. 6 in New Jersey. 2. (2) Vancouver (21-8-5): The Canucks’ top three scorers were drafted by the team: Henrik Sedin (3rd overall in 1999) ...
