Breaking Down Pietrangelo’s Contract Jeff Ponder | September 14, 2013 The waiting is finally over. On Friday, Alex Pietrangelo reached a contract extension with the St. Louis Blues, signing a seven-year, $45.5 million contract extension. Jeremy Rutherford of the St.…
Brendan Morrow To the Canes? Alex Mai | September 7, 2013 I recently read a report on SBNation that former Stars captain Brendan Morrow was engaged in talks with Canes GM Jim Rutherford. It’s an interesting piece of news for many reasons,…
What does Bouwmeester’s Contract Mean for Pietrangelo? Jeff Ponder | August 3, 2013 After being signed to take over the #1 defenseman role in Calgary in the summer of 2009, Jay Bouwmeester found himself wearing the Bluenote at the trade deadline last season.…
Valtteri Filppula Signing Upgrades Bolts The Hockey Writers | August 2, 2013 There wasn’t a dry eye in the Bay in late June, when the Lightning announced that they would use one of their compliance buy-outs on long-time captain and face of…
Chris Stewart Returns to Blues for 2 Years Jeff Ponder | July 19, 2013 The St. Louis Blues were generous enough to give their RFA right-winger a hefty wedding present. The Blues announced on Friday that they agreed to terms with 2013 leading-scorer Chris…
The NHL Compliance Buy-Out Loophole Jeff Ponder | July 17, 2013 Mulligans are definitely nice to have in real life. For those that are unfamiliar, a mulligan is a golf term that allows you to have a redo of a poor…
Andre Benoit Excited to Join Colorado Avalanche Darren Matte | July 17, 2013 The 2014 NHL free agency period kicked off on July 5 with over 50 signings and with more than a whopping $350-million being shelled out. Among those signings was a…
Ottawa Senators: Could Jaromir Jagr Find A Home In Ottawa? Greg Brown | July 16, 2013 With July 5th having come and gone and the flurry of free agent signings having quieted to less than a whisper, there are still some prominent names looking…
Tipping Their Caps: Eastern Conference Team Salary Cap Space Walter McLaughlin | July 15, 2013 There’s no way I can justify my salary level, but I’m learning to live with it — Drew Carey Like intermittent popping kernels in a bag of popcorn that’s just…
Canadiens Free Agents: Boon or Bust? Sean Lloyd | July 12, 2013 Bergevin dips his toes in the free agent pool After an extremely busy free agent frenzy on July fifth, things have certainly slowed down around the league in the following…
Nashville’s Free Agent Flops Will Eldredge | July 9, 2013 Free Agent Frenzy wasted no time descending on the NHL, Friday, with the league’s new preliminary negotiation period allowing UFA’s to find new homes with the quickness. As with the…
Is Derek Roy the Right Guy? Jeff Ponder | July 9, 2013 After attempting to sign free-agents Stephen Weiss and Valtteri Filppula, St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong made a point to tell his fans that he was not going to just…