Posts About "2009 NHL Draft"
Revisiting the Islanders Draft of 2009
May 23rd, 2016 The Islanders finished the 2008-09 season with the league's worst record. The prize for their futility, selecting first overall in the 2009 NHL Draft. There were a few options for general manager Garth Snow to choose from, center Matt Duchene, defenseman Victor Hedman and center John Tavares. Snow did not show his hand until walked up...
Red Wings Draft Recap: 2009
May 19th, 2015 The 2008-2009 season was a heartbreaking one for Red Wings fans. The Wings looked to be the first team to be back-to-back Stanley Cup champs since…well, themselves, back in 1997-1998. The team was looking as good as ever, and had acquired star winger Marian Hossa after they beat his Pittsburgh Penguins the year before in the Stanley...
Hindsight Is 20/20: The 2009 NHL Entry Draft Re-Done
April 22nd, 2015 Featuring such super-stars as John Tavares and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, as well later picks like Ryan O'Reilly and Tomas Tatar, the 2009 draft stands as one of the better drafts in recent memory. But, five seasons later, no matter how good the draft, it is always interesting to look back and see how the order would have shaken out had...
Nazem Kadri: The Right Pick in 2009
March 12th, 2014 Imagine for a second that your NHL team could have a do-over - a chance to reanalyze their possibilities in any given National Hockey League entry draft. Then how would these team’s stack up? Would we still have seen the dominance of the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980’s? Or would the New York Islanders have won four consecutive...
Sooner Than Later: The State Of The Canucks' Cupboard
February 25th, 2014 With the Canucks season on the brinks, is it time to dig deep in the franchise’s pockets for a solution? Has Mike Gillis provided that answer over his tenure? Or are the Canucks looking in the wrong places? Much attention throughout the season, and especially during the most recent skid, has been on the Canucks...
The 2013-2014 Colorado Avalanche: How They Were Built
January 25th, 2014 The 2013/14 Colorado Avalanche roster is the result of a change in the direction of the franchise following the retirement of long time captain and Hall of Famer Joe Sakic in 2009. Since then, the Avalanche have gone through three head coaches and two general managers; struggling to stay competitive with the restrictions of an...
