Posts About "Alexander Semin"
Hurricanes Respond to the Woodshed
February 15th, 2018 The Carolina Hurricanes seem to need the woodshed. At least that's what it looked like given their recent play. After the team exhibited a brutal lack of effort in both their home games against the Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks, head coach Bill Peters took the team to the verbal woodshed. Since then, they lost 2-1 in overtime...
The Top Ten Washington Capitals Wingers of All Time
November 21st, 2017 The Caps have had some great wingers in their time. Some are Hall of Famers, some are team record setters while others are current superstars. In compiling and grading this list I weighed heavily the amount of time spent with the team as well as each player's statistics. I also included fan appreciation and importance to the team as a...
Imagining Ovechkin Finishing Without a Cup
May 12th, 2017 Growing up as a Philadelphia Flyers fan, the Washington Capitals were merely a blip during my younger years. They had Jaromir Jagr at the height of his dis-likability and Olaf Kolzig was always a consistent goalie, but the team never reached much above average. The New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils were the focus of Philadelphia...
5 Montreal Canadiens Moves That Didn’t Suck
June 5th, 2016 There’s no denying 2015-16 was a bad year for the Montreal Canadiens, but Kirk Muller being brought in as an associate coach is proof positive things are not all lost. In spite of general manager Marc Bergevin’s questionable season, decisions and moves from this past year, he has the capabilities of being great at his job....
Montreal Canadiens Pursuing KHL Talent an Exercise in Futility
May 21st, 2016 The Montreal Canadiens reportedly pursuing Vadim Shipachyov is like them running after a bus on foot after it’s already left the stop. They had their chance and let it get away. Now it’s almost as if they’re trying to desperately make up for past mistakes with (very) little chance at catching...
Kostitsyn Not the Answer to Woes of Montreal Canadiens
May 13th, 2016 Sometime during forward Andrei Kostitsyn’s Montreal Canadiens career, he earned the nickname AK-46. It was a relatively clever play on his initials, uniform number and the AK-27 moniker of teammate Alexei Kovalev. And, just as with Kovalev, the Canadiens should stay the hell away from him from here on out. As with Kovalev as...
Reviewing Early-Season Montreal Canadiens Predictions
April 19th, 2016 Entering the 2015-16 season, the Montreal Canadiens had set lofty expectations, having won the Atlantic Division in 2014-15, their third straight 100-point campaign. Needless to say, after a second-round defeat against the Tampa Bay Lightning last spring, there was reason to believe the best was around the corner. Unfortunately, that...
NHL Prospects To Represent Russia In Czech Republic
February 2nd, 2016 Within the Euro Hockey Tour tournament, Team Russia will play two games against Czech Republic in February. As announced, Team Russia head coach Oleg Znarok decided to have a look to younger players, with the roster full of under-24 players, with the exception being former NHL player Alexander Semin. The team has an average age of 22...
The Good Ship Semin Has Sunk
December 12th, 2015 Alexander Semin is now floating in the KHL. His ship has sunk. Cast off from the Carolina Hurricanes earlier this year, Semin's ship landed in the harbor of the Montreal Canadiens. There it moored, hoping to find the wind that once filled its sails and take Semin back out to the open seas of greatness. Sadly, the ship stayed mostly...
Are the Habs a Steven Stamkos Away from the Stanley Cup?
December 12th, 2015 By now we’ve all heard about the Twitter “controversy” surrounding Steven Stamkos. He liked a tweet suggesting that he could play for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He claimed it was an accidental like, which could be true, though its the third time something like that happens. Was it really an accident? Is he just messing with everyone?...
Hockey Headlines: Glen Sather Night; Stamkos to the Leafs?
December 11th, 2015 A collection of all the latest news from around the world of hockey: Is Patrick Kane's point streak ever going to end? Alex Semin has already found a new team. Nazem Kadri shares his thoughts on American politics. Can the Leafs sustain their recent success? Steven Stamkos responds to his Twitter controversy. ,...
Alexander Semin to Sign in KHL
December 10th, 2015 It's been a tumultuous week for former 40-goal scorer Alexander Semin. The Montreal Canadiens waived him on Monday. On Tuesday, he cleared, with 29 teams passing on the opportunity of grabbing his bargain basement $1.1 million contract for peanuts. On Wednesday, the team placed him on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a...
Should the Penguins Have Considered Semin?
December 9th, 2015 The Alex Semin experiment in Montreal is over and the former 40-goal scorer was recently placed on waivers, only to clear yesterday with no claims submitted. With obvious ties to Penguins' general manager Jim Rutherford from their days in Carolina, one has to wonder if Rutherford possibly contemplated whether or not he should claim Semin...
