Posts About "Alexander Wennberg"
Panthers' New Arrivals Should Make a Big Impact
December 21st, 2020 The Florida Panthers have had one of the busiest offseasons in the NHL. The team lost many key-players and traded, signed, and drafted plenty of new players in this offseason. With a lot of new faces this year, head coach Joel Quenneville will have a lot of work to do when shaping up the Panthers' lines. The first line will likely...
Panthers New Forwards Bringing Drive & Intensity
December 18th, 2020 To say new Florida Panthers general manager, Bill Zito had a busy offseason would be a massive understatement. He made moves to change his blue line such as signing Radko Gudas, moving Mike Matheson and trading for Markus Nutivaara. What he also did was try to improve his core of forwards by giving them depth and veteran leadership....
Red Wings Should Have Center Options in 2021 Free Agency
December 6th, 2020 In reviewing my colleagues' opening night lineup projections from October, the one glaring area of weakness with the Detroit Red Wings roster is up the middle. In terms of top-six NHL quality, the Wings have Dylan Larkin. That's it. If the team is going to take the proverbial next step, then they need to find a quality NHL...
Zito Puts Stamp on Panthers Offense in Trades, Free Agency
November 14th, 2020 On Sept. 2, 2020, it was announced that Bill Zito had been named as the new general manager of the Florida Panthers. He filled the vacancy left after longtime GM Dale Tallon and the Panthers parted ways. Tallon, who spent 10 seasons with the Panthers, had a fair amount of success with the club but ultimately found himself on the outs...
Panthers Add Toughness & Depth With Early Offseason Moves
November 4th, 2020 The Florida Panthers saw their season end to the pesky New York Islanders last season in the play-in round. The Islanders showed the league that they are here to stay after having an impressively surprising season in 2018-19. Barry Trotz' players have completely bought into the system and even though they aren’t the greatest on paper,...
Panthers Sign Wennberg to 1-Year Deal
October 9th, 2020 Alexander Wennberg, who was bought out by the Columbus Blue Jackets this week, has signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract with the Florida Panthers. https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1314629908191117313 After he was drafted by the Blue Jackets 14th overall at the 2013 NHL Draft, Wennberg spent six-years playing in...
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Capitals, Oilers, Plus Hall, Duclair, More
October 8th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is news that the Vancouver Canucks haven't given up on goaltender Jacob Markstrom while in Washington, the Capitals are believed to be the favorites to land a different veteran netminder. The Edmonton Oilers are believed to have eyes on a couple of names and both Taylor Hall and Anthony Duclair and...
Blue Jackets Seeing Signs of Wennberg Returning to His Old Form
August 28th, 2020 At the time of his selection with the 14th-overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Alexander Wennberg was seen as a key piece for the Columbus Blue Jackets franchise moving forward as a possible top-line or top-six center as the first selection of newly hired Finnish general manager Jarmo Kekalainen. However, in the seven years...
What Blue Jackets Must Prioritize to Make Playoffs
January 6th, 2020 In part one of our Blue Jackets at halfway series, we reviewed the season to date to see how they came back to the playoff race when things didn't look good. We now turn our attention to the rest of this season and what must happen for the Blue Jackets to make the playoffs. As great as the point streak has been, there have to be...
Blue Jackets Face Tough End of 2019
November 29th, 2019 U.S. Thanksgiving is over. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, that means trying to find their way back into the playoff race before the mountain gets too big. Their upcoming schedule does them no favors. If they are to start back on the right track, the Blue Jackets are going to have to beat some of the best competition in the league....
Blue Jackets Five-Game Checkup: The Second Five
October 25th, 2019 If I were to tell you that the Columbus Blue Jackets are currently on a six-game point streak 10 games into the season, you'd instantly sign up for that. No need to sign up. They are 5-3-2 with points in six straight entering Saturday night's game in Philadelphia. The time has come to check in on the team. New this season, we are...
Blue Jackets Have Some Issues to Address
October 10th, 2019 A sense of relief is in the air after the Columbus Blue Jackets won their first game on Monday. Two losses in a row made for a tough start, and a third would’ve caused some early nerves. Three games aren’t enough to know what the Blue Jackets will be like for the course of a season. Yet, it does allow a chance for the team to...
Blue Jackets Look to Swedish Players for Scoring Punch
October 3rd, 2019 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets are looking to Sweden to help fill the scoring void left by departed star forward Artemi Panarin. More specifically, the Blue Jackets are relying on a quartet of Swedes _ two of them rookies who haven’t played...
