Posts About "Anders Lindback"
Lightning Have Strong Swedish Connection
November 6th, 2019 On Nov. 8 and 9, the Tampa Bay Lightning will play back-to-back games against the Buffalo Sabres in Stockholm, Sweden as a part of the 2019 NHL Global Series. This matchup between the Lightning and the Sabres will be a tantalizing one for the Swedish crowd, as both teams feature a star Swedish defensemen. For the Lightning, you have...
Sabres' Swedes Through the Years
November 5th, 2019 As part of the NHL’s Global Series, the Buffalo Sabres will face the Tampa Bay Lightning Nov. 8-9 at Ericsson Globe — a 13,850-seat arena in Stockholm, Sweden. With the Sabres in Sweden, it presents a perfect opportunity to reflect back on the Swedish influence that’s made its way into the NHL, and specifically, the Blue &...
Devils Camp: A Goaltender Competition?
September 28th, 2016 When the New Jersey Devils officially opened training camp last week, the words “goaltending competition” were not readily anticipated but that very well could be one of the camp’s most important storylines. Goaltender Cory Schneider is the team’s solidified number one goalie as well as one of the league’s elite...
Anders Lindback and Brian Gibbons Get PTOs With Devils
September 16th, 2016 The New Jersey Devils have announced that they are bringing goaltender Anders Lindback and center Brian Gibbons into training camp on professional tryouts (PTO). https://twitter.com/NJDevilsPR/status/776780425775702016 The 28-year-old has bounced around on a series of one-year deals to backup at various teams over the last handful...
Maple Leafs: 7 Options to Backup Andersen
July 13th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs' rebuild is well under-way, and is already showing considerable promise in terms of what the future will hold. Primarily, the 2016 NHL Draft saw the Leafs land their long-awaited franchise centre-ice man of the future in Austin Matthews, who will be a major addition to an already highly skilled pool of budding...
Mike Smith Likely Out Another Month
February 2nd, 2016 Arizona Coyotes general manager Don Maloney announced Tuesday that the team expects goaltender Mike Smith to miss at least another month of play. Maloney would be "surprised" if Smith was ready to go at any point in February, according to Craig Morgan of AZ Sports. Smith went out in December with a lower abdomen injury that required...
Discipline Continues To Be An Issue With Coyotes
December 30th, 2015 For a team which believes it has improved and made strides in a positive direction, what happened to the Arizona Coyotes Tuesday night should be a major lesson. While teams like to thrive on offense, it’s defense and discipline which wins games. And, Stanley Cups. The game Tuesday night was just one contest in a...
Gordon's Hit Challenges NHL Concussion Protocol
December 29th, 2015 If the hit to Arizona Coyotes’ forward Boyd Gordon’s head would have been on Monday Night Football, or some other high-profile event, social media, the members of the Fourth Estate of newspaper writers and web content managers would have been all over this. Direct blow, concussion, concussion protocol, player safety. These...
Mike Smith Out At Least Two Months After Surgery
December 17th, 2015 The Arizona Coyotes announced that goaltender Mike Smith will miss at least two months after having surgery in Philadelphia this week. The team is calling it a “core injury,” but has not identified a specific issue. According to reports, the injury is similar to one that Smith had while with the Stars in 2004 and that...
Who's in Net for the Coyotes in 2016 (and Beyond)?
October 14th, 2015 Well there is Mike Smith and…. Well there is Mike Smith. His contract is too big to move, and the Coyotes couldn’t get much for him with his subpar play the past few years. Devan Dubnyk was brought in last season to spell Smith, but he ended up playing so well he was traded to the Wild then rewarded with a playoff run and new...
Antti Niemi Primed To Seize The Stars' #1 Goalie Job
August 13th, 2015 When Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill traded for, and then soon after signed, veteran goaltender Antti Niemi this summer, it was a loud and clear message that the team's goaltending was simply not good enough last season. With the Stars' usually reliable number one goalie Kari Lehtonen slumping to the worst season of his career...
Arizona Coyotes Obtain Goaltender Anders Lindback
July 1st, 2015 https://twitter.com/ArizonaCoyotes/status/616307679049334784 The Arizona Coyotes have signed Anders Lindback to a one-year deal. Lindback has made his way around the league, playing for four different teams over his six-year career. Now he finds himself with the organization that held the third-overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry...
Buffalo Sabres Offseason Blueprint Part II: Goaltending
May 18th, 2015 In part two of my three-part series, I look at the Sabres goaltending plan going forward. The goaltending position might be the biggest question mark entering the offseason. The Sabres appear to have no definitive plan at the position for next season. Buffalo will likely need to look outside the organization to fill their need in...
