Posts About "Anders Nilsson"
Nilsson Finding Stability in Senators' Crease
June 14th, 2019 Anders Nilsson was selected 62nd overall by the New York Islanders in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Since then, he has yet to solidify his role as anything more than a backup goaltender. While he has displayed flashes of elite goaltending abilities at times, his inconsistency has always led to him fighting to land his next NHL contract....
5 Forgotten St. Louis Blues Players
February 4th, 2019 The St. Louis Blues have always had near-the-top attendance ratings and boast an excellent list of alumni players such as Wayne Gretzky, Bernie Federko, Al MacInnis, Brett Hull, Chris Pronger and potential Hockey Hall-of-Fame inductee, Keith Tkachuk. Wayne Gretzky, Curtis Joseph and Brendan Shanahan are among the usual forgotten...
NHL News & Notes: Canucks Trade, Ovechkin & More
January 2nd, 2019 In today's News & Notes, the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators have made a trade, Alex Ovechkin has decided to forego attending the All-Star Game and Frederik Andersen is still out with an injury. Canucks and Senators Make a Trade The Canucks have traded goaltender Anders Nilsson and forward Darren Archibald to the Ottawa...
Canucks' Markstrom & Nilsson Showing Improvement
October 29th, 2018 No one in the league was raving about the Vancouver Canucks goaltending prior to the season, but one ranking was especially damning. TSN's Jamie McLennan released his starting goaltender rankings before the start of the season, the results for the Canucks two Swedish netminders weren't flattering. In fact, it couldn't...
Mikko Koskinen: A Puzzling Rumour for Oilers
April 25th, 2018 One of the needs for the Edmonton Oilers this summer is to find a suitable backup goalie that can help take some of the workload off Cam Talbot. It's been well documented how much Talbot plays, and that no goalie has played more games over the past two seasons than Edmonton's starter. Talbot currently leads the NHL with 140 games...
Did Canucks Miss Their Chance to Deal Nilsson?
February 21st, 2018 Goaltender Anders Nilsson’s has played eleven consecutive periods for the Vancouver Canucks. For the most part, Nilsson has dominated, making big save after big save. Even though he has only come out with one win since Nov. 30, he has played well enough of late to keep the dreadful Canucks competitive in games. Coming into Valentines...
