Posts About "Antoine Vermette"
Senators 2000 Draft Revisited - It Could Have Been Better
April 5th, 2020 Being an Ottawa Senators fan is tough. From the early days when the team broke the Washington Capitals' record for most losses in a season, to more recent accusations that they're the worst-run franchise in a league where the Edmonton Oilers exist, life has not been easy in Canada's capital city. Yet there was a time when the Ottawa...
A Recent History of Coyotes Deadline Deals
March 7th, 2019 For the first time in quite a while, Arizona Coyotes had a relatively uneventful trade deadline day. They weren't buyers. They weren't sellers. They just...sat around and watched. And that isn't a bad thing - the 'Yotes have been ravaged by injuries this year, and they knew they'd be getting multiple injured players back in the...
NHL News & Notes: Vermette, Rask & More
January 31st, 2019 In today's News & Notes, Antoine Vermette has announced his retirement from the NHL, Tuukka Rask will start in net for the Boston Bruins and Dustin Byfuglien is progressing well and is considered day-to-day. Related: NHL News & Notes: Watson, Robitaille & More Vermette Announces NHL Retirement After playing in the NHL...
3 Maple Leafs PTO Targets
September 6th, 2018 As we near the start of the NHL preseason, we've started to see players get snatched up for professional tryouts (PTO). There are still many free agents left unsigned that, at this point, just want a chance to stay in the league and there are teams that either want to try and fill a few holes in their roster or just fill out their...
Predicting PTOs: 70 Potential Tryouts
August 17th, 2018 Besides Rick Nash, who is pondering retirement, it’s pretty slim pickings among the remaining free agents. A bunch of veterans past their prime and a fair amount of former prospects who haven’t panned out to date. Add them up and there are approximately 100 players still available who could compete for NHL ice-time this season,...
Sharks Drill Major Hole for Ducks
April 16th, 2018 ‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. For more detailed takeaways from each of the first two games of the Ducks' first-round series against the San Jose Sharks, click here for Game 1 and here for Game 2. Less than a week ago, Cam Fowler's injury...
Vermette Appeal a Waste of Time
February 19th, 2017 Antoine Vermette made a bone-headed decision during the third period of the Anaheim Ducks’ 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild Tuesday. After losing a second straight faceoff cleanly, he gave linesman Shandor Alphonso a mild slash to the back of his legs. The officials immediately stopped play and sent Vermette to the locker room with a...
Crosby Scores 1000, Vermette Appealing & More
February 17th, 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins' captain Sidney Crosby hit a major career milestone Thursday night when he recorded his 1000th NHL point. Crosby became the 86th player in league history to reach the milestone and just the first from the 2005 draft class to do so. https://twitter.com/penguins/status/832383731348414464 Interestingly enough,...
Offseason Moves Haunting Coyotes
December 22nd, 2016 In theory, the buyout of Antoine Vermette over the offseason made sense for the Arizona Coyotes. So did the team's decision to allow veteran forwards such as Alex Tanguay and Boyd Gordon to become free agents. The Coyotes seemingly no longer needed these players; they had Christian Dvorak and Dylan Strome ready to step in and take on...
Kase Gives Ducks Surprising Depth
December 5th, 2016 An exodus of forward talent over the summer raised serious questions about the Anaheim Ducks' offensive depth going into 2016-17. Just 26 games into the season, the Ducks may have stumbled upon a very exciting solution. That solution has come in the form of a wispy 2014 seventh-round draft pick by the name of Ondrej Kase. While the...
Ducks Add Depth at Center but Roster Still Incomplete
August 23rd, 2016 Since the Anaheim Ducks fell one game shy of the Stanley Cup Final in 2014-15, they have regressed with an early first-round playoff exit last season at the hands of the Nashville Predators. It doesn't appear steps are being taken forward as thus far this organization boasts an incomplete roster most notably on the wings. General...
Antoine Vermette Signs Two-Year Deal with Anaheim Ducks
August 15th, 2016 The Anaheim Ducks have signed veteran center Antoine Vermette to a two-year contract, the team announced Monday. Due to team policy, the official numbers were not released, but according to Eric Stephens of the Orange County Register, the deal will come in at $3.5 million with a $1.75 million cap hit each season. His last two deals had...
Antoine Vermette Has Received Five Offers and Will Choose by Monday
August 13th, 2016 According to Allan Walsh, the agent of recently bought out free agent Antoine Vermette, the veteran forward has received multiple offers from NHL clubs and will be choosing his next team by Monday. https://twitter.com/walsha/status/764480450689728512 Vermette was released by the Arizona Coyotes in a transaction that came as a...
