Posts About "Brad Boyes"
Examining 3 Free Agents Still Without Contracts
September 8th, 2015 The annual free-agent frenzy is an event that hockey fans look forward to every summer. July 1 marks the day that players' contracts come off the books and they are able to pursue new opportunities elsewhere. Some players get a significant raise. Others sign with a powerhouse in the hopes that they can be part of a championship in the...
Devils Options for PTO's
August 14th, 2015 If August is typically the calm before the storm in the NHL season then it's only fitting that a decent crop of free agent talent still remains ripe for the picking. Salaries and term that might have been deal breakers in July are starting to decrease, as the calendar changes so too the demands of UFA's who are faced with the reality...
Which Remaining Free Agents Could Most Help the Jets
August 5th, 2015 Over a month since free agency started many teams are still dealing with a lot of holes in their roster. The Winnipeg Jets are no exception to this issue. The Jets barely dipped their toe into the free agency pool this year, Matt Fraser was their only signing, instead focusing on locking up some restricted free agents of their own, and...
Free Agents Montreal Canadiens Should Invite to Training Camp
July 19th, 2015 While the biggest free agents have already been signed, it would be a mistake to think there’s no one still out there who can help a given team, the Montreal Canadiens in this case. The Canadiens are undeniably set in net (Vezina and Hart Memorial-winner Carey Price, anyone?) and there’s a logjam at defense, with Jarred Tinordi at...
The Toronto Maple Leafs All-Exile Team
March 11th, 2015 There is much which can and should be written regarding the perpetually atrocious Toronto Maple Leafs. However, for the sake of time and sanity, let's take a moment to address one of the Leafs' greatest deficiencies: player development. One major issue which has come to haunt the Leafs is their inability to successfully draft,...
Deadline Depth: Trading for Forward Depth
February 16th, 2015 As the trade deadline creeps closer, rumors are increasing, and players are feeling the tension in locker rooms where GMs are saying no one is untouchable. Teams hope to land that Martin St. Louis or Marian Gaborik, who can make a huge difference for a team in the postseason, but often the big trade underwhelms. (See: Matt Moulson.)...
Three Trades that Await Shero, Penguins
February 28th, 2014 I've been himming and hawing over potential Penguins' trades for the better part of the past month now. Just the other day, our very own Mike Colligan wrote a terrific article, making the case for the Pens to acquire Ryan Kesler from the Vancouver Canucks and return to their three-centermen model (a la when Jordan Staal was in the...
What 5 Players Could Help The Devils Score?
January 20th, 2014 When the status quo is no longer cutting it and your goal differential is still sitting at minus eight, the "T" word begins to rear its head. The "T" of course meaning trade. Recently, New Jersey Devils President and General Manager Lou Lamoriello, has suggested that if the right player or fit comes along, the Devils would entertain...
Florida Panthers Prove They Can Play With Anyone
October 13th, 2013 After giving up seven goals twice in three games, the Florida Panthers finally figured out a way to put together some offensive fireworks of their own in a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday. It was Florida's home opener and a much needed performance to bring their record to 2-3-0. After scoring just one...
Ilya Kovalchuk is the NHL's Version of Barry Sanders
July 12th, 2013 It was a normal, summer afternoon in the NHL world on July 11 and then at 3:33 ET, the New Jersey Devils PR Twitter account posted this tweet that turned a quiet day into a crazy day, quite unlike one we have really ever seen. https://twitter.com/NHLDevilsPR/status/355409585886076930 Everyone immediately assumed that the Devils’...
Detroit Red Wings' Game-plan Heading Into Free Agency
July 5th, 2013 With the NHL Entry Draft having come and gone, it is now time to shift gears and focus on Friday's NHL Free Agent Frenzy. Because of the shortened season, the deadline to sign all pending unrestricted free-agents was moved up from July 1st to July 5th (my apologizes to all fellow Canadians who were not able to enjoy Canada Day with the...
Blues’ Lack of Scoring Dooms Season... Again
May 11th, 2013 The prototypical Blues fan can speak up yet again. Since Brett Hull left for the Dallas Stars during the summer of 1998, fans have been calling for a sniping forward that will come up with the big goal when needed. The team cycled through the late Pavol Demitra, as well as 40-goal scorers Scott Young, Keith Tkachuk and Brad Boyes to...
New York Islanders Midseason Report Card
March 11th, 2013 With the Islanders having passed the halfway mark of the season, many hockey fans might not have expected to see New York three points out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Even though the Islanders have been inconsistent over their first 26 games of the season, they have shown an ability to play at a highly competitive...
