Hockey News: Kesler Signs 6-Year Extension; Oduya Signs with Stars Jeff Ponder | July 16, 2015 Wednesday ended up being a busy day in the NHL. Here are the headlines you won’t want to miss: Ryan Kesler signs six-year, $41.25 million extension with the Ducks. [OC…
Flyers Hope Gagner Can Revitalize Career in Philadelphia Michael Pityk | July 2, 2015 The Philadelphia Flyers needed to shred some salary and they did just that at the NHL draft. In a bizarre trade with the Arizona Coyotes, the Flyers received the talented,…
Hockey News: Flyers’ Cap Problems Reducing; Recapping Draft Weekend Jeff Ponder | June 29, 2015 Although Paul Holmgren remains with the Philadelphia Flyers organization, his missteps are slowly fading away. Ron Hextall, appointed the Flyers’ general manager position on May 7, 2014, has worked tirelessly to…
Red Wings & Flyers Will Dominate 2015 HHOF Class Bill Schoeninger | June 23, 2015 The Draft is always an extremely exciting time in the hockey world at the end of June. It’s the first thing to get excited about once the season ends and…
The Top 10 Sharks That Never Were Drew Weber | June 4, 2015 Mistakes Were Made Every franchise has made a number of regrettable moves throughout their history. Sometimes it’s trading the wrong players at the wrong time, and sometimes it’s signing skaters to…
Hockey News: Crosby Nets 300; Ducks Clinch Playoff Berth Jeff Ponder | April 2, 2015 The NHL playoff race is exciting as ever, but what does that mean for the bottom-tier teams that are facing one another? Can those games still be thrilling? In all…
Hockey News: Hammond Loses; Seven Years of Jagr; Buffalo Wants McDavid Marcy Di Michele | March 27, 2015 Reality has set in. Andrew Hammond can’t win them all. [Ottawa Citizen] And the postseason is far from a sure thing for the Senators. [CBC] Boston Bruins playoffs chances: will…
The Top 5 Toughest St. Louis Blues Ever Mike Poepping | December 23, 2014 As the St. Louis Blues find themselves in the middle of another mini-slump they hope to end on Tuesday in Colorado (if you can call it a slump at all, they’ve…
Jaromír Jágr the Spacemaker Ross Bonander | December 8, 2014 On the ice, Gordie Howe was an incomparable hockey player. Off it, he’s endlessly quotable. When asked to explain how and why his infamous elbows broke so many noses, Howe…
What Was NHL Thinking in Hiring Chris Pronger? Tom Mitsos | October 10, 2014 On Thursday, long-time NHL bad boy Chris Pronger was hired by the NHL to work for the Department of Player Safety. Yep, you read that right. It's official: Chris Pronger…
Have We Seen the Last of Kimmo Timonen? Andy Dudones | September 18, 2014 With optimism yielding to realistic logic, all signs are indicating that we have seen the last of Kimmo Timonen in the NHL. After the 15-year veteran was indefinitely sidelined due…
Anaheim Ducks Defense: Good Enough For Stanley Cup? Felix Sicard | September 15, 2014 There is a glaring trend among the Stanley Cup champions of the past 20 years: elite, game breaking defensemen. Game breakers come in various forms: some shut down the opposition’s…