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Highlights From Arizona's First Draft
June 19th, 2015 With the Stanley Cup playoffs completed, the NHL now shifts its complete focus to the upcoming Entry Draft. Despite recent off-ice issues, the Arizona Coyotes are set to participate in their 20th NHL Draft since moving from Winnipeg. As Arizona prepares to select future Coyotes, we take a glimpse back to the team’s first draft after...
Regina Pats in Today's NHL
October 4th, 2014 Some of you may know that I am from Regina, Saskatchewan a.k.a. Riderville, home of Canada's best football team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Certainly, there's absolutely no argument there. Regina is also known for developing some of hockey's greatest players, all through the Western Hockey League's (and the world's) oldest junior...
Be A GM: Invite 5 Free Agents To Training Camp
September 8th, 2014 With EA Sports releasing NHL 15 tomorrow morning, fans of the franchise will be lining up to get a copy and hardcore gamers will be launching Be A GM mode by night’s end. Even if you don’t play video games, everybody likes to play armchair GM from the comfort of their couch. I mean, who doesn’t have their own ideas on how to...
2014 NHL Free Agency : Decisions Await the Phoenix Coyotes
April 21st, 2014 Current cap room: $1.9 million Projected 2014-15 cap room: $16.1 million The soon to be Arizona Coyotes are in tough in the realigned Pacific division amongst the likes of the Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings. It will be very difficult to get into the top two of that division for some years, so a wild...
Fantasy Hockey: Five Defensemen Under 20% Owned
October 22nd, 2013 Last week, The Hockey Writers took a look at some potentially valuable forwards that were under 15% owned in Yahoo! formats. Players such as Alex Chiasson, Alex Killorn, and Frans Nielsen were just a few of the forwards mentioned, but fantasy hockey managers must also be wondering if there are some defensive gems hidden in their...
Nail Yakupov Scores OT Winner, and Doesn't Celebrate
January 31st, 2013 Edmonton Oilers rookie Nail Yakupov is quickly becoming a polarizing figure just weeks into his NHL career. Yakupov has drawn the ire of people around the hockey world with his goal celebrations, and last night's overtime winner was yet another example. The Oilers had a 1-0 lead over the Phoenix Coyotes for most the game last...
