Posts About "John Michael Liles"
Projecting the 2018 United States Olympic Men's Hockey Team
July 31st, 2017 What’s been hinted at for months is now reality: NHL players will not be participating in the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games. That means no Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, or Jonathan Quick representing the United States on what would be an absolutely stacked team. Instead, USA Hockey will need to look outside of the NHL when building...
Be Boring, Bruins
February 26th, 2017 The Boston Bruins are playing their best hockey of the 2016-17 season, putting them in the middle of a tight Eastern Conference playoff race heading into the trade deadline. Even with the exciting action on the ice and in the standings, the Bruins should elect to be boring at the deadline. Being boring does not mean GM Don Sweeney...
Bruins Re-Sign Defenseman John-Michael Liles
July 1st, 2016 The Boston Bruins have resigned defenseman John-Michael Liles to a one-year deal. Per Hockey Night In Canada reporter Elliotte Friedman, the deal is worth an estimated $2 million contract. Liles in BOS is one year, $2M — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2016 Liles is a 5'-10" 185-pound Indianapolis, Indiana native was...
John-Michael Liles Will Have Hearing for Hit on Kucherov
March 9th, 2016 New Boston Bruins defenseman John-Michael Liles will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety, the DoPS announced Wednesday. The hearing will be in regards to a hit delivered to the head of Tampa Bay Lightnning forward Nikita Kucherov in Tuesday's overtime win against the Bolts. On the play Kucherov evades Liles as...
How Did The Bruins Fare On Deadline Day?
March 1st, 2016 Deadline Day in Boston. It was a day filled with anticipation at the outset. Pending free agent Loui Eriksson was the biggest fish in their pond and the wild card to what they would do. Contract negotiations had stalled out in recent days, leading most to believe he had certainly played in last game as a Bruin. Well, 3pm came...and...
Breaking Down the Bruins Trade Deadline
February 29th, 2016 At 2:58 pm on Monday's NHL Trade Deadline, Bruins Twitter was rioting about Boston's passivity. By 3:30 pm, Bruins Twitter was upset about the moves that Boston had made. So what happened? In the final minutes before Monday's 3:00 pm deadline, the Bruins made two controversial moves, in both cases giving up draft picks for a veteran...
Boston Bruins Acquire John-Michael Liles
February 29th, 2016 At the very last minute, the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins have made a deal that sends John-Michael Liles to New England in return for Liles has six goals and nine assists in 64 games this season, which combine for a career-high 87 goals and 272 assists through 783 games with Carolina, Toronto and Colorado. He's also...
Edmonton Oilers Should Have Claimed Brandon Gormley
January 8th, 2016 On Thursday, January 7th, the Colorado Avalanche placed defenseman Brandon Gormley on Waivers, most likely for the purpose of assigning him to the American Hockey League and their affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage. Come 12 P.M on January 8th, he had cleared Waivers, with no teams interested in his services. Originally drafted by...
5 Trade Targets For The Kings' Blue Line
December 25th, 2015 Normally when a team is sitting at the top of their division after a large chunk of the season, there is no pressing need to improve their roster. These are not normal times at the Staples Center. The Los Angeles Kings are the first place team in a pretty putrid division, and as this site has already covered, they might be worse off in...
The Colorado Avalanche's Best Late Round Draft Picks
June 10th, 2015 When teams start getting into the late round draft picks, drafting in the NHL starts to become a roll of the dice. Occasionally teams find a gem in the later rounds but for every team the misses far outweigh the hits. On some occasions teams have managed to grab a great player deep in the draft. Pavel Datsyuk was picked 171st overall in...
Is Justin Faulk Overrated?
March 11th, 2014 This year, Justin Faulk received his first Team USA Olympic nomination. The Minnesota native is having a great year on the surface, recording three goals and 20 assists in 61 games. He's averaging just over 23 minutes a game, and has just 33 penalty minutes. However, a closer look at the advanced statistics led me to a different...
John-Michael Liles: A Fit With Tampa?
October 3rd, 2013 The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking forward to their first game of the season on Thursday, and are focused on what they need to do on the ice to be successful. However, there's a seasoned defenseman who recently cleared waivers (by the Toronto Maple Leafs) named John-Michael Liles that could help the Lightning solidify their D-unit in...
