Posts About "Matt Cooke"
NHL's 5 Best Agitators of the Decade
April 6th, 2020 The National Hockey League is well-known for its fights. For years, every team had a few players that were not only willing to fight to stand up for teammates, but who knew the only reason they were on the team was to play the tough-guy role. Times have changed. Sure, there are still plenty of fights, but the days of roster spots...
A Few of Hockey's Epic Fails
May 5th, 2017 Scoring a goal in hockey is not easy. The NHL net is 72 inches wide by 48 inches tall. Put a fully padded-up goaltender in the middle of the goal and getting a puck into the net is a formidable task. However, sometimes the goaltender is not in the net, and when a player attempts to score and whiffs, it's an epic fail. While this is not...
Penguins Can't Be Finished Making Moves
July 30th, 2015 The Pittsburgh Penguins caught everyone by surprise two days ago. No fan, no spectator and no member of the media knew that the Penguins were planning to trade center Brandon Sutter so suddenly. Sure, he had been on the trading block for quite some time and it was not a secret why he was there. Sutter is an adequate third line center,...
Matt Cooke Will Be Bought Out
June 19th, 2015 On Thursday, the Minnesota Wild announced that they've placed veteran forward Matt Cooke on waivers for the purposes of buying him out. There had been speculation that the Wild may attempt to free themselves of Cooke, though it wasn't clear that they'd jump on buying him out right away. He has one year remaining on his contract with...
Playing Sean Bergenheim a Bold Move For Mike Yeo
April 16th, 2015 One of the biggest (legitimate) knocks on Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo this season has been roster decisions. Knowing his history of roster decisions concerning players with strong possession numbers in the bottom two forward groups, many fans and analysts feared the worst from the Wild's embarrassment of riches deep in the lineup....
TRADE: Minnesota Wild Acquire Sean Bergenheim
February 25th, 2015 On Tuesday evening, GM Chuck Fletcher made his first move of Trade Deadline season, showing that the Wild have every intention of creating a playoff push. The Minnesota Wild acquired Sean Bergenheim and a 2016 7th round pick from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a 2016 3rd round pick. Bergenheim will be looked upon to come...
Hockey News: Sabres Playing to be Traded; Matt Cooke's Injury
February 4th, 2015 Dave Nonis on the state of the Maple Leafs. Ted Nolan motivates his players with hopes of another team trading for them. Getting Tyler Myers will likely be costly. Kyle Okposo has a nasty eye injury. The Islanders brought back the fishstick jerseys. Matt Cooke's season may be over. The Coyotes are bad now,...
Matt Cooke Likely Done For the Season
February 3rd, 2015 The Minnesota Wild received some sour news on Tuesday afternoon, as they learned they could possibly lose Matt Cooke for the rest of the season. Cooke sustained a charley horse against Edmonton from a Rob Klinkhammer knee a week ago today. He will require season ending surgery for a lower body injury, suspected to be from the charley...
Minnesota Wild's 5 Best Trade Assets
January 27th, 2015 With the Minnesota Wild struggling immensely right now, it wouldn't be a huge surprise to see them as sellers come March 2nd, the NHL Trade Deadline. Currently seven points behind the Calgary Flames for the second wildcard position, it looks unlikely that the Wild will be able climb back into the race, especially with their recent...
Minnesota Wild: Five Things to Watch in the Week Ahead
December 15th, 2014 Let's hope the Minnesota Wild got some motivation from their shootout victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night, because they're certainly going to need it this week. Here's what to watch for over the next seven days: 1. Tough Opponents Minnesota starts their difficult week Tuesday night, when they play the Chicago...
Minnesota Wild Injuries Are Destroying Their Team
November 14th, 2014 The Minnesota Wild started off the 2014-15 campaign very strong, with hot goaltending, great production from its depth, and offensive fire power. That prompted people to get ahead of themselves, myself included, and think things like, Are the Minnesota Wild the Best Team in the NHL? However, once their depth was tested, it brought the...
Avalanche Say Good-bye to the Wild
October 12th, 2014 After Nine Straight Games, Colorado Needs a Change Flashback to April 19, 2014. The Colorado Avalanche just had a dominating 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Gabriel Landeskog scored two goals in the game, Nathan MacKinnon had a highlight reel goal with three assists and it looked...
The Sinister Six Of The NHL
May 13th, 2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opened in theatres recently, and with it comes the hype of the next chapter of the Spider-Man franchise, which will feature The Sinister Six. It also reminded me when the NHL tried the Guardian Project. A project combined with Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, the NHL attempted to use each team's nickname as a...
