Posts About "Matt Cooke"
Canucks' Top 5 Agitators of All Time
August 17th, 2019 The Vancouver Canucks have had many greats over the years, from exciting players to agitators that have become fan favorites. Today I will be honoring the latter, the ones that are sometimes underappreciated but valuable nonetheless. With that said, let's start the countdown of the top five agitators that have donned Canucks'...
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...
