Posts About "Matt Hendricks"
Wild Sign Fehr, Hendricks & More
July 1st, 2018 The Minnesota Wild have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with veteran forward Eric Fehr. The contract is valued at $1 million. Fehr is a first round (18th overall) draft selection of the Washington Capitals during the 2003 NHL draft. He will turn 33 years old in September of this year, shortly before the 2018-19 NHL season...
Perreault Brings Punch to Jets Fourth Line
December 5th, 2017 Mathieu Perreault playing on the fourth line might not look ideal on paper, but on the ice, it's worked out pretty well for the Winnipeg Jets. After all, they finally have a fourth line that can bury pucks. For as long as the Jets have been the Jets, the goal has been to run three lines that can score. They've managed it...
Winnipeg Jets' 3 Fringe Forwards
September 25th, 2017 The Winnipeg Jets are accumulating depth up front better than ever before. Their core top-six remains intact and their constantly fluid bottom-six continues to be an extremely fierce competition. Veterans like Bryan Little, Matthieu Perreault, and captain Blake Wheeler are undeniably penciled into their top two lines. Having Little...
Hendricks Signing Reveals Deep Mistrust in Jets Fanbase
August 30th, 2017 The Winnipeg Jets' signing of veteran tough guy Matt Hendricks to a cheap, one-year deal should not have been big news. Hendricks is a late offseason veteran addition, the kind most teams make this time of year, and should not have inspired any vitriol in Jets fans. Yet his $700,000 contract earned plenty of scorn. Disagree or...
Oilers & Kassian Give Fans What They Want
December 22nd, 2016 As we near the one-year anniversary of the trade that saw the Edmonton Oilers send netminder Ben Scrivens to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for forward Zack Kassian, one can’t help but to take a moment and reflect. While the former is currently playing goal for Minsk Dynamo in the KHL, the latter has managed to not only find...
What Do Edmonton Oilers Fans Really Want?
April 5th, 2016 Despite having had the privilege of watching some of the greatest players to ever play in the NHL and being handed the opportunity to see the game’s next generational talent develop in their own backyard, fans of the Edmonton Oilers have always seemed to hold a special place in the hearts for the so-called hard-working but less...
Oilers: Did Darnell Nurse Step Over the Line?
March 9th, 2016 No matter how you slice it, last night was a tough one for the Edmonton Oilers. As if being shutout by a score of 3-0 by James Reimer and the visiting San Jose Sharks wasn't already bad enough, rookie Darnell Nurse made things a little more uncomfortable with an ill-advised decision late in the third period. After watching Matt Hendricks...
Matt Hendricks Suspended 3 Games
January 12th, 2016 The NHL's Department of Player Safety has suspended Edmonton Oilers center Matt Hendricks three games for boarding Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad in a game on Sunday. The hearing was held late on Monday, with the league not releasing a decision until after a late announcement by the Florida Panthers that Ekblad would be...
Oilers Place Matt Hendricks on IR, Recall Andrew Miller
October 19th, 2015 The Edmonton Oilers have placed Matt Hendricks on injured reserve, the team announced on Monday. The loss of Hendricks is a blow with Jordan Eberle already out of the lineup for an extended stay on IR. Hendricks has pretty consistently been centering Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins so far this season, with Connor McDavid...
Edmonton Oilers Well Represented at the World Championships
May 4th, 2015 The Edmonton Oilers have no part in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still hockey to watch for Oilers fans. In addition to the NHL playoffs, there are also the World Hockey Championships currently being played in Prague, Czech Republic. While it may not be Olympic or World Cup calibre, it is...
Finland Shocked, Team USA Cruises to Victory
May 1st, 2015 Team USA dominated Vezina Trophy candidate Pekka Rinne and the rest of the Finnish squad on route to a 5-1 victory in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The team, composed primarily of players with little to no NHL experience, outplayed second-ranked Finland from beginning to end. Captain Matt Hendricks finished the night with two goals and...
It's Been a Wild Ride for Devan Dubnyk
February 4th, 2015 Drafting goalies can be somewhat of a science. Selecting them in the first round is always risky because they take longer to develop than skaters do, and you don't always know what you have in them. Taking a goalie with your first rounder carries the risk of being a bust (although that can go for any pick). Goalies chosen in the first...
Edmonton Oilers Added Character Starting to Pay Dividends
February 10th, 2014 If you look at the additions Edmonton Oilers GM Craig MacTavish has made this season, there's a trend that becomes apparent. Andrew Ference, Boyd Gordon, Matt Hendricks, Ben Scrivens and Mark Fraser are a few of the new faces in Oil Country this season. A few things jump out with this group, and the first is character. All...
