Posts About "Mike Knuble"
San Jose Sharks Are Setting Themselves Up for Another Disappointing Season
July 25th, 2012 So much for those "big changes" hinted at by Doug Wilson and promised by the media. So much for dismantling the core and "blowing up" the team after a pathetic first round exit against the St. Louis Blues. It had me excited (heck, it had all of us excited) at the possibility of acquiring some top-flight free agents or making a huge...
With Parise Gone, Should the Devils Trade Travis Zajac?
July 5th, 2012 With Zach Parise taking his talents to the Twin Cities, the New Jersey Devils now find themselves asking, 'How do we replace Parise's offense and his presence on the team?' Despite the bleak outlook amongst the team's fans, GM Lou Lamoriello still has a myriad of options to improve the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. First and...
2 More Years of Marty & the Moose in New Jersey
July 2nd, 2012 While the New Jersey Devils and the rest of the NHL (and its fans) wait for Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to decide where they will spend the next chapters of their careers, the Devils re-signed two key pieces of their team -- inking Martin Brodeur and Johan Hedberg both to two-year deals on Monday afternoon. Both netminders played well...
UFAs Spotted Over Washington
May 16th, 2012 What can be said for the Washington Capitals 2012 Cup drive? It was a team effort. They got OT winners from fourth liners, divvied up ice time so that everybody got a slice, won as a team, lost as a team, and now it looks like the team will be broken up. By July 1st Alex Semin, Dennis Wideman, Keith Aucoin, Jeff Halpern and Mike Knuble...
The Trials Of The Washington Capitals
April 24th, 2012 This certainly wasn’t the season the Washington Capitals wanted but it was the season they needed. After winning the Southeast Division four consecutive years and the President’s Trophy in 2009-10, the Caps struggled early and often. It took the firing of beloved coach Bruce “Gabby” Boudreau to begin to process of righting...
Sabres Beat Caps in D.C., Playoffs Inching Farther Away for Washington
March 28th, 2012 Few would have predicted late March's game between the Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals to feature playoff implications, but with the Caps and Sabres tied with 84 points before their Mar. 26 date, it sure would be one to watch. While the Sabres have gotten hot recently, fighting their way back into the race after a first half to...