Posts About "Milan Michalek"
Senators' 3 Worst Contracts Ever
February 19th, 2020 The Ottawa Senators have not been known to spend large amounts of cash in free agency. Unfortunately, the franchise has made mistakes when it comes to the re-signing of certain players. In managing contracts, the salary cap is paramount. These contracts handicapped the Senators for years, and some are still having repercussions. These...
Maple Leafs Need to Make a Move
October 28th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs have a problem, but it's a good problem to have. The Leafs have forwards and lots of them. Some might even say too many. So, of course, something is bound to happen. It's been a very interesting start of the season when it comes to waiver acquisitions. The Leafs opened the season by claiming Seth Griffith from...
Maple Leafs News: Rookies and Milan Michalek
October 25th, 2016 A handful of games into the NHL season and the Toronto Maple Leafs are already making headlines. They have an astounding crop of rookies lead by the most recent first overall pick, Auston Matthews. William Nylander and Mitch Marner have also generated their fair share of accolades with each passing game. Mixed in with the positives is...
Leafs' Puzzling Day of Waivers
October 25th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs always seem to make surprising decisions when it comes to waivers and this Monday was no different. The Leafs started the day by putting Milan Michalek on waivers and finished it by claiming Ben Smith off waivers. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/790584926240399360 This was a puzzling day of waivers...
Milan Michalek Ruled Out For Remainder of Year
April 2nd, 2016 Toronto Maple Leafs forward Milan Michalek has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, the team announced Saturday. Michalek came to the Leafs in the Feb. 9 Dion Phaneuf trade, carrying one year left one his contract with a $4 million AAV. When Toronto acquired him, he was injured. He wasn't able to suit...
Maple Leafs News: Draft Lottery and Returning Players
March 7th, 2016 The 2015-16 NHL regular season is nearing completion. The Toronto Maple Leafs have less then 20 games remaining on their schedule. Knowing well in advance that they weren't going to make the playoffs, after the trade deadline passed, they made the move to bring up some of their most promising young prospects. The goal was to get their...
Analyzing the Maple Leafs - Senators Trade
February 10th, 2016 I remember when the Toronto Maple Leafs first acquired Dion Phaneuf. I was still in high school, and I came home from class and went straight to TSN's website. It was my tradition, as I would check up on all the sports news that I missed during the day. The first image on the hockey area of the website was a picture of Phaneuf in a...
Unpacking Senators’ Blockbuster Deal With The Maple Leafs
February 9th, 2016 Tuesday morning. Coming off a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the focus in Ottawa is the same as it has been for a while. The Ottawa Senators have been beating the word consistency into the ground this year, struggling to look like the same hockey team night in and night out. Once the news broke of a blockbuster deal between...
Who are the Newest Toronto Maple Leafs?
February 9th, 2016 On Tuesday, February 9th, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators shocked the sports world, agreeing to a monumental nine player trade. The key piece of the deal was undoubtedly Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf. Although he had been rumored to be available in trade for quite some time now, his name had seemingly been removed from...
Dion Phaneuf Traded to Ottawa in 9-Player Swap
February 9th, 2016 The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs have pulled off the first major trade of February, sending Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf to Canada's capital in a trade that involves nine players and a draft pick. Heading to Ottawa is Phaneuf, forwards Matt Frattin, Casey Bailey and Ryan Rupert, as well as defensive prospect Cody Donaghey....
Sens' Milan Michalek Out Indefinitely
January 22nd, 2016 For the second time this season, Ottawa Senators forward Milan Michalek will be out of the lineup for a spell. The team announced during Friday's game that Michalek had fractured a finger on his right hand. That's the same hand that he broke earlier in the season, forcing him to miss 16 games. Friday's game was just his eighth game...
Mika Zibanejad Takes Headshot, Milan Michalek Out Too
December 2nd, 2015 The Ottawa Senators lost Mika Zibanejad early in the third period of Tuesday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers after he took a headshot from Philadelphia's Radko Gudas. Gudas got his arm up and put a forearm across Zibanejad's head on the hit. It sent Zibanejad off the ice immediately and no penalty was assessed on the play....
Three Ottawa Senators Who Should Pack Their Bags
October 5th, 2015 Colin Greening has most certainly played his final game for the Ottawa Senators. https://twitter.com/PxPOttawa/status/649968464640245760 With Greening being sent to Binghamton, only $1.7 million of his $2.65 million contract will count against the cap. While cap space is not a problem for this year, paying a player $2.76 million in...
