Posts About "Niklas Hjalmarsson"
After Two Solid Wins, Could the Blackhawks Be Turning the Corner?
December 20th, 2010 To call the season the 2010-11 Chicago Blackhawks are having tumultuous would be an understatement. They came out of the gate playing more games and with more frequency than anyone else, and when you couple that with the numerous injuries that they have suffered and all of the expectations heaped upon a team coming off of a Stanley Cup...
As the Blackhawks Struggle, Is It Time For Patience or Panic?
November 5th, 2010 Jim Neveau, THW Reporter-at-Large The defending Stanley Cup champions have certainly had a crazy ride during the past five months. They won their first title in nearly 50 years in June, and followed that up with a cap crunching series of roster moves that saw them gut the depth that had led them to that historic victory. When the...
Wheel of Justice: Evaluating the Wisniewski & Hjalmarsson Suspensions
October 13th, 2010 Columbus Day was an active day in the NHL. 14 teams were in action, and a good chunk of them were teams with serious playoff aspirations. Two of the games ratcheted up the emotion more than the rest, however, and those were the Blackhawks-Sabres and Rangers-Islanders tilts. The Hawks went down early in their game 2-0, but managed to...
A Good Deal: The Stralman Saga Analyzed
July 28th, 2010 As Wednesday dawned in Toronto, Blue Jackets' defenseman Anton Stralman had to feel like a Stranger in a Strange Land. The 23 year old Swede had toiled in relative obscurity over two partial seasons in Toronto, and was swapped to Columbus from Calgary before ever wielding a stick in anger for the Flames. Yet, here he...
Hjalmarsson Fallout, GM's to Trust, and Should Penguins Retire Jagr's Number?
July 13th, 2010 ~ One NHL topic I find very interesting is the Restricted Free Agent offer sheet. Since it's typically seen as a shady tactic, we rarely see them employed in the NHL anymore. Only one player (Dustin Penner) has switched teams via an offer sheet since 1997. Niklas Hjalmarsson, recently offered a 4-year, $14m deal with San Jose, will...
Blackhawks Ruminations: Final Thoughts on the 2009-10 Blackhawks
June 14th, 2010 Jim Neveau, Blackhawks Correspondent -It seems fitting that the final goal of the 2009-10 Blackhawks' season was scored by Patrick Kane. After his off-season transgressions put a damper on the beginning of the year for the Hawks, Kane had his best offensive season yet. Thanks to his weight lifting regimen during the off-season,...
What Rivalry Weekend Taught Us About the Blackhawks
March 8th, 2010 Five lessons this weekend's games taught us about the Blackhawks
