Posts About "Ron Francis"
10 Greatest Pittsburgh Penguins in Franchise History
January 2nd, 2020 The Penguins have been supremely fortunate to offer their fans two of the game's all-time legends in Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby. But it takes more than a single superstar to win Cups, they need other greats to support them. These players as well as some of the legends in the team's storied past fill out the THW list of Pittsburgh...
Seattle & Golden Knights - Comparing the Expansions a Year In
December 6th, 2019 Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of Seattle officially being awarded an expansion franchise. The still yet to be named team has gone through a lot of development in its first year, much like their expansion brethren, the Vegas Golden Knights. Even if Vegas entered the league a few years before Seattle, they were both awarded...
The Most Important Hurricanes of All Time
December 5th, 2019 Twenty one years ago, the Hartford Whalers franchise packed their bags and shipped out to an unproven hockey market in Raleigh, North Carolina to become the Hurricanes. Since then, the Hurricanes and the city of Raleigh have proven that hockey can not only work in the Old North State, but it can thrive under the right...
'Brass Bonanza' - The Sound of Hockey
December 1st, 2019 I remember the first time I heard "Brass Bonanza." It was while I was playing NHL 94 on my Sega Genesis, something I wasted a lot of time doing as a kid. If I wasn't outside playing hockey in the driveway, I was inside trying to master the wrap around move (you know the one) against the pixelated versions of Patrick Roy or Ed...
NHL Rumors: Peters, Francis, Canadiens, Bruins, More
November 28th, 2019 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there are updates on the Bill Peters situation and how this all might affect Seattle GM Ron Francis. There are rumors out of Montreal that the team might be thinking rebuild and what do the new contracts given out in Boston mean for Bruins defenseman Torey Krug? Bill Peters Apologizes As more...
NHL Notebook: Francis on Seattle; Draisaitl and McDavid's Scorching Stretch
November 20th, 2019 Ron Francis spoke at a conference in downtown Toronto this week a few blocks from where NHL general managers were holding one of their annual meetings. The GM on the league's 32nd franchise in Seattle, Francis won't be welcomed into the room until ownership makes its final expansion payment in the spring of...
