Posts About "Wade Redden"
The Worst Free Agent Signings in NHL History
July 2nd, 2020 NHL free agency generates a large amount of excitement throughout the hockey world every year. In some cases, an NHL team will make a great signing, acquiring a player through a low term, low paying contract who brings unexpected results and production to his new team. Maybe they lead the club to a Stanley Cup or two. Related: The...
3 Best Trades in Senators History
January 20th, 2020 The Ottawa Senators have made their fair share of trades throughout their history. Some of those moves have seen them come out on top, but others have fans wondering what just happened. As with any NHL team, the return a team can get for a particular player or pick can vary a great deal. Are they buyers or sellers at the trade deadline?...
Nashville Predators Hire Wade Redden
June 27th, 2016 The Nashville Predators have added another former NHL All-Star to their team, but not on the ice. On Monday, it was announced that the Predators hired former NHL defenceman Wade Redden as their assistant director of player development, according to the Daily Reporter. His role will be to will be to help out director of player...
The Worst NHL Free Agent Contracts Since 2005
June 23rd, 2015 With the NHL free agent frenzy coming up in nearly a week, we look back to the worst contracts given out to free agents since 2005. Each year it seems, one player in the free agent market is severely overpaid for, causing fuss for that team down the road. Often, buyouts are the result of these terrible contracts, and careers can easily...
Sens Fans Have Seen This Marc Methot Fiasco Play Out Before
September 18th, 2014 Here We Go Again While most fans of the Ottawa Senators enter the 2014-15 campaign with the uncertainty of re-signing winger Bobby Ryan clouding their optimism, their focus and frets, could start shifting to the defensive end of the ice. Erik Karlsson's most common partner over the last two years, Marc Methot also remains without a...
Torey Krug: One Hit Wonder?
August 4th, 2013 The Boston Bruins had a pretty great playoff run, coming within a minute of forcing a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals. We saw a lot of great things from these Boston Bruins, but perhaps the best, and most surprising, thing was the breakout of young defenseman Torey Krug. Krug had only played one game in the regular season,...
The NHL Compliance Buy-Out Loophole
July 17th, 2013 Mulligans are definitely nice to have in real life. For those that are unfamiliar, a mulligan is a golf term that allows you to have a redo of a poor stroke. Hockey personalities are widely known to be golf-lovers; this may be why mulligans were adopted in the newest NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). According to Article...
Four Players to Root for in the Conference Finals
May 31st, 2013 Have you heard that the four remaining teams in the Conference Finals are the four most recent Stanley Cup Champions?? (Source: everyone who has ever used social media) While that story has already played itself out, it also means that there will be no “return to glory” or “first championship” story line for most fans to cheer...
How the Bruins Can Eliminate the Maple Leafs in Game 6
May 11th, 2013 The Boston Bruins can't play like they did in Game 5 because if they do, there's going to be a Game 7 and if there's a Game 7--well, that's not good. The team has this problem with complacency. They start out strong, get ahead of their opponents, and then they stop. Everything stops, actually. They stop skating, stop hitting, and stop...
No More Excuses: The Bruins Can Play
May 2nd, 2013 The Bruins were hitting, shooting the puck, connecting their passes and bringing a whole other level of intensity in Wednesday's Game 1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. So, about flipping that switch.
NHL Trade Deadline 2013: Winners and Losers (Part II)
April 4th, 2013 In part I of the winners and losers of the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, I broke down some teams that might have walked away with the upper hand after completing their respective dealings. While some teams might have received the short end of the stick during deadline day bargaining, there are still a few teams left to be...
NHL Trade Deadline 2013: Winners and Losers (Part I)
April 4th, 2013 After all the dust settles from the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, hockey fans can finally start picking apart the trades that have occurred over the last several days. While a number of trades were made before the trade deadline rolled around, players such as Jaromir Jagr and Derek Roy found themselves switching uniforms with about a...
The Week That Was: January 19th-25th
January 29th, 2013 It might have been four months late, but on Saturday, January 19th, 2013, the puck finally dropped to begin the 2013 National Hockey League Season. Despite the aggressive calls for boycotts and protests, it appeared that the majority of fans were excited to see the thirty teams lace up the skates and get back into action. With the long...
