Posts About "Zach Sill"
Zach Sill to Have Player Safety Hearing for McQuaid hit
January 6th, 2016 The NHL announced Wednesday that Washington Capitals forward Zach Sill will have a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety for a boarding infraction against Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid. The hit happened in a game on Tuesday and appeared to briefly leave McQuaid unconscious. He had to be helped from the ice by...
Pittsburgh Penguins Lack Toughness
September 7th, 2015 On paper, the Pittsburgh Penguins are heading into the 2015-16 as a far superior team to the one that was nearly swept by the New York Rangers. Much of the improvement can be attributed to the usage of advanced analytics. There's a common misconception that because "fancy stats" are still relatively new, they do not provide value, but...
Nova Scotia: Hockey's Biggest Small Town
September 7th, 2015 The history of ice hockey is defined by small towns and tight-knit communities. This goes doubly in Canada, where the long, cold winters saw youngsters stay warm and make friends the old-fashioned way - by spending their days on frozen ponds, playing hockey. Nova Scotia has a unique place in hockey, both in a present-day and...
Penguins Cannot Afford to Lose Daniel Winnik
June 2nd, 2015 The 30-year old journey man, Daniel Winnik, has played on six different teams and his latest stop has been with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins traded Zach Sill a 2015 fourth-round pick and a 2016 second-round selection to acquire Winnik at the deadline. In his brief 21 regular season games with the Pens, Winnik was an...
New Penguins Offseason Trade Options - Part 2: Tampa Bay Lightning
May 13th, 2015 The Pittsburgh Penguins are fresh off of a disappointing first round playoff exit where their goal scoring, uncharacteristically, dried up. It was later revealed that forward Evgeni Malkin had an ankle injury, David Perron had a rib injury and Patric Hornqvist was playing with a fully broken rib. Add on to that missing four of their top...
Win-Win in Winnik Trade
February 26th, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Daniel Winnik to the Pittsburgh Penguins for centerman Zach Sill, a fourth-round pick in 2015 and a second-round pick in 2016. Sill has played in 62 career NHL games, and like Winnik, is also an impending UFA. It's a good deal for Pittsburgh. It's a tremendous deal for Toronto. Winnik himself...
