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Last year, the Atlanta Thrashers finished with the fourth worst record in the NHL. Nobody thought too highly of the team that went through the 2008/09 season with 35 wins and 47 losses. This year (so far) has gone much better, though the Thrashers have not received much notice yet ...
NHL
Atlanta Thrashers
from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
How does a player start his season with 11 points in 10 games and barely get noticed around the league?
By playing on a team with Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green, that’s how.
Sorry Tomas Fleischmann, but you’re ...
NHL
Washington Capitals
ESPN
Nicklas Bäckström
Mike Green
NEW YORK (November 20, 2009) —Fewer than five months after hearing their names called as first-round selections at the National Hockey League Entry Draft, John Tavares of the New York Islanders, Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche and Evander ...
NHL
Tampa Bay Lightning
Atlanta Thrashers
John Tavares
New York Islanders
Victor Hedman
via NHL.com ,
Dallas Stars left wing James Neal was suspended two games by the NHL on Friday for a hit from behind on Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Derek Dorsett at 13:01 of the second period of Thursday’s game.
Dorsett was among a group of players battling along the wall for ...
NHL
Dallas Stars
Columbus Blue Jackets
NHL.com
From Reid Jackson at PeteProse.com:
Burning up the hockey news wire the last few days have been reports that the Chicago Blackhawks are close to inking their “Big 3″ – forwards Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, and defenseman Duncan Keith, to long-term contracts that will keep ...
NHL
Chicago Blackhawks
Boston Bruins
from Stu Hackel of Slap Shot at the NY Times,
The line between journalism and gossip has become a very thin one in recent years (and with some in this business, it doesn’t exist at all), and there is an ongoing discussion about whether Twitter is or isn’t journalism. Regardless, ...
NHL
Well, that was an interesting day eh? The league came out and tried the “intent to blow” reach around. That didn’t work, because it’s a crock. But they tried, and now they’re even a bigger piss pot than they were before. You know our league ...
NHL
On Thursday night, the Hurricanes hosted the Maple Leafs with a good chance to stretch their points streak to four games. Although things didn’t go well early on, they battled back. Although they gave up a would-be game winning goal with 30 seconds remaining in the third, they ...
NHL
Carolina Hurricanes
Toronto Maple Leafs
Erik Cole
Lee Stempniak
Neal was finished for the night. Definitely think Neal will be suspended.
NHL
Dallas Stars
Columbus Blue Jackets
A couple weeks ago I wrote that the best teams of the past decade all occurred before the lockout . This was according to a ranking by Puck Daddy . I argue that the decline in the quality of elite teams is caused mostly by two factors: over-expansion of the NHL and the ...
NHL
New York Rangers
Although the Hurricanes are far from the most injured team in the NHL (Carolina has 57 man-games lost compared to 109 for the Canucks), they are starting to run into some cap issues. Carolina started the season a little over their own budget, but with plenty of room under the cap. ...
NHL
Carolina Hurricanes
Vancouver Canucks
Cam Ward
I considered not pointing you to this today, because it feels like I’m just piling on. But this is a post you need to see and it’s a discussion topic we’ve avoided here for far too long.
On Frozen Blog
I’m not sure how much the NBA would miss the ...
NHL
Detroit Red Wings
Not surprisingly, Detroit’s dailies offer nothing. No opinion, no voice whatsoever. Game recaps, references to the no-goal, but not a single inch of copy from a columnist calling this what it is: gross negligence.
But don’t fret. The Free Press has some ...
NHL
Detroit Red Wings
kuklaskorner.com - 2 days ago
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2-1 Dallas. Approximately thirteen minutes left in Detroit.
Wrist shot gets by Alex Auld, rests beyond the
goal line, under his pads, nestled and a clear goal. Referees Stephane Auger and Dennis LaRue? No goal. No whistle, no ...
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Well Gary?
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I’m still collecting my thoughts on the Filatov situation, so here’s something to keep you busy while I do that.
It’s a quick and easy survey, a whopping one question!
“How important is it that Columbus retain the Blue Jackets hockey franchise?”
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NHL
Columbus Blue Jackets
I was gonna type a few words about what a joke Sports Illustrated has become, but you guys are handling that quite well already .
Instead? Our bitch is riding pine tonite in Hockeytown. Alex Auld is in net for Bubba, Sr.
Heika
Marc Crawford said this is a good ...
NHL
Sports Illustrated
Alex Auld
Marc Crawford
from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,
Yes, they played well enough to win in this heartbreaking 3-2 loss to the Senators.
But with just three wins in 19 games, moral victories aren’t worth a damn any more, especially when the script never seems to change.
And now, the ...
NHL
Toronto Maple Leafs
kuklaskorner.com - 3 days ago
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Henrik Andersen with a goal, and then…
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You Call This A Goal Celebration?
from Bob McKenzie of TSN,
Sources tell TSN the Hawks are in the process of finalizing long-term contract extensions for Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith.
Kane and Toews are believed to be getting five-year extensions, with each of them worth in excess of $6 million per ...
NHL
Chicago Blackhawks
Jonathan Toews
Patrick Kane
Duncan Keith
via Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider ,
The Kings’ injury updates are not good.
Ryan Smyth will not play tomorrow night and will be out “longer than that, for sure,” according to Terry Murray. Smyth, still officially listed with an upper-body injury, is scheduled to see ...
