Today is a good day to be a hockey fan. We have suffered for months at the hands of negotiations, but now all our patience to see the game we love so much has paid off. Early last Sunday it was announced that the league and the players had agreed to a tentative CBA, and the lockout was finally over. Well not quite. The Board of Governors had to approve the plan, which they did last Wednesday and the NHLPA also had to approve...
Pre-season is almost upon us (hopefully if the NHLPA and the league come to an agreement) but there are still some free agents out there that have yet to sign. Right now one of the questions being asked is where will Shane Doan sign this year? Doan has played for the Phoenix Coyotes his whole career. He’s actually only played for one other team, the 1995 Jets, but they are technically the same since it was after his first season in Winnipeg that the...
I think it’s safe to say “Let’s go Kings,” even if you don’t like the Kings, because frankly they came out of nowhere this season. The Kings had a rough season this year, but they managed to just make into the playoffs this post-season. Wherein they proved once again that it doesn’t matter how you get to the Stanley Cup, just that you get there. They took out number one seed Vancouver Canucks in four games, and then did it again with the number...
As Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals are starting, the freshest thing on many hockey fans’ minds must be: Where have the Phoenix Coyotes been all these years? Right now the Coyotes are leading their series against the Nashville Predators. The Coyotes are up by 2 games, so the Predators are going to have to step it up in game 3 if they want a chance at the Cup. The two teams have been pretty even this season as they are back to...
While the Quarterfinals rounds are still on going, as we go into game 4, there is the possibly that both the Vancouver Canucks and the Pittsburgh Penguins are headed to be knocked out of the rounds early. As for the other series currently on going they seem as they should be. The Blues & Sharks are tied 1-1 as they go into the third game, just like the Blackhawks & Coyotes series, Sens & Rangers, Devils & Panthers and the Bruins vs the Caps....
With less than a month left in the regular NHL season, some of the top teams in the league are already clinching their spots in the playoffs this year. The St. Louis Blues were the first team to due so in the West, while they remain ahead in the entire league. So far they are the only team to due so in the Western Conference, but the Vancouver Canucks have clinched their division so it is only a matter of time before they too...
Since Jeff Carter was traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer, he’s made it clear this season that he is not happy about the trade. Former Flyers captain Mike Richards has been much the same, but now the two former Flyers will be back on the ice again as teammates for the LA Kings. The question remains on whether or not this is going to help the Kings or if they will face some of the adversary that...
It sometimes astounds me how different the NHL standings are from season to season. Last season The New York Rangers were beaten out in the first round of the playoffs by the top seeded Philadelphia Flyers, but this season the tables have slightly turned for both the Eastern Conference contenders. The Rangers have been on top of the conference since the season started, and one of the reasons why this is comes in the form of that wall of a man that is front...
Earlier this week the NHL put out a list of the three NHL players who they believe are the three stars of the past week in the league. If you have been taking notice of the action going on in the league, it is not surprising that among these stars are The Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin, The Flyers’ Scott Hartnell, and The Islanders’ Evgeni Nabokov. Pittsburg Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin is at the top of the list. In the wake of Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby’s...
In case you missed it the Philadelphia Flyers hosted rivals New York Rangers yesterday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park to play a special outdoor game of hockey. This was only the fifth year that the NHL has had the Winter Classic game, and this year the city of Philadelphia got the chance to host this special occasion. The city and the Flyers fans had been preparing for this game for months, but they had to wait a few hours more as the puck...
