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A Quick Look at an Early NHL Season Preview.

The Score Sports Forecaster was first out of the blocks with their NHL Season Preview for 2008-09, and the good folks at Andrew's Dallas Stars Page has a quick review of the magazine's preview of the Stars, but also the projected playoff teams and where they'll finish the season: Western Conference 1. Detroit Red Wings 2. Dallas Stars 3. ... Read More

 
Mats Sundin Dilema As Of July 31

Mats Sundins agent JP Barry stated yesterday(July 30) that the teams in persuit of free agent Mats Sundin has gone up. What was only 3 teams has now become 4 or 5. "4 or 5 teams are really waiting on his decisi... Read More

 
NHL Jersey(sweater) rankings

Since it is the middle of July and the snow finally melted in Minnesota hockey has come to a stand still for me.  So there is no better time to whip out something that is meaningless but fun nonetheless, Ran... Read More

 
Carolina Hurricanes Re-sign Joni Pitkanen

July 2, 2008 Carolina Hurricanes Defenseman Joni Pitkanen The Carolina Hurricanes announced today the re-signing of Defenseman Joni Pitkanen who was traded to the Canes yesterday for Forward Erik Cole. Luckily, a little less than 24 hours later at 11:50 AM on July 2nd, the Hurricanes announced they h... Read More

 
ERIK COLE TRADED TO EDMONTON FOR JONI PITKANEN

July 1, 2008 Erik Cole (26) and Joni Pitkanen The NHL Free Agency period began on July 1st at high noon, and this year it didn’t take long for the Canes to strike. We have speculated this would happen; yet, I was hoping it would not. At 12:12 PM, the Carolina Hur... Read More

 
Hurricanes Re-sign Pitkanen.

One day after acquiring defenseman Joni Pitkanen from the Edmonton Oilers the Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed him to a three year, $12 million contract, counting as $ 4million per season against the Hurricanes cap. The Hurricanes are committing considerable coin to a player who has yet to be play a game in ... Read More

 
Oilers Ship Pitkanen to Hurricanes for Cole.

One of the NHL’s long-rumored deals finally took place today, as the Edmonton Oilers traded defenseman Joni Pitkanen to the Carolina Hurricanes for forward Erik Cole. The Hurricanes apparently tried to acquired Pitkanen last summer from the Philadelphia Flyers ... Read More

 
Oilers Ship Torres to Columbus for Brule.

The Edmonton Oilers have made their second trade this week. Barely two days after trading Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene to the LA Kings for defenseman Lubo... Read More

 
Latest NHL Trades and Free Agent Signings - June 30, 2009

The Los Angeles Kings last night dealt defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for center Jarret Stoll and defenseman Matt Greene. As per the LA Times this move clears over $10 million in cap space for the Kings although it’s... Read More

 
Oilers and Flyers Make Minor Swap.

The Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers made the first significant trade of the off-season on June 6, as the Flyers shipped forward Ryan Potulny to the Oilers in exchange for defenseman Danny Syvret. The 23-year-old Potulny, who was drafted by the Flyers in the third round of the 2003 entry dra... Read More

 
Dynasties Are Dead: Hail The Dominant Teams

As we await the start of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final, there's a lot of talk flying around about how a Detroit win would create a post-modern era "Dynasty" with 4 Stanley Cups in 11 years. Or how a Pittsburgh win will likely usher in the start of a new hockey "Dynasty"... Read More

 
NORDIE!

Mattias Norstrom is your old-time D-man. His stick has barely a curve and nobody looks for him to make the nifty play, a la Sergei Zubov. An... Read More

 
Grebeshkov Re-Signs with Oilers.

Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe is wasting little time in the off-season getting his restricted free agents under contract before July 1st. Last Friday Lowe re-signed defenseman Tom Gilbert and forward Robert Nilsson to contract extensions... Read More

 
Oilers Re-sign Nilsson.

Within hours of re-signing defenseman Tom Gilbert, Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe re-upped another of his young restricted free agents. On Friday the Oilers signed forward Robert Nilsson to a three year, $5.5 million contract, which wi... Read More

 
Oilers Re-Sign Gilbert.

The Edmonton Oilers on Friday retained a key young member of their blueline corps, re-signing defenseman Tom Gilbert to a six-year contract believed worth around $24 million, or approximately $4 million per season against the Oilers cap. Gilbert, 25, had a breakthrough performance with the Oilers in 2007-08, with 13 goals and 33 points... Read More

 
It's A Canadian Thing ... Part 76

If any one told you at the beginning of the year that Montréal would be the team at the top of the eastern conference regular season final standings, I would have to say they were fibbing. I’m sure a lot of people felt their may be a Canadian team there but they surely would have said th... Read More

 
Looking Back at the 2007 NHL UFAs.

With the NHL season almost over, here’s a look at how the top free agents of 2007 (based on salaries of $5 million or more per season) have fared in the first season of their current contracts. Oh, and for those nitpickers wondering why I’m doing this now (and my review of my season preview l... Read More

 
It's A Canadian Thing ... Part 73

The last weekend in March is also the last weekend for what major league baseball calls spring training. It’s still spring baseball but come Monday the games count in the standings. Monday it’s Doc Hallid... Read More

 
Down to the Wire.

It’s been said that the best hockey of an NHL season isn’t truly seen until the playoffs, but in my humble opinion the race for the playoffs in the final month of the regular season can bring about excitement every bit as worthwhile as a playoff game. This season is no exception, as once again several teams are battling to clinch the final two playo... Read More

 
Updated list of NHL’s 2008 Top Restricted Free Agents.

With the NHL trade deadline now past the next notable round of player movement won’t occur until June, 2008, and most of it will be free agents signing with new teams. While the focus as always will be on unrestricted free agents, this summer the threat of offer shee... Read More

 
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