With the start of the NHL's 2008-09 season slated for October 4th several NHL teams were busy trying to pare down their rosters. The Chicago Blackhawks made the biggest news of the day, placing veteran goalie Nikolia Khabibulin ... Read More

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

As I watched the Hockey Hot Stove on sjsharks.com a day or two ago. Two of the San Jose Sharks broadcasters, Randy Hahn and Drew Remenda, had a fr... Read More

The NHL off season is well underway and many teams have made many personnel changes to bolster their rosters. I am going to go through and grade each team on the moves they made so without further ado...Atlan... Read More

WHAT THE ISLANDERS HAVE TO DO IS GO BACK TO OLD TIME HOCKEY.RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A TEAM OF MUCKERS. GO BACK TO BROADSTREET BULLY DAYS AND THE BUILDING WILL BE FU... Read More

From the NHLPA:TORONTO (July 5, 2008) – The following players have elected Salary Arbitration: Boston BruinsDennis Wideman Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose Colorado Avalanche Marek Svatos Detroit Red WingsValtteri Filppula Florida Panthers Jay Bouwmeester Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard Stephane Veilleux Nashville Predators Ville Koistinen New York Islanders Sean Bergenheim New York Rangers Dan Fritsche Ottawa Senators Antoine Vermette St. Louis Blues Jay McClement San Jose Sharks Marcel Goc Washington Capitals Brooks LaichShao... Read More

The Pittsburgh Penguins took action to fill the gaps on the wing left by the departures of Ryan Malone and Marian Hossa on Thursday, signing right winger Miroslav Satan and winger Ruslan Fedotenko to one year contracts. Satan, who had 41 points in 80 games with the NY Islanders last season, will earn $3.5 million... Read More

I woke up about 10:00 AM Eastern and I said to my wife, "Pam, I've just had the worst dream of my life.". I dreamed I was playing for the New York Yanks. I wasn't a star but we were In the World Ser... Read More

The New York Islanders were looking for affordable depth at center in this summer’s UFA market and believe to have found it in veteran Doug Weight, signing him to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. Weight has had a long and productive career as a first and second line cen... Read More

New York Islanders GM Garth Snow claimed prior to July 1st that he wouldn’t make a big splash in this summer’s UFA pool. He apparently changed his mind, signing former Montreal Canadiens goalie  defenseman Mark... Read More

The Florida Panthers have announced placing center Jozef Stumpel on waivers in what could be a prelude to buying out the remainder of his contract. Stumpel has one year at $2.25 million remaining on his current contract. He’d been a consisten... Read More

Captain Canuck is calling it a career. Trevor Linden recently announced his retirement from the NHL after 19 seasons, sixteen of whic... Read More

Who do you think will win the Stanley Cup Finals, Pittsburgh or Detroit? I think that the Pens will win in 6 games. They are on a roll right now and I don't think any team can beat them 4 times in a 7 game series. W... Read More

USA Hockey is replacing gray with green at the IIHF World Hockey Championships in Halifax and Quebec City. The Americans, with a roster filled with NHL players 25 and younger, beat a spirited Latvian cro... Read More

Following the NHL lockout the league’s newly formed competition committee introduced legislation designed to improve their product by speeding it up and increasing the potential for more offense. Among the legislation were restrictions which shrunk the size of goaltending equipment. The theory ... Read More

Ok now that Matt Walsh has agreed to show the NFL his collection of Patriots memorabielia it's time to let the mind wander and try and decifer the advantages to taping your opponent. Also, lets not be crazy and think that the Patriots would have lost every game they played without ... Read More

First let me make it clear I am not talking about all rule changes. I think head-hunting, late hits, hits to the head, and hits from behind should carry massive penalt... Read More

The Penguins have played good all year, but, after watching the Pens play the last month or so, they are looking really good. Can the Penguins win the cup? Read More

Lost in the trade deadline hoopla was the NY Islanders retaining an important free agent, re-signing Mike Comrie to a one-year, $4 million contract. Comrie is the Islanders leading scorer this season and clearly enjoys playing for the club. I... Read More

The Rangers and Islanders (and Devils too) made trades on deadline day. The Devils sent Cam Janssen to St. Louis for Bryce Salvador The Rangers in a pair of deals s... Read More