This August has been a much quieter time for real NHL news than in recent ones post-lockout, and for good reason: most NHL reporters were either on vacation or covering the recent Summer Olympics in Beijing, while most NHL general managers and their staff were vacationing or off on scouting missions. Of course idle hands are the devil’s work and some folks (none of them accredited hockey repor... Read More

The Hockey News recently published its annual NHL yearbook and as usual one of the notable features is its Top Fifty NHL Players listing for the upcoming season. Although I’m now a free-lance contributor to THN.com that won’t prevent me from critiquing thi... Read More

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

Boston BruinsDennis Wideman Colorado Avalanche Marek Svatos Detroit Red WingsValtteri Filppula Florida Panthers Jay Bouwmeester Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard Stephane Veilleux Nashville Predators Ville Koistinen Ottawa SenatorsAntoine Vermette Capitals Shaone Morrisonn Read More

With the almost insane amounts of cash professional athletes make today, how is it possible to go bankrupt or make it unable to repay loans? Case in point, Sergei Federov. With the insane amounts of money this guy has made, especially during his prime in Detroit, is h... Read More

Here's part 3 of 6 of my rankings for how teams have done this off-season through free-agency and through trades as well.**FYI, the grade I give the team is for their off ice performance this summer, it doesn't reflect ... Read More

The number of notable free agents still available in this summer’s NHL UFA free agent market has shrunk considerably, and over the past two days the list grew even smaller with the announced signings of veteran forwards Pavol Demitra and Sergei Fedorov. Demitra signed with the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, while on Wednesday the Washington Capit... 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 Tampa Bay Lightning continue to be one of the busiest teams in the league in recent days. After focusing on signing forwards the Bolts turned their attention to the goaltending depth b... Read More

The Chicago Blackhawks made a major splash in the 2005 free agent market by signing the best available free agent goaltender. Three years later, they’ve done it again, signing Cristobal Huet to a reported four year deal ... Read More

The Washington Capitals have signed a starting goaltender but it’s not Cristobal Huet. In a move that obviously means Huet’s short tenure with the Capitals is over, the club has sig... Read More

The first significant free agent signing of the NHL’s UFA market wasn’t an unrestricted free agent but rather a restricted on. Defenseman Mike Green re-signed a four-year deal worth $5.25 million per season with the Washi... Read More

- After the frenzy of player trades during the opening round of the NHL 2008 Entry Draft only one of significance took place in the subsequent rounds, as the Colorado Avalanche dealt forward Brad Richardson to the Los Angeles Kings for the 61st overall pick in the draft. Richardson, a 23-year-old checking forward, spent the past three seasons bouncing between the ... Read More

Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is looking to improve his blueline corps this season and at the draft made a small but perhaps significant step in that direction by obtaining Steve Eminger and the 84th overall pick from the Washington Capitals for the 29th overall pick. The 24-year-old Eminger was until this past season considered a key part of the promising you... Read More

The NHL recently released their All-Star and All-Rookie Teams for the past season:ALL-STARS:First team:Goaltender: Evgeny Nabokov, San Jose Sharks. Defensemen: Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings. Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames. Center: Evgeni Malki... 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

Breaking news right now! Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals hockey star will be named Most Valuable Player next week. This comes after an NHL.com T-shirt was released for sale with “Ovechkin MVP” or something along... Read More

At first, I thought it was pregame jitters for Crosby and Malkin during their first Stanley Cup Finals, but then I realized that the NHL had not changed much since the lockout. The Red Wings level of play reminded me of old school “trapping” with a tight defensive end. Som... Read More

The Washington Capitals made their first significant signing of their off-season, re-signing veteran winger Matt Bradley to a new contract. Bradley was eligible for unrestricted free agency on July 1st, but decided to forego it to re-... Read More

That’s the suggestion of some Flyers fans in chat rooms, message boards and blogs, as well as in comments on some of my Foxsports.com articles. NHL officiating always gets knocked more in the post-season than it does in the r... Read More