By Alexander Monaghan Coming out of the lockout of 2004-2005, the Buffalo Sabres were not followers, they were leaders. Their young, exuberant team — led by spark-plugs Daniel Briere and Chris Drury — came out of the gate with a bang, racing past the competition in their most dominant display of their 42-year history. Those teams won 52 [...]
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By Alexander Monaghan Everyone is doing it, so I thought: why not? Peer pressure or not, below is my third annual mock draft of the first round. Some of the picks were made due to reading the opinions of beat writers and supposed rumors/rumblings, but most of it is educated guesswork. Obviously some picks will [...]
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By Alexander Monaghan “He’s gonna be a good player. And we don’t trade kids.” – Glen Sather on Chris Kreider Following the New York Rangers’ demoralizing Eastern Conference Finals loss, the team’s president and general manager remained true to the cause. His team finished the season with 12 homegrown studs and an average age of [...]
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Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins Starting Goalies: MTL- Carey Price confirmed [@NHLBruins] BOS- Tim Thomas confirmed [Fluto Shinzawa] Lineups: MTL Michael Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec, Michael Blunden Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais, Erik Cole Travis Moen, Lars Eller, Andrei Kostitsyn Mathieu Darche, Petteri Nokelainen, Yannick Weber Josh Gorges, PK Subban Hal Gill, Rafael Diaz Alexei Emelin, Tomas [...]
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Today is a sad day at NHL Hot Stove as we close up shop. I would like to thank every one who has ever contributed, commented and read our site. It was a fantastic ride which unfortunately we can no longer keep up. Myself and David Strehle are taking on bigger roles at RLDHockey.net [...]
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By Patrick Powell 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, Game 7. The very mention of the game creates an uneasy feeling in the minds of Flyers’ fans. Not only did the Flyers miss an opportunity to go to the Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars, but then maligned superstar, Eric Lindros, suffered a concussion on a [...]
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While the Oilers have fallen on hard times, 'The Kid Line' has been integral in helping the club's poor PP of last year improve immensely. Right now, it is the only successful aspect in Edmonton's game.
By Alexander Monaghan President Two days ago, ESPN’s Alvin Chang released his ‘Biggest draft busts since 1990′. To no one’s surprise, the Ottawa Senators have a notorious draft selection by the name of Alexandre Daigle featured within it’s contents. Surprisingly, he’s only listed at number three while blue-line stalwart Chris Phillips is currently listed at [...]
Read more... Some have said the reason Pittsburgh is spelled with an "h" at the end is because it stands for "home". For Jagr and Talbot, two players who called Pittsburgh their home for so long, we shall see if that, indeed, holds true tonight.
By Alexander Monaghan President When describing Marian Gaborik, one label typically is attached to the scoring winger: injury prone. Gaborik earned these honors after missing significant chunks of five separate seasons and failing to play 82 games even once over his 11 year NHL tenure. However, when on his game, he should carry the distinction [...]
Read more... Last night's 5-1 debacle in Tampa Bay, in which the Philadelphia Flyers outshot the Lightning, 32-16, raised numerous questions to explore regarding the recent play of the orange-and-black.
By Alexander Monaghan President When the NHL roster freeze is removed, it will effectively turn the heat up from its current simmer on this year’s hot stove. In fact, Greg Wyshynski and Jeff Marek chose to make it their topic of the day for their fantastic #MvsW podcast, asking “who is the first name player [...]
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After an ugly 8-0 pounding at the hands of the Boston Bruins last week, that nasty game in Beantown perhaps could be used motivation in this week's three-game homestand in front of full houses. Time for these Florida Panthers to start grabbing points however they may come and padding that cushion again.