Finally the Stars Look to Youth
Mike Modano leads all USA born hockey players in points and goals but now mans the fourth line in Dallas. After he and Marty Turco blamed the team’s woes on agitator Sean Avery, which amongst other things led to his exodus from Dallas, the Stars have not played any better than their mediocre 10th seed standing.
Categories: Around the League, NHLHS Features Tags: Alex Auld, James Neal, Jamie Benn, Jere Lehtinen, Joe Nieuwendyk, Kari Lehtonen, Loui Eriksson, Marty Turco, Mike Modano, Mike Ribeiro, Sean Avery, Steve Ott, Tom Hicks, Tom Wandell
Looking Back at the Canadiens’ Draft: 2000-2009
Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Washington are all Stanley Cup favorites this year. What do these teams have in common? How did they build their successful teams? Through the draft, specifically through obtaining high draft picks for multiple years. Teams like New Jersey, San Jose, and Detroit, prove that a team can win consistently and still build a solid team from within. But the common thread within all these teams is that they have all drafted well.
Categories: Around the League, NHLHS Features Tags: Alex Tanguay, Alexander Perezhogin, Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov, Carey Price, Christopher Higgins, Danius Zubrus, David Fischer, Garth Murray, Jan Bulis, Jaroslav Halak, Jose Theodore, Kyle Chipchura, Louis LeBlanc, Marcel Hossa, Marian Hossa, Matt D'Agostini, Max Pacioretty, Maxim Lapierre, Mike Komisarek, Richard Zednik, Ron Hainsey, Ryan McDonagh, Ryan O'Byrne, Saku Koivu, Scott Gomez, Sergei Kostitsyn, Tomas Plekanec, Trevor Linden, Vincent Damphousse
Does Clearing Jokinen Mean Kovalchuk?
With the departure of Olli Jokinen for essentially spare parts, Flames fans believe another deal will be made. After all, GM Darryl Sutter did effectively clear 500K off his cap after the supposed salary dump. So is Sutter now looking to Atlanta and and acquiring Ilya Kovalchuk?
Categories: Around the League, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Kings, NHLHS Features, Northwest, Pacific, Southeast, Trade Rumors, Western Conference Tags: Ales Kotalik, Christopher Higgins, Don Waddell, Dustin Boyd, Greg Nemisz, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jarome Iginla, Keith Aulie, Leland Irving, Matt Stajan, Mikael Backlund, Niklas Hagman, Olli Jokinen, Tim Erixon, Tuukka Rask
Latendresse Strikes Back
Guillaume Latendresse won this week’s NHL 3rd star. You read that correctly Habs fans, the League honored Gui on Monday, after putting in four goals and four assists the previous week, including his first career hat-trick in Phoenix.
Categories: Around the League, NHLHS Features Tags: Benoit Pouliot, Bob Gainey, Christian Larrive, Eric Chouinard, Guillaume Latendresse, Jose Theodore, Michael Lambert, Pierre Turgeon, Sidney Crosby
Calder Profiles: Matt Duchene
NHL Hot Stove presents it’s “Calder Profiles” series which will profile the top candidates for the 2009-2010 Calder Award.
From the draft to the NHL, Matt Duchene traveled a short distance in order to make his debut. Impressive two-way hockey with speed and skill made it difficult for head coach Joe Sacco and company to keep Duchene off the opening day roster.
