Around the NHL – March 28, 2011 Eastern Conference Edition
The latest installment in a weekly series from NHL Hot Stove correspondent David Strehle that examines teams, players, and issues from around the Eastern Conference. In this issue: Recchi Leaves Mark on Chara - Pacioretty Incident; Bylsma for the Jack Adams Award; Power Failure in Montreal; Boudreau's Tough Decision in Washington
Categories: Boston Bruins, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, NHL Talk, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Boston Bruins, Braden Holtby, Bruce Boudreau, Carey Price, Dan Bylsma, Evgeni Malkin, Jack Adams Award, Jacques Martin, Marc Andre Fleury, Mark Recchi, Max Pacioretty, Michal Neuvirth, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ray Shero, Semyon Varlamov, Sidney Crosby, Tyler Myers, Zdeno Chara
Hardware Hopefuls: Tim Thomas
As the season winds down NHL Hot Stove will be making cases for which players deserves certain awards. NHLHS Boston Bruins correspondent Cassie Villa gives her opinion on why Bruins netminder Tim Thomas deserves consideration for the top goalie honours.
Categories: Boston Bruins Tags: Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, NHL Awards, past winners, Ryan Miller, Tim Thomas, Vezina trophy
Around the NHL – March 21, 2011 Eastern Conference Edition
The latest installment in a weekly series from NHL Hot Stove correspondent David Strehle that examines teams, players, and issues from around the Eastern Conference. In this edition: Matt Cooke does it again; The Islanders with a Bright Future; Goal struggles in Tampa Bay; The Price is Right in Montreal.
Categories: Eastern Conference, NHL Talk, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Carey Price, Colin Campbell, Dan Bylsma, Dwayne Roloson, Eastern Conference, Guy Boucher, Henrik Lundqvist, Jack Capuano, Jaroslav Halak, Jimmy Howard, John Tavares, Marc Savard, Martin St.Louis, Matt Cooke, Michael Grabner, New York Islanders, Pavel Kubina, Ryan McDonagh, Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning, Victor Hedman, Vinny Lecavalier
The Broad Street Breakdown
Excluding empty-net goals, Philadelphia has not scored more than three goals in regulation in any of their last 14 contests, and have been losers in their last three contests, 1-3-1 in the last five, and 2-4-1. What is needed to turn things around? A renewed sense of urgency is a good start.
Categories: Eastern Conference, NHL Talk, Philadelphia Flyers, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Andrej Meszaros, Carey Price, Chris Pronger, Claude Giroux, Danny Briere, Dion Phaneuf, James van Riemsdyk, Jeff Carter, Joe Mullen, Kimmo Timonen, Kris Versteeg, Mike Richards, National Hockey League, NHL, Paul Holmgren, Peter Laviolette, Philadelphia Flyers, sergei bobrovsky, Vincent Lecavalier
Canadiens beat Struggling Lightning, 4-2
Montreal looked to continue their recent success as they came into Tampa on Saturday night on a three game winning [...]
Read more...Categories: Eastern Conference, Tampa Bay Lightning, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Carey Price, David Desharnais, Dominic Moore, Dwayne Roloson, Hal Gill, Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens, Scott Gomez, Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tomas Plekanec
Statement game needed from Flyers after loss in Tampa
Tonight is as good a time as any with which to make a statement against a very good Nashville Predators club. And what better way for Bobrovsky to show that he is not only the goaltender of the future, but also the goaltender of the present.
Categories: Eastern Conference, Nashville Predators, NHL Talk, Philadelphia Flyers, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Anders Lindback, Brian Boucher, Carey Price, Dwayne Roloson, J.S Giguere, Miikka Kiprusoff, National Hockey League, NHL, Paul Holmgren, Pekka Rinne, Peter Laviolette, Philadelphia Flyers, Ray Emery, sergei bobrovsky, Tim Thomas, Tomas Vokoun
Cardiac Canadiens start post-ASG schedule with victory over Caps
The Montreal Canadiens opened up their unofficial second half of the season with a 3-2 shootout win over the Washington Capitals after falling behind 2-0. NHLHS Montreal Canadiens correspondent Jared Book says you can call this Canadiens team a lot of things, but giving up is not in their vocabulary.
Categories: Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, Alexandre Picard, Brian Gionta, Carey Price, hockey, lars eller, Max Pacioretty, Mike Cammalleri, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Scott Gomez, Tomas Plekanec, Yannick Weber
Flyers storm into All-Star break with 5-2 blitz of Habs
NHLHS Philadelphia Flyers Correspondent David Strehle looks at the club's performance in their last contest before the All-Star break, and how it differed greatly from a December 20th game prior to the holiday break.
Categories: Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, NHL Talk, Philadelphia Flyers, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Carey Price, Chris Pronger, Claude Giroux, Danny Briere, Jeff Carter, Kimmo Timonen, Les Habitants, Mike Richards, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, NHL, orange-and-black, Peter Laviolette, Philadelphia Flyers, PK Subban, sergei bobrovsky
The dilemma of the All Star Game
With all the changes to the NHL All Star Game, NHLHS correspondent Bill Kellett gives a few ideas of his own for the annual ASG.
Categories: Fantasy Hockey, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, All-Star Game, Carey Price, New Rules, NHL, Sedin, Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos, Tim Thomas
Four Pens voted to the 2011 All-Star Game
NHLHS Pittsburgh Penguins correspondent Robbie Naugle takes a look at the four Penguins' players who were voted by the fans to start in this year's All-Star Game in Carolina.
Categories: Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, All-Star Game, Brent Johnson, Carey Price, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Daniel Sedin, Evgeni Malkin, Henrik Sedin, Kris Letang, Marc Andre Fleury, NHL, Patrick Kane, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals
Canadiens slump is not terminal
A 2-5 road trip was followed up with an overtime loss at home to one of the teams the Montreal Canadiens are chasing but NHLHS Montreal Canadiens NHLHS Correspondent Jared Book says there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Categories: Montreal Canadiens Tags: Alex Auld, Alexandre Picard, Andrei Kostitsyn, Benoit Pouliot, Brian Gionta, Carey Price, hockey, James Wisniewski, Josh Gorges, lars eller, Maxim Lapierre, Mike Cammalleri, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, P.K. Subban, Pierre Gauthier, Yannick Weber
A Bruins look back: The Marco Sturm show
The melodrama that is the Marco Sturm saga continues to live on and NHLHS Editor Brandon Macdonald takes a look at the speedy forwards tenure with the Bruins.
Categories: Boston Bruins, Cost Efficiency, Eastern Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Blake Wheeler, Boston Bruins, Brad Boyes, Carey Price, Jared Knight, Joe Colborne, Joe Thornton, Jordan Caron, Los Angeles Kings, Marc Savard, Marco Sturm, Michael Ryder, NHL, Patrice Bergeron, Peter Chiarelli, Philadelphia Flyers, Providence Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Tim Thomas, Tyler Seguin
Original Six hockey leads to eventful night
NHLHS Correspondent Christina Roberts attended the Red Wings/Canadiens game Friday night. Needless to say, it was awesome.
