Pros & Cons: Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Our newest feature, Pros and Cons, holds a debate between two of our featured writers as they make an argument for each team in the series. We will continue this series throughout the playoffs as we delve deeper into how these two teams will interact.
Categories: Around the League, By Teams, Colorado Avalanche, NHLHS Features, Northwest, Pacific, Playoff Coverage, San Jose Sharks, Western Conference Tags: Brandon Yip, Chris Stewart, Craig Anderson, Dany Heatley, Devin Setoguchi, Evgeni Nabokov, Joe Thornton, Matt Duchene, Patrick Marleau, Paul Stastny, Peter Mueller, Ryan O'Reilly, Stephane Yelle, T.J. Galiardi, Thomas Greiss, Todd McLellan
Friday NHL Morning Papers (Western Conference)
In NHL Morning Papers we break down the stories published in newspapers around the country. By reading our synopsis the average hockey fan can catch up to all the happenings around the National Hockey League.
Categories: Morning Papers, NHLHS Features, Western Conference Tags: Aaron Rome, Alexander Steen, Barry Trotz, Brad Lukowich, Brenden Morrow, Chris Stewart, Davis Payne, Gilbert Brule, Jarome Iginla, Josh Harding, Ken Hitchcock, Matt Greene, Miikka Kiprusoff, Mike Comrie, Mike Modano, Nicklas Lidstrom, Nolan Baumgartner, Pat Quinn, R.J.Umberger, Robert Lang, Teemu Selanne, Todd McLellan, Troy Brouwer
Restoring the Rosters: Colorado Avalanche
Based on Matthew Pouliot’s series on Circling the Bases, I have decided restore the rosters for every NHL team. Like Pouliot, I have established some ground rules for my selections.
- Each team contains players they originally drafted or signed before any other NHL team. This includes players drafted and not signed, as well as European free agents coming over at an older age.
- I have chosen to leave retired players off the list, and lean toward players in the AHL rather than those deported (KHL, SEL, DEL, etc.).
Essentially I am choosing the best available players for a team to succeed in the current NHL season. All 30 teams will be covered, with grades assigned to forwards, defense and goaltending. After all 30 articles are written, they will be ranked in order. This series’ intent is to reward or shame NHL scouts.
Categories: 30 Team Series, NHLHS Features, Restoring the Rosters Tags: Adam Foote, Alex Tanguay, Brandon Yip, Chris Drury, Chris Stewart, Curtis Joseph, Dominik Hasek, Jean-Michael Liles, Jeff Finger, Joe Sakic, Kyle Cumiskey, Martin Skoula, Mats Sundin, Matt Duchene, Milan Hejduk, Owen Nolan, Paul Stastny, Peter Budaj, Radim Vrbata, Robyn Regehr, Ryan O'Reilly, Samuel Pahlsson, Tim Thomas, Tom Gilbert, Tyler Weiman, Wojtek Wolski
Monday Morning NHL Papers (Western Conference)
(hat tip to the boys of IllegalCurve.com. Thanks to their amazing class and their blessing to take over this feature here at NHL Hot Stove. We hope you enjoy our latest daily series.)
Categories: Morning Papers, NHLHS Features, Western Conference Tags: Barrett Jackman, Barry Trotz, Brandon Prust, Brent Sutter, Chris Durno, Chris Osgood, Chris Stewart, Cody McLeod, Corey Perry, David Jones, Davis Drewiske, Davis Payne, Derek Peltier, Jan Hejda, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Jimmy Howard, Joel Quenneville, Jonas Hiller, Jordan Eberle, Kyle Cumiskey, Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, Marc Crawford, Matt Greene, Matt Hendricks, Matt Niskanen, Paul Bissonnette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Rick Rypien, Roman Polak, T.J. Galiardi, Ty Conklin
