Moulson Avoids Arbitraion
NHLHS New York Islanders Correspondent Anthony Curatolo discusses Matt Moulson and his new one year deal with the organization.
Well, the New York Islanders have added $2.45 million dollars towards hitting the cap floor within the NHL and their salary cap structure.
As Isles nation patiently waited for the arbitration hearing for Matt Moulson, the team surprised everyone yesterday by announcing that they will avoid just that.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, New York Islanders Tags: Clarke MacArthur, Islanders, Jonathan Tavares, Matt Moulson, New York Islanders
It Took So Long to Bake Him: Thrashers Let Clarke MacArthur Walk
NHLHS Atlanta Thrashers correspondent Laura Astorian breaks down the reasons why the organization parted was with Clarke MacArthur.
The Atlanta Thrashers have never had a player go all the way to an arbitration hearing until today, and they had obviously never cut ties with a player because of a ruling they disagreed with. Until now.
Categories: Atlanta Thrashers, Eastern Conference, Southeast Tags: Atlanta Thrashers, Clarke MacArthur, thrashers
Monday Morning NHL Papers (Eastern Conference)
(hat tip to the boys of Illegal Curve. Thanks to their amazing class and their blessing to take over this feature here at NHL Hot Stove. We hope you enjoy the latest daily series.)
Categories: Eastern Conference, Morning Papers, NHLHS Features Tags: Anssi Salmela, Bruce Boudreau, Clarke MacArthur, Dennis Wideman, Eric Staal, Garth Snow, Jaroslav Halak, Mark Stuart, Matt Gilroy, Phil Kessel, Rick DiPietro, Rostislav Olesz, Ruslan Fedotenko, Steven Stamkos, Travis Zajac
Here’s to a New Year Without Head Shots
I am certain that an opinion piece of this nature will upset each team’s fans but these head shots have got to stop. Of course, we are all hockey fans and love the big hit, some live for it but there needs to be a line drawn with the increasing speed to the game. These hits need to stop or else hockey becomes a survival of the fittest in which young players stand little chance of establishing a career due to playing scared due to footage from the last gruesome head shot.
While the League’s general managers mull over a rule change, I would like to propose a rule change of my own. Repeat dirty hits will lead to a permanent suspension from the League. The OHL instilled a similar rule when they banned Michael Liambas, a notoriously dirty player, from playing in their League following a career ending hit against Ben Fanelli. This instance marked just another time Liambas made a questionable hit, you cam see another one on first overall pick John Tavares here. The NHL made a similar move with former NHL pugilist Ryan Hollweg, essentially calling any hit remotely borderline until he played his way out of the league.
The moral of my rant will be that these types of players simply do not deserve a paycheck in the National Hockey League. A League where the rest of the world comes to play and play for the sport’s greatest trophies. What kind of message does it send when careers start to end due to these injuries? Do we need Sidney Crosby or Alexander Ovechkin seriously injured before we start to see lifetime bans?
My nominees for a lifetime ban…
Categories: 30 Team Series, Around the League Tags: Alexei Cherepanov, Andrew Peters, Anze Kopitar, Brandon Sutter, Brent Sutter, Chris Drury, Chris Pronger, clar, Clarke MacArthur, Curtis Glencross, David Booth, Dion Phaneuf, Jarkko Ruutu, Jaromir Jagr, Michael Liambas, Mike Richards, Patrick Kaleta, Paul Mara, Petr Prucha
Restoring the Rosters: Buffalo Sabres
I previously skipped over the Sabres, so here they are.
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.
The Sabres rely heavily on their drafting and development of young players in order to keep their payroll down. Due to their restrictions monetarily, the team has succeeded in producing a vast amount of NHL regulars as well as some well regarded players. Overall, there really is no weaknesses to their lineup from the net on out. A mostly young core, this team greatly resembles the team currently constructed but with more depth and much improved blueline.
The lineup for the Buffalo Sabres is as follows.
Categories: 30 Team Series, Restoring the Rosters Tags: Ales Kotalik, Andrej Sekera, Andrew Peters, Brad May, Brian Campbell, Buffalo Sabres, Chris Butler, Clarke MacArthur, Cory Sarich, Daniel Paille, Dennis Wideman, Derek Roy, Drew Stafford, Henrik Tallinder, Jan Hejda, Jason Pominville, Jay McKee, Joe Thornton, Jonas Enroth, Keith Ballard, Mark Mancari, Martin Biron, Maxim Afinogenov, Mike Zigomanis, Nathan Gerbe, Nathan Paetsch, Patrick Kaleta, Paul Gaustad, Ryan Miller, Steve Bernier, Steve Reinprecht, Thomas Vanek, Tim Kennedy, Tyler Ennis, Tyler Myers, Wayne Primeau
