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Blackhawks sign Barker, take care of business
By Derek Felix at 6 July, 2009, 7:33 pm
With a potential nightmare created by the investigation into recent qualifying offers for some of their key players, the Blackhawks acted quickly re-signing six including defenseman Cam Barker to a three-year, $9.25 million deal.
That also included re-signing Troy Brouwer, Corey Crawford, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser and Aaron Johnson. So, most of the depth has been [...]
Rumor: Jovo Cop on Block, Devils interested???
By Derek Felix at 4 July, 2009, 4:09 pm
Happy Fourth of July to everyone out there! Not much going on obviously. Figure it to stay quiet throughout this special holiday weekend.
One player who could be finding a new destination soon is Phoenix defenseman Ed Jovanovski. The 33 year-old veteran is rumored to be on the block with GM Don Maloney looking to dump [...]
FA Frenzy Day 3
By Derek Felix at 3 July, 2009, 3:01 pm
Thus far, it’s been fairly quiet on Day 3. No shock. Hey. Not every day can be as riveting as Wednesday and yesterday had its moments.
Here are today’s signings with probably more to come later which we’ll tack on:
1.Ruslan Fedotenko re-signs with the Pens for 1 yr, $1.8 million. After a blah regular season, he [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s July 1
By Hasan at 30 June, 2009, 10:04 pm
Do you know where your free agents are?
Well technically, UFA doesn’t begin for another twelve hours (at 12 PM EST) but man the moves have been coming fast and furious already starting with the Gomez – Higgins trade a few hours ago of course.Â
Somewhat less surprisingly, Dany Heatley was traded to the Oilers for defenseman [...]
Rangers and Habs make blockbuster trade
By Hasan at 30 June, 2009, 4:00 pm
Less than 24 hours before free agency, the Rangers and Canadiens made big-time news with a trade that was just announced a half-hour ago. New York traded center Scott Gomez, winger Tom Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to Montreal for winger Chris Higgins, defensemen Doug Janik, Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.Â
Clearly the key players in [...]
Isles trade up again, go off board
By Derek Felix at 26 June, 2009, 7:04 pm
Just call it the New York Islander Draft. Now, they have again used their picks to trade up to No.12 with the Wild and draft defenseman Calvin DeHaan out of Oshawa.
Even more amazing, he was off the board stunning the TSN panel who figured it’d be one of Jordan Schroeder, Chris Kreider or even Zach [...]
Islanders draft Tavares
By Derek Felix at 26 June, 2009, 5:46 pm
The suspense finally ended. And with it, there was no major surprise as Islander GM Garth Snow went up to the podium at the Bell Centre with the same poker face before announce the club’s first overall selection of John Tavares.
So, the top rated prospect who’s been talked about for seemingly ever fulfills his destiny. [...]
Draft Focus: The Top Three
By Derek Felix at 22 June, 2009, 5:49 am
In only four more days, we’ll finally know who will go first at Montreal in the much anticipated 2009 NHL Entry Draft. If the past few years since the lockout have lacked drama leading into the big day, that shouldn’t be the case this week when Garth Snow and the New York Islanders finally make [...]
Read More >>Pens cut Detroit lead to 2-1
By Derek Felix at 3 June, 2009, 12:56 pm
Last night, the Pens won a critical Game Three to get back in the series versus Detroit. This time by a 4-2 score with Evgeni Malkin continuing to be their best player notching three helpers. He set up unsung hero Max Talbot for the game’s opening marker and also got primaries on Kris Letang’s power [...]
Read More >>Crosby, Pens See Shadow in Game 2
By Derek Felix at 31 May, 2009, 9:46 pm
Sidney Crosby and the Pens tried. But again, they saw their shadow- coming up short in Game Two falling by an identical 3-1 score to the Red Wings at The Joe.
A year later, they’re in the same exact predicament trailing the defending champs 0-2 with the next pair shifting to more friendly Mellon Arena. Will [...]