Once upon a time, Jonathan Cheechoo scored 56 goals in a single NHL season. He won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy and was considered one of the most dangerous snipers in the league. That was a long, long time ago. A lot has changed since Cheechoo's phenomenal 2005-06 campaign. The latest twist in Cheechoo's strange career […]

When Matt Cooke was signed by the Minnesota Wild, some fans wondered if he'd wear his usual number, #24, with his new team. The number is a special one for Wild fans as it was the number worn by the late Derek Boogaard.  In an extremely respectful gesture, Cooke reached out to Boogaard's family and requested […]

Nathan Horton visited the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday, July 3rd. Two days later, Horton agreed to a seven-year, $37.1 million contract. That must have been one productive meeting. Horton, one of the better free agent options in an incredibly weak field, will carry an average

The Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins might be responsible for the biggest and loudest fireworks during your July 4th holiday. The two teams agreed on a massive trade which will send Tyler Seguin to Dallas and Loui Eriksson to Boston. The trade will also involves a few other pieces, as seen below. Seguin, Peverly and […]

Eden Prarie is a small city in Minnesota located just south of downtown Minneapolis. The town's newspaper, the Eden Prarie News, recently ran a story on Nick Leddy and the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup. Leddy was born in Eden Prarie and he gave an interesting interview about what it takes to win the Cup. There's […]

The Boston Bruins might be having some second thoughts. At the end of June, the Bruins stated they were not going to offer Jaromir Jagr a new contract. GM Peter Chiarelli told Jagr the team was planning to move in a new direction and that the 41-year-old was free to explore other options. A report from […]

The Philadelphia Flyers have signed Vincent Lecavalier to a

This article originally appeared on Fang Faction, a Nashville Predators blog on the Bloguin network. Occasionally we will feature some of the content from the Bloguin family of blogs here on PDL and that's exactly what we are doing with this article from

The Rick DiPietro nightmare is finally over for the New York Islanders. Well, that's not entirely true, but the organization is finally starting a new chapter by using one of their compliance buyouts on their pricey goaltender. The move will finally remove DiPietro's bloated – and hilarious – 15-year, $67.5 million contract from their payroll.  […]

Time for some pop culture news. The sequel to Dumb and Dumber has the green light and the script is currently being developed. The sequel, Dumb and Dumber To, will once again feature everyone's favorite morons Lloyd (Jim Carey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) some 20 years after we were first introduced to them in 1994.  Why […]

The Vancouver Canucks have traded one of their goaltenders. Roberto Luongo, right? Not quite. The Canucks have shipped Cory Schenider off to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for the 9th overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft. The Canucks then used their newly acquired pick for Bo Horvat. Wait, what just happened?  It was long […]

UPDATE: Colmbus has agreed to a two-year deal with Sergei Bobrovsky despite trade rumors prior to the NHL Draft. The report comes from

Corey Crawford was the star of Chicago's Stanley Cup victory parade after he delivered a brief, yet memorable speech loaded with profanity. His comments – ones he likely made while in a drunken stupor – detailed his team being the "biggest bunch of beauties" who "worked their nuts off" for the Stanley Cup. As you […]

Kris Letang and his agent are looking for money. Big money. You might even call it ridiculous money. How ridiculous are we talking? Evidently, Letang has turned down an eight-year, $56 million offer that was extended from the Penguins to the defenseman, as reported by

Fresh off a thrilling Stanley Cup victory, Patrick Kane made an appearance on the David Letterman show to discuss his team's recent accomplishments. Kane discussed the usual topics (the playoffs, how it feels to win, respect for your opponent) before hauling around both the Conn Smythe Trophy and the Stanley Cup.  Kane was freshly shaved […]