0 comments by Laura Astorian on 4/11/2013
The NHL has officially released a press statement regarding their alliance with the You Can Play Project. From the press release: "NHL players have supported the You Can Play Project since its inception, which we are pleased to formalize and expand upon with today's announcement," said Don Fehr, NHLPA Executive Director. "The players believe our […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 4/10/2013
Pekka Rinne has always been one of the NHL's elite netminders, and has been a key cog in the Nashville Predators' machine. Unfortunately, the machine has hit a snag, and the key cog hasn't gotten the defensive support that he usually receives. Rinne is an absolute workhorse, and if you're the backup in Nashville, you […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 4/8/2013
The NHL isn't holding their Premiere series next season. The popular start to the season obviously got scrapped this year with the lockout, and it'll be scrapped for the time being. Why? Because the league doesn't want it to just be a novelty outreach to the European markets. Instead, it wants a more permanent outreach. […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 4/5/2013
Fighting Evander Kane isn't usually something people enter into lightly, at least not after his one and done knockout of Matt Cooke a couple years ago. He's not only one of the best forwards in the league (and probably the best player on the Winnipeg Jets), he's also got a little temper on him. Alexei […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 4/3/2013
Ottawa Senators goaltender Ben Bishop was rumored to be on the block today thanks to the impending return of starter Craig Anderson. Bishop's outstanding play this season (8-5-0 with a .922 SV% and a 2.45 GAA) has really inflated his trade value well over what the Senators had to give up to the Blues last […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 4/1/2013
The NHL will periodically send out Fan Face Off surveys to people with NHL.com accounts that have opted in for the survey. Normally, they're borderline tedious things that are obviously meant for demographic studies or to figure out what to broadcast for ratings. This last one that was sent out, though, was a little different. […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/31/2013
Everyone expected seeing Jarome Iginla in a Penguins uniform would be weird. He'd been a Flame for so long, most people assume that every shirt in his wardrobe is red. It's just weird to think about him being with another team, so his debut with the Pittsburgh Penguins was bound to be odd. Just not […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/28/2013
It's tough. I know it is. You have a player which played for your franchise through their formative years (regardless of if they were drafted by your organization or not), a player who has grown with the team, and you place expectations on him. You expect him to live up to his talent level, and […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/22/2013
Martin Brodeur has scored three goals in his career, including the playoffs. Thursday night, Marty was credited with a goal in his first game back from injury against the Carolina Hurricanes. He was the last Devil to touch the puck before a horrible miscue by the 'Canes. Brodeur was given credit for the goal. It […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/21/2013
This is the third of a four-part series by the Puck Drunk Love staff examining the league's most overrated and underrated players. To come to these conclusions, the staff put their heads together and came up with a list based mostly, but not entirely, on the following criteria: salary, how production affected expectations, fan and […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/18/2013
You may recall Buffalo Sabres noted dirty play guy Patrick Kaleta got suspended for five games for nearly breaking Brad Richards' neck against the boards. Upon his return from suspension, interim Sabres coach Ron Rolston benched Kaleta, as an extension of his punishment, presumably to send a point. I guess it kind of worked, because […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/13/2013
Corey Perry doesn't exactly have the best reputation for a goal scorer. So far this year he has nine goals and 15 assists, and he'll probably have a nice hefty suspension to go along with it after this hit in Tuesday night's game between the Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild: http://youtube.com/watch?v=i172oFWdZp8?rel=0 It's obviously a late […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/9/2013
It had to happen sooner or later — the Chicago Blackhawks' NHL record games with a point streak had to end. The Colorado Avalanche, the team that was, at the time, tied for last place in the Western Conference, were the team to do it it. They blew out the Hawks in Denver by a […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 3/7/2013
Dave Dziurzynski only has nine games of NHL experience with the Ottawa Senators this season, and this might be one of those nine that he'd like to forget — if he can remember it to begin with. The rookie made the mistake of going toe-to-toe with Toronto Maple Leafs tough guy Frazer McLaren, just 26 […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 2/28/2013
The Ryan O'Reilly saga has been, in a word, odd. The Colorado Avalanche haven't exactly been forking over money for the forward's talents. The forward had 18 goals and 37 assists last season for the Avalanche, and had been expecting a bit of a payday. Even his father got into the mix, taking to Twitter […]
