In overtime of their November 12 game against the Buffalo Sabres, Jonathan Quick suffered a Grade 2 groin strain, and was expected to miss six-to-eight weeks. Despite struggling to regain his 2012 playoff form, his absence was considered a potentially devastating one just a few months after trading away Jonathan Bernier. The Kings, who sat […]

We've covered the Boston Bruins pretty heavily here on PDL over the last few weeks. First there was the Thornton incident (you know, this thing which Thornton is appealing) and then we discussed Brad Marchand mocking the Canucks. You might be sick of the boys from Boston by now, but we promise that the top […]

Hello and welcome to another installment of Faceoff with Steve and Mike, where two of your favorite writers pick apart what's eating the hockey world alive. In this edition, we take a deeper look at everyone who's gone berserk over Brad Marchand's taunting of the Vancover Canucks. Mike Salerno: The hockey community is up in arms over […]

  Biggest Story Calgary GM Jay Feaster didn’t have much time left when the Flames brought in Brian Burke this summer as President of Hockey Ops.  The move to bring in Burke signaled that the Flames were soon about to go in a new direction.  Feaster was fired this week and Burke was named interim […]

  HBO's "24/7" is a must-watch for hockey fans. It doesn't even matter if you hate the two teams involved. The access given to us to see an otherwise behind-closed-doors universe is something we simply cannot get enough of. The first episode of "24/7" between the Leafs and Red Wings aired Saturday night, and it […]

It is a near certainty that no one would ever accuse the Bruins' Brad Marchand of being a classy player. A good player? Yes. A guy you love when he's on your team but hate when he's employed by the other guy? Absolutely. There's something to be said about getting into your opponents' head, but […]

You figured the NHL was going to make an example out of Shawn Thornton for what he did, and it appears the league will do just that. The Boston Bruins' forward will be suspended 15 games for his actions toward Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik. Thornton slew footed Orpik from behind in a scrum, and […]

Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos has some pretty nifty hands. If you watch him on a regular basis, this video showing off his skills may seem fairly routine, but for everyone else it displays just how incredibly talented the forward is when it comes to moving the puck.  His routine isn't flawless, but his movement of […]

In a move that everyone expected three seasons ago, the Calgary Flames (namely, president of hockey operations Brian Burke, who strikes me as someone who has no patience for dithering) have relieved Jay Feaster and assistant GM John Weisbrod of their duties, effective immediately.The Flames got off to a promising start this season only to […]

Ilya Kovalchuk is once again making headlines in North America despite the fact he's no longer skating in the NHL. The KHL forward had some rather interesting (read: dumb) comments about Semyon Varlamov and his domestic abuse case.  We'll let the comment seen on R-Sport speak for itself: I hope to God it all pans out […]

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The World Cup of Hockey is coming back. That seems to be the one thing every person at a certain level of the National Hockey League's hierarchy can agree on. The only question, however… is everything else. When is it going to happen? Where is it going to be played? Who will play in it? […]

Lost in the wake of last year's lockout was not only the 2013 Winter Classic, but also HBO's Emmy Award-winning series, 24/7: Road to the Winter Classic. Luckily though for hockey fans, it returns this year, beginning Saturday, December 14. HBO had this to say in a press release earlier today: For the first time, […]

Saturday night's game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins was, politely worded, a gong show. These two teams don't care much for each other, and that was more than evident in how the game was played. You expect the big hits, but you'd rather see a clean game. That didn't happen Saturday night. The […]

Welcome to this year's 10th edition of Hockey Fights of the Week. This installment is a bit marred by the renewed debate over fighting after the Thornton-Orpik debacle. While that incident was horrible, it's important to remember that it wasn't a fight and it doesn't really belong in the same conversation as the scraps below.  With […]