0 comments by Jeffrey Kleiman on 4/2/2013
A little more than a week after the Dallas Stars traded Brenden Morrow to the Pittsburgh Penguins, general manager Joe Nieuwendyk pulled another trade from under his sleeve on Tuesday. This time, he sent center Derek Roy to the Vancouver Canucks for prospect Kevin Connauton and a second-round draft pick. Roy will be an unrestricted […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Pavel Datsyuk's moves and dekes out on the ice often leave opposing players and fans wondering what just happened. As San Jose's Logan Couture found out, Datsyuk is capable of things normal people simply can't understand. Evidently, this also includes April Fools' Day jokes as Datsyuk Tweeted a "joke" that has us all scratching our heads. I […]
0 comments by Jeffrey Kleiman
To solidify its stance that they are going to rebuild from scratch, the Calgary Flames dealt defenseman Jay Bouwmeester to the St. Louis Blues for their first-round and fourth-round draft picks of this year’s draft. If the Blues do not make the playoffs this year, the first-round pick will be deferred to the 2014 draft. […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 4/1/2013
The calendar has flipped to April. That means we are just a few weeks away from the final day of the regular season (April 27). Thanks to a condensed schedule, nearly every team is still in the hunt for a playoff spot. As a result, more games matter and more teams are fighting for their […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian
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 David Rogers on 3/31/2013
Toronto's Nazem Kadri had yet another big night, notching a hat trick in a 4-0 victory against the Ottawa Senators. Kadri also assisted on the team's fourth goal, giving him a total of 17 goals and 22 assists (39 points) through 36 games. Kadri has been one of the best stories of the 2013 season […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian
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 David Rogers on 3/30/2013
Just when everything seemed to be running smoothly in Pittsburgh (long winning streak, three new additions including Jarome Iginla), a Brooks Orpik slapper deflected off a stick and struck Sidney Crosby in the face. Be warned. The video below will make you cringe as an unsuspecting Crosby takes a puck right to the mouth. http://youtube.com/watch?v=jj8AbjJqcCM?rel=0 […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 3/29/2013
Pavel Datsyuk is a wizard with the puck. As countless defensemen from around the NHL can confirm, defending him is nearly an impossible task. Whatever you do, don't blink and don't lose your balance. What happens when a forward tries his hand at defending the Detroit star? We found out when the Detroit Red Wings […]
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 David Rogers
It finally happened. Jarome Iginla has been traded, ending his storied 16-year career with the Calgary Flames. He now will call Pittsburgh home. Wait, Pittsburgh? Wasn't Boston the team that everyone assumed would be landing the forward as of late Wednesday night? Surprise! The Pittsburgh Penguins, you know, the team that already made headlines by […]
0 comments by David Rogers
The Boston Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens in a shootout after leading by a score of 4-2 after two periods. The Bruins weren't very happy with the result (obviously), but no one displayed their frustration quite like Tuukka Rask. Rask decided to take out his frustration by swinging his stick at the boards as he skated […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 3/27/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hob8VnOv4TM?rel=0 The good news: Jamie McBain scored a goal in his team's 4-1 defeat against Winnipeg. The bad news: Jamie McBain's goal went into his own net. As McBain desperately tried to clear the puck from the front of his net, he swung at the puck, missed it, and knocked the puck into his own net […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 3/26/2013
We've laughed with and at Dustin Penner plenty of times over the past few years. We couldn't help but laugh at his back injury which occurred when he was reaching for a bite of "delicious pancakes". We laughed with him when he interned for Conan O'Brien during the lockout. Now we're laughing with Penner as he […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 3/25/2013
Prior to the 2013 season, hockey fans wondered which team would take a chance on free agent Alexander Semin. Coming off seven seasons with the Washington Capitals, Semin landed in Carolina with a one-year deal worth $7 million. How has the Semin experiment worked for the Hurricanes? Pretty well, actually. Through 30 games, Semin has […]
