The Anaheim Ducks announced on Wednesday that they signed veteran center Saku Koivu to a one-year contract. The deal is believed to be $3 million and does include incentives. Koivu gets this contract despite the fact that he’s 37-years old and his production has steadily declined the last few years. He had 38 points last [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers are already in a lousy situation against the New Jersey Devils. They are down 3-1 in the series, but it’s much worse than that. The Devils are killing the Flyers in most aspects of hockey. The Flyers can’t even carry it out of their own zone without a huge fight. And Game [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have gotten a ton of contributions from rookies this season. Guys like Matt Read, Braydon Schenn and Sean Couturier have all been phenomenal this year. Couturier, in particular, has been just insane on defense. Not many 19-year old kids are told to shut down Evgeni Malkin…and then are able to go out [...]
New Jersey Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk missed the team’s Game 2 victory on Tuesday night with a back issue. It probably helped the team win considering he was so god awful on defense in Game 1. But, on Thursday, he says he’s healthy and ready for Thursday’s Game 3, which will be played on Thursday [...]
Nothing sucks more than having to make an example out of a couple guys and punish the whole team. The Nashville Predators are down 2-0 to the Phoenix Coyotes in the best-of-seven second round series and could use all the help they can get. So, suspending a guy who is tied for team lead in [...]
We first saw this on our buddy Cleveland’s Facebook page. He went to Game 1 of the series between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New Jersey Devils. When I saw this picture, I just thought “that guy has some balls.” If you haven’t figured it out, No. 17 Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers is black. [...]
Wow. One one hand it’s kind of weird that Shea Weber didn’t get any punishment at all for his hit on Henrik Zetterberg, and now we see that the NHL is going to drop the hammer on Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres. Torres has been suspended for 25 games for his hit on Chicago Blackhawks [...]
As if the defense of the Philadelphia Flyers just couldn’t get worse after they gave up 10 goals on Wednesday night to the Pittsburgh Penguins, they will now be without yet another key defensman. Nicklas Grossman was hit in the head twice in Game 4 and will miss Game 5 with a concussion. This means [...]
This is hardly a shocker. I think we all knew something like this was coming the minute he opened his mouth. Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville was absolutely livid following his team’s Game 3 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. And rightfully so. It wasn’t just the loss. Raffi Torres absolutely leveled Marian Hossa to the [...]
The NHL playoffs have been amazing this year so far. A lot of that could be due to the absolutely bloodbaths that a few of these series have become. There has been a lot of dirty play, and Raffi Torres of the Phoenix Coyotes has been one of the poster boys. During Tuesday night’s game [...]
Well this isn’t good. With less than a minute remaining in Game 1 on the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Nashville Predators held a 3-2 lead over the Detroit Red Wings. After the puck was dropped, Nashville killed the time on the clock to hold on and take a commanding 1-0 lead [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have some concerns heading into their playoff series with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Will Ilya Bryzgalov continue his stellar play in net? Will they get healthy quick enough? Can they minimize the defensive breakdowns? Well, they got a bit of good news today when they found out that defensman Nicklas Grossman will be [...]
Jonathan Toews will not play for the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday when they take the ice to skate with the Nashville Predators. It’s the 16th consecutive game that he will miss due to a concussion. However, he has skated with his teammates in practice for five straight days, so that’s a good sign. Still, Toews [...]
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick has been a monster this season. He’s a contender for the Vezina Trophy, but he just hasn’t gotten much help from the rest of his teammates. Basically, if he’s a stud and blanks his opponents, the Kings can find a way to net one to get the win. But, [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have been playing very well lately, but that doesn’t mean they should have been looking forward to this weekend’s pair of games. Saturday afternoon, they had to take on the Boston Bruins, who seem to own them. Their reward for losing a tight game in a shootout to the B’s was to [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are on fire. They have won nine straight games and have done so without their best player, Sidney Crosby. They are a recipe for disaster for anyone facing them in the playoffs. And now? Yep, they get Crosby back tonight as they face the New York Rangers, in what should be a [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have had an up-and-down season. At times, they could choke you out and look like they’d never lose another game ever. Other times, they’ve showed poor defense combined with awful goaltending, which….yeah, you can imagine how that turned out. But, the one constant seems to be injuries. They have them. A lot. [...]
We mentioned a while ago that there was talk of the New York Rangers acquiring Rick Nash from the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Rangers are looking to make something happen this season, and they have the cap room to absorb his roughly $7 million annual salary. Well, according to Mark Spector of Sportsnet.ca, the trade [...]
After a great start to the 2011-12 season, the Philadelphia Flyers have fizzled as of late. Injuries have taken a toll and their poor defense has done nothing to hide their erratic (at best) goaltending. But they recently traded for defensman Niklas Grossman and apparently they don’t think that solved the problem. They just sent [...]
Boy, it can’t be fun to be a Columbus Blue Jackets fan these days. The team is terrible and there are rumors that they could be trading their two big names. We heard rumblings about a month ago that they were shopping their prized off-season acquisition Jeff Carter. And now, the talk has turned to [...]
When will people learn? I just don’t get it. Does no one have a television or the internet? How many athletes and celebrities have uttered gay slurs and had the hammer come down on them for it? How many times do you have to see this happen and see their BS apologies before you realize [...]
Philadelphia Flyers budding young star James van Riemsdyk hasn’t played hockey since January 14th. He was concussed during a game and it doesn’t sound like he’s any closer to returning. According to beat writer Sam Carchidi, JVR still feels like he’s in a fog in terms of his mental state. “JVR , battling post-concussion syndrome, [...]
Pittsburgh Penguins fans have been worried now for quite some time about star Sidney Crosby and his concussion issues. There were reports earlier that he would be doing some on-ice workouts in Los Angeles, but the latest news kind of cancels that out. Bob McCown of SportsNet 590 is reporting that Crosby saw a specialist [...]
Last night there were a series of trade rumors that cropped up involving the Philadelphia Flyers’ James van Riemsdyk. With Chris Pronger out for the season and the defense not exactly keeping their goalies clean, the Flyers could use some help in the back. It was floated that GM Paul Holmgren would be speaking with [...]
People in Philadelphia knew that there were going to be some fairly serious changes to their Flyers team this past offseason. Sure, it was shocking that they traded both Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, but you knew one was going to be moved and it was most likely the latter. The Flyers had grown tired [...]
