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Posted in NHL, Signings, Transactions on Sep 1st, 2010
Former Chicago Blackhawks goalie and Stanley Cup champion Antti Niemi has decided to accept a contract with the San Jose Sharks, a source tells ESPNChicago. It’s a one-year, $2 million deal. This tells us even more about how much it means for an individual to win a championship. People rag on Dan Marino and Jim [...]
Posted in NHL, Retired, Transactions on Aug 31st, 2010
Former Montreal Canadians, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, and Atlanta Thrashers defenseman Chris Chelios, with his wife and children seated in front of him, officially retired from the NHL on Wednesday at Joe Louis Arena. Chelios will remain on board with the Red Wings serving the organization in a multifaceted role as adviser to hockey [...]
Posted in NHL on Aug 3rd, 2010
The Philadelphia Flyers had an amazing run through the playoffs and at times got some great goaltending from Brian Boucher and Michael Leighton. But, the bottom line is that they are backups who should not be starting on a team that has a Stanley Cup on the brain. So, one would think that if the [...]
Posted in NHL, Signings, Transactions on Aug 2nd, 2010
The Chicago Blackhawks won a Stanley Cup with Antti Niemi as their goalie. Great, right? Re-sign him, right? Not really. First of all, he’s not that good and they won in spite of him rather than because of him (thank you to the Philadelphia Flyers for having Michael Leighton in their net). Second of all, [...]
This is great. The main reason that the Philadelphia Flyers couldn’t conquer the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Finals was goal tending. Sure, the Blackhawks didn’t have great goal tending either (we aren’t huge Antti Niemi fans), but they had enough firepower elsewhere to take the Fly Guys down in six games. Well, maybe [...]
Posted in NHL on Jul 11th, 2010
Yes, we all know by now that the Chicago Blackhawks are the 2010 Stanley Cup champions of the NHL. And there are tons of people in the Chi-town area (and those not in the area who just like to jump on bandwagons. Those folks are also huuuuuge Los Angeles Lakers fans and think that Drew [...]
Posted in NHL, Trades, Transactions on Jun 24th, 2010
While Dustin Byfuglien didn’t do much against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup Final, he did help the Chicago Blackhawks tremendously in their journey to that point. And yesterday, they rewarded him by trading him to the Atlanta Thrashers, along with Brent Sopel and a bunch of others. They sent Byfuglien, center Ben Eager, [...]
Posted in NHL on Jun 14th, 2010
The Chicago Blackhawks are celebrating a Stanley Cup championship right now and deservedly so. They mopped up the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Finals and then held off a gritty Philadelphia Flyers team to close the deal. Here’s the problem though. They have a lot of salary on the team and most likely [...]
Chris Pronger is apparently not very popular around the NHL. We never knew Pronger to be a dirty player, but for whatever reason, opposing players hate him. Especially the Chicago Blackhawks. Adam Burish gave a post-game interview right after the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup on the Flyers’ home ice and he was asked about [...]
Posted in NHL on Jun 11th, 2010
The Chicago Blackhawks are a relatively young team. As such, they probably do stupid, immature things like…say….oh I don’t know…..beat up cab drivers? It was very clear for most of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Philadelphia Flyers that defenseman Chris Pronger was going to be a problem for the Hawks. Despite a dip in [...]
Posted in NHL, Two Teams One Cup on Jun 10th, 2010
The Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year Stanley Cup drought in Philadelphia Wednesday night as they downed the Flyers 4-3 in overtime. Congratulations to the Blackhawks, they earned it. The Blackhawks eased their way into the Stanley Cup Finals for the most part. They stomped on team after team until they finally did the “hot knife [...]
Posted in NHL on Jun 8th, 2010
The Philadelphia Flyers got stomped like a narc at a biker rally Sunday night against the Chicago Blackhawks and face a 3-2 deficit in the Stanley Cup Finals. The series comes back to Philadelphia Wednesday night as the Flyers look to take it to Game 7. But the bigger question is, what in the hell [...]
Posted in NHL, Two Teams One Cup on Jun 8th, 2010
The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that Michael Leighton will start Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. “Leighton will start Game 6,” the Flyers tweeted. Leighton has been the starter ever since Brian Boucher went down during the Boston Bruins series. His numbers are filthy, but he is very scary to [...]
Posted in NHL on Jun 7th, 2010
Philadelphia Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette had a short answer this morning when he was asked about his starting goaltender for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. “I don’t comment on lineups,” Laviolette said. Laviolette said that he’s already made up his mind who his starter will be for Game [...]
Posted in NHL, Two Teams One Cup on Jun 6th, 2010
If you read the Chicago newspapers without knowing what’s happening in the Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers, you’d think that the Blackhawks were down three games to none and would be forced to play the rest of the series without a goalie. Words like “desperation” and “urgency” aren’t tough to [...]
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