Detroit Red Wings

Up next in my breakdown segment of all NHL teams, we have the Washington Capitals.  This past season the Caps got a true MVP performance from their superstar player Alex Ovechkin.  Ovechkin lead the league in goals and picked up the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player.  Unfortunately for Ovechkin and all capitals [...]

Let’s start off this entry by saying that the Pittsburgh Penguins were awesome in this years playoffs resulting in a Stanley Cup Championship.  But every great team knows that you have to improve in the off season because 29 other teams will be trying to get better to beat you and take what you have.  [...]

Yesterday saw the Montreal Canadiens come away with two very solid signings.  Montreal signed forward Travis Moen to a three-year $4.5 million contract and veteran defenceman Paul Mara to a one-year deal.  They added some size to the back end and some toughness, Moen, who will probably play on the third line.  I think he would be [...]

The Canadiens seem to be making the most noise before the NHL draft, which takes place at the Bell Center in Montreal.  The rumors are now Vincent Lecavalier and Jay Bouwmeester coming in via trade and/or free agency.  Tampa Bay is looking to shed their payroll and trading Lecavalier would save them something like 50 [...]

Some people say to truly be considered one of the best hockey players of all-time, you have to be in the NHL Hall of Fame.  The Hall of Fame is where past greats like Wayne Greztky, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Gump Worsley and the list goes on, are remembered for their unbelievable play.  The sticks [...]

Las Vegas was the place to be last night as the NHL handed out its annual awards recognizing hockey’s best players.  Washington Capitals star forward Alex Ovechkin may not have a Stanley Cup championship but what he does have is the Hart Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award.  The Hart trophy is given to [...]

Now that the season is over and all the playing on the ice is done, let’s take a look at who are legitimate contenders for the NHL’s coach of the year award.  First off we have newly crowned Stanley Cup Champion Dan Blysma of the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Blysma took over just after the all star [...]

It’s been roughly 24 hours since the Pittsburgh Penguins dethroned the  Detroit Red Wings as the NHL’s reigning Stanley Cup champion.  I’m sure by know the result of last night’s events have finally sunk in for both teams.  As they used to say in the 1970’s and 1980’s on Wide World of Sport’s, ” the [...]

Last night I got to witness history in the making.  The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to lay claim as the 2009 NHL’s Stanley Cup champions.  It was the first time since the 1971 Montreal Canadiens, that an opposing team won a Stanley Cup game 7 on the road.  Another similarity to [...]

Well today is the last day of hockey.  At 8pm EST the puck will drop in Hockeytown USA.  Sixty minutes is all that separates the Detroit Red Wings from repeating as Stanley Cup champions or will it be the young Pittsburgh Penguins who finally break through and win their first Stanley Cup.  One aspect that [...]