Nikolai Khabibulin

It’s early in the season and the Canadiens are already looking to make more moves in overhauling their roster.  Latest rumors coming out of Montreal are that GM Bob Gainey has a few possibilities in the works.  Nashville Predators veteran centerman Jason Arnott and defenseman Teemu Laasko could be heading to the Canadiens as part [...]

Hockeylicious continues its off season analysis by focusing on the Western conferences Edmonton Oilers.  The Oilers finished yet another season just out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Their biggest loss, goaltender Dwayne Roloson, has been replaced by Nikolai Khabibulin, but so far the Oilers’ most remarkable move in the offseason has [...]

What a great year it was for the Chicago Blackhawks.  They managed to become relevant again in the NHL’s Western Conference going all the way to the Conference finals before coming up short against the Detroit Red Wings.  Chicago is a very good all-around team, and is likely to get better as its young core [...]

Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in the NHL, even though the excitement came in the off-season and off the ice.  Free agency began at 12:01 am and teams wasted little time in scooping up the talent.  By the time the day was over only a handful of top tier players remained.  Names [...]

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 [...]

After a night off, play resumes in Carolina tonight where the Hurricanes have their backs up against the wall.  They trail the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in the best of seven Eastern Conference Final.  Carolina has got to figure a way to slow down the Penguins juggernaut offense.  Sidney Crosby and Evegni Malkin have been on [...]

Yesterday the Detroit Red Wings basically bent over the Chicago Blackhawks and spanked them on the behind. They scored six times to beat the Hawks 6-1 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best of seven series.  The Hawks are at a loss, Detroit is just a stronger, deeper, more experienced and more talented [...]

From the moment the puck was dropped you could sense that the Detroit Red Wings were going to win the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals.  The Chicago Blackhawks came out flying with the same youthful energy that has carried them through out the playoffs.  There was one problem, the Red Wings were ready [...]

The Western Conference’s two remaining teams will duel for the chance to play for a spot in the Stanley Cup Final.  The Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings, two of the original 6 NHL teams square off on Sunday afternoon in what’s widely expected to be a great series.  It will be the Blackhawks [...]

Yesterday was a great hockey day.  In the early game the Eastern Conference started things off with the first game of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals series.  It was also a meeting between the top three players in the NHL, Caps forward Alex Ovechkin and Penguin forwards Sidney Crosby and Evegni Malkin.  Both [...]