The Stanley Cup Finals

A huge trade could be on the way between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens.  Teams know they have Montreal over a barrel, don’t they?  With the unfortunate opening night loss of number one defenseman Andrei Markov — their top point producer in 2008-09 — the win-now Habs will likely find themselves on the [...]

Evgeni Malkin says he plans on leaving the NHL in 2014 to play in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.  Washington Capitals superstar forward Alex Ovechkin already made that pledge, causing ripples through the hockey community because the NHL might not sanction the Olympics past 2010.  In an interview given, Malkin said that it is [...]

Another year, another playoff disappointment for the San Jose Sharks.  Even with a franchise record 117-point season and all the talent in the world the Sharks, the best team in the entire National Hockey League fell flat on its face during the postseason, losing to the Anaheim Ducks in the first round.  But things are [...]

Even though the Calgary Flames slumped late in the season, lost in the first round of the playoffs and fired their coach, all is not lost.  The first step appears to be replacing Mike Keenan behind the bench and general manager Darryl Sutter appears to have found his man.  He only had to look within [...]

Last season the Vancouver Canucks lost to a young and talented Chicago Blackhawks team but they came within a goal of beating the Hawks in 7 games.  Vancouver has some great talent and with an addition or two of some young blood they will be right back in the playoffs and knocking on the door [...]

When the Blues found out that defenseman Erik Johnson and left winger Paul Kariya would miss most (in Kariya’s case) or all (in Johnson’s case) of the season, there was little reason to have high expectations.  For the first half of the season, the Blues stumbled along.  But, something happened on the way to another season out [...]

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 [...]

So close.  Losing in game seven of the Stanley Cup Final to the Pittsburgh Penguins on your home ice may have been heartbreaking for the Detroit Red Wings, but they have built up a nucleus that promises to contend for the championship for the foreseeable future.  Given that the Red Wings’ amazing 112-point season in [...]

The Florida Panthers have been relatively quiet in the offseason because of their impending sale which is being finalized with a New York investment group.  Oh-so-close to a playoff spot in 2008-2009, the Florida Panthers will have to be active this summer in order to avoid falling back, especially since they lost their workhorse defenceman [...]

Here are some of the recent on goings of the NHL’s offseason.  The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to a one-year contract on Thursday.  Tollefsen appeared in only 19 games in 2008-09 with the Columbus Blue Jackets and recorded one assist and 37 penalty minutes.
Rumor has it that the top offer Alex Tanguay has received [...]