All Entries in the "Anaheim Ducks" Category
Should the New Jersey Devils be Looking Into Trading Zach Parise?
It’s getting to that very critical time of year in the National Hockey League. Team general managers are forced to decide if they view their teams as contenders or pretenders. Sure, there is a month and three weeks left before the actual trade deadline of February 27th. However, a lot of the homework is being [...]
CONCUSSIONS KILLING HOCKEY
Speed and offense are now the kings in the present day NHL. A focus on players with those very attributes took over drafts and team on-ice strategies. Slower skaters have slowly been fazed out, especially those pugilistic specialists who all too often didn’t quite have the same skill sets and strides of their respective teammates. [...]
Should Predators Stick Toe in Bobby Ryan Pool, Or Would It Get Stomped?
After a flurry of great posts from Jeremy, Ryan, Seth, and James regarding potential packages to acquire Bobby Ryan, Dirk opened the morning continuing a great question raised by Willy Daunic last night on 102.5 The Game. The question is whether the Predators should pursue a star quality forward at all. Now, I’ve written several [...]
Bobby Ryan A Bruin? Is There A Blockbuster On The Horizon?
Losers of seven in a row and thirteen of their past fourteen, there is little doubt that the Anaheim Ducks are in a complete tailspin. Their current streak has left them with a 6-13-4 (16 Points) record and has left them in 14th place in the Western Conference, a mere one point ahead of the [...]
GOON: The Hockey Movie Preview
GOON: In our support of the lack of hockey movies, comes this info from the movie company to us. “We have a great throwback hockey movie coming out and we would love to get your support. Its violent and insanely funny.” Starring Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Liev Schreiber Written by [...]
Ducks Flying South
Tonight, the Predators welcome the 5-3-1 Anaheim Ducks to Bridgestone Arena. The last time Anaheim came to Nashville, they lost the series-deciding game six of the first round of last season’s playoffs to the Predators. I expect this game will have a slightly special meaning. Rinne was not at his best against Anaheim in last [...]
PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR CHARITY
We here at HI support this effort by Pat LaFontaine and Steve Webb, and personally implore you to give just anything you can in support of this…. HOCKEY LEGENDS PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR W20 FOUNDATION AND COMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION NEW YORK (September 19, 2011) –NHL alumnus Steve Webb [...]
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) plane crashes; 43 people dead, many former NHLers ***updated***
Forty-three people have died in a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia. The majority of victims were members of the local ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Kontinental Hockey League. The plane crashed on take-off after hitting an air traffic tower at the airport and witnesses are reporting [...]
Season Predictions Part 2: Canucks Poised For A Repeat?
Hello again, and welcome to Part II of my 4-Part NHL season preview. In part I, I gave you all my Eastern Conference Predictions. In part 2, I will give you my predictions for the Western Conference. I will approach these predictions a bit differently than I did those for the Eastern Conference. Today, [...]
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Hockey Independent mock draft part 1
With the NHL Entry Draft looming I decided to organize a mock draft with several of HI’s writers to give you an idea of what tonight’s entry draft could look. Participants: Fred Poulin, Cris Cohen, Lawrence Duchenski, John Scott Moore, Jeremy Scriven, Alexander Monaghan, Jamie Fraser, Andre Garabedian, WB Philp, Al Cimaglia, Adrian Fung, Gordon [...]
Nick Giglia’s 2011 Mock Draft: The Swami Speaks
This year, once again with the assistance of my good friend Andrew R (and some Bitches Brew…..both the beer and the music), I sat down to do my NHL Mock Draft. As per usual, trades were considered, and by a phenomenal stroke of luck we called Carter to Columbus for Voracek and the [...]
Friday Face-Offs- 4/22/2011: Anaheim-Nashville, Colin Campbell
It’s the morning of game five in the Anaheim-Nashville series as both teams prepare to take the ice tonight at the Honda Center. With the series tied at two games each, tonight essentially starts a best of three with Anaheim again having the home series advantage. They also get Bobby Ryan back in the lineup [...]
A Time for Confidence
Nashville comes into today’s game having split their games in Anaheim. While they lost their last game 5 – 3, I’ve got to agree with Buddy over at PredsOnTheGlass in that the Predators should come home with a lot of confidence. They should be confident in their game plans. They feel that if they limit [...]
Predators Paste the Ducks 4-1
The Predators opened their Stanley Cup match up with the Anaheim Ducks in the hostile confines of the Honda Center. The Predators made themselves right at home in the Ducks nest with a 4-1 victory. It was obvious that the Ducks were going to try to exert their physical will against the Predators. The Ducks [...]
Kings vs. Ducks: 100 Games Later, Little Has Changed
It’s been more than a decade since both the Kings and Ducks were in the playoff hunt this late in the season. Surprisingly, the two teams have never participated in post season play at the same time though. Could this be the year? We’ll still have to wait a few more weeks to see. However, [...]
NHL TRADE DEADLINE 2010-2011: The Official Count
Per the NHL: NHL clubs made 16 trades involving 35 players today prior to the 3 p.m., ET, trade deadline. Following is a list of the transactions: Anaheim traded C Maxim Lapierre and C MacGregor Sharp to Vancouver for C Joel Perrault and Vancouver’s 3rd-round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft. Atlanta traded RW Niclas [...]
HockeyIndependent Trade Deadline Show – Click to replay
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NHL trade deadline update: waiver wire frenzy and rumors (McCabe dealt to the Rangers)
Approximately 48 hours before Monday’s 3 PM trade deadline, there was a lot of action on the waiver wire yesterday and today: First, the Columbus Blue Jackets have claimed veteran defenseman Craig Rivet from the Buffalo Sabres on re-entry waivers. Rivet, an impending unrestricted free agent, will bring leadership and experience to an inexperienced Jackets team. [...]
Kings vs Ducks – The Most Important Game Ever
Wednesday night the Kings played their final contest in a 10-game stretch away from Staples Center. Sure, it was a big game for LA and the two points felt like they were worth so much more, given the tight Western Conference standings and it being against their cross town rival – the Anaheim Ducks. Yet, [...]