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New Jersey Devils Offseason Question #6: Will Alexei Ponikarovsky and/or Petr Sykora resign?
With 11 pending unrestricted free agents the New Jersey Devils and GM Lou Lamoriello are set to have a lot of work to do this off-season. As I will discuss in question 5, there are also 5 restricted free agents to deal with. The questions are significantly tougher to answer when it comes to the [...]
It’s the Smaller Moves That Have Paid Bigger Dividends For the New Jersey Devils in the Past
Two years ago this past February 4th, the New Jersey Devils made a huge unexpected splash in the trade market, acquiring Ilya Kovalchuk from the Atlanta Thrashers in a move that took much of the National Hockey League by surprise. After all, Kovalchuk was considered a big flashy, free wheeling offensive player and the consensus was he would have [...]
Montreal Canadiens Erik Cole finally clicking with new linemates, while Eric Staal is in a season-long slump
After a very slow start during which he only had one assist in seven games to go along with a-3 plus/minus rating, newly acquired Erik Cole has finally clicked with his new linemates diminutive center David Desharnais and power forward Max Pacioretty. In the last eleven games, during which his ice-time climbed finally climbed over [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-5-2 with 16 points through 14 games. After 14 games last season, the Bolts were 8-4-2 with 18 points. The Lightning are in second place in the Southeast Division two points behind the Washington Capitals and seventh in the Eastern Conference. After 14 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team and the NHL in goals with ten. and [...]
Los Angeles Kings finally move, sign Alexei Ponikarovsky
After losing on Ilya Kovalchuk even if his deal with the New Jersey Devils has not been officially approved by the league yet, GM Dean Lombardi took a decision to go in a different direction inking hulking winger Alexei Ponikarovsky to a one-year $3 million contract. The former Penguins and Maple Leafs will also receive [...]
Monday night musings: Pens reclaim home-ice advantage
Game 3: Pittsburgh 4 @ Ottawa 2 The Penguins accomplished what they needed to do – win at least once in Ottawa – to reclaim home-ice advantage in this Eastern Conference quarterfinal. From the time Alexei Ponikarovsky scored before the game was two minutes old to the turning away of one last furious 6-on-4 attack by [...]
Reeling Pens look to get back on track against 1st place Caps
In a five to ten second span on Monday evening during the middle of the second period at Detroit, a sequence by the surging Red Wings in the Penguins’ zone stood out as a microcosm of the problems plaguing Pittsburgh over its past seven games. Henrik Zetterberg took a pass in the far circle from Nicklas Lidstrom, [...]
Penguins march into March with a new Pony and a new Leopold
The Pittsburgh Penguins have shown no sluggishness coming into the month of March and out of the Olympic break, posting three consecutive wins over Buffalo, New York Rangers and Dallas. Along the way, general manager Ray Shero once again, pulled off some subtle but important transactions ahead of this past Wednesday’s trade deadline. Combined with [...]
Enough Is Enough – It’s Time For A Change In Buffalo!
First, I want to start by giving my condolences to Brian Burke and his family on the loss of his son, Brendan. I have a young daughter, and the thought of anything happening to her is unimaginable. The Father and Son story on Brian and Brendan, earlier this year, is one of the greatest sports [...]
Penguins scouting heavily Maple Leafs’ Alexei Ponikarovsky
According to Pittsburgh Insider William Depaoli, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been scouting the Toronto Maple Leafs in the past month. Head scout Derek Clancey has been seen at Air Canada Centre many times with winger Alexei Ponikarovsky being a player of interest for the Penguins. Ponikarovsky, 29, is a big winger (6’4”, 220 lb) with [...]
Sparks of Life Amid Hurricanes’ Rubble
Nobody really ever wants to see their team battling just to stay out of the conference basement; but that’s the position Carolina Hurricanes fans found themselves in last night against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. By the end of the first period, the outlook was bleak at best with the Hurricanes down 3-0. Things started [...]
