All Entries Tagged With: "Andrew Ladd"
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
*Courtesy of The Barenaked Ladies. You’re welcome for the Canadian content. But what does it all mean? Why did I select this amazing song? Well, the Blackhawks are in the midst of their 6 game road trip, coming off a shootout win against the Calgary Hitmen… I mean Flames. This is a game that [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 28-28-6 with 62 points through 62 games. After 62 games last season, the Bolts were 37-18-7 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 23-23-5 with 51 points through 51 games. After 51 games last season, the Bolts were 31-15-5 with 67 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, eight points [...]
Thornton’s Penalty Shot, Third Period Domination Enough To Lead Bruins Past Jets
On what was a far more exciting Mid-January night than one would have expected, the Boston Bruins were able to use a strong third period effort to up-end the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 and right the ship after a Saturday matinee loss to the Vancouver Canucks just three days ago. Through forty minutes of surprisingly exciting [...]
GameDay: B’s Look To Get Back On Track Against Wheeler, Jets
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins will look to bounce back from their 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, when they host Blake Wheeler, Mark Stuart and the rest of the Winnipeg Jets. The B’s and Jets have met twice already this season, with each team winning one game. This first meeting saw the Black [...]
Bruins’ Point Streak Comes To A Close As Pavelec Outshines Rask In Winnipeg
All good things must come to an end. Right? At least that’s what I’ve learned. On Tuesday night, in front of a raucous Winnipeg crowd, the newest incarnation of the Jets were able to halt the Boston Bruins’ four game winning streak and their 15-game point streak all in one foul swoop. Backstopped by 34 [...]
Bruins GameDay: B’s Visit Winnipeg For First Time In 15 Years
Fresh off a 3-1 victory over the league-leading Pittsburgh Penguins, the Boston Bruins will look to extend their point streak to 16 games when they visit the Winnipeg Jets at the MTS Centre on Tuesday night. Tonight will mark the second time the Bruins and Jets have squared off this season and will be the [...]
Thomas, Kelly Lead Bruins To 4-2 Win Over Jets
On Saturday night the Boston Bruins extended their point streak to twelve games with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the TD Garden. Over that stretch, the B’s have notched wins over five of the NHL’s seven Canadian-based franchises. Sparked by the magnificent play of goaltender Tim Thomas, who recorded his eight straight [...]
Bruins GameDay: Stuart, Wheeler Visit Garden In First Year With Winnipeg
Tonight the Boston Bruins (13-7-1 (27 Points)) will attempt to recover from their Black Friday shootout loss against the Red Wings as they face-off with the Winnipeg Jets. This will mark the first visit to TD Garden ever from the new-era Jets after relocating to Manitoba last summer. Winnipeg is 9-9-4 (22 Points) and is [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 9-8-2 with 20 points through 19 games. After 19 games last season, the Bolts were 10-7-2 with 22 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division three points behind the Florida Panthers and 12th in the Eastern Conference. After 19 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team in [...]
Top-20 best bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
Yesterday I had a look at the worst goal scorers in the NHL compared to their 2010-11 actual salary, and without any surprise Scott Gomez was ranked number one at $1,142,857 per goal (7 goals for $8,000,000) more than $400,000 per goal than Matt Stajan who was ranked second. The list was not unanimous, as [...]
3rd Time the Charm? Canucks vs. Blackhawks First Round Preview, Predictions
The hockey gods have wasted no time re-igniting the bitter playoff rivalry between the Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks, pitting the rivals opposite each other in a playoff series for the third year in a row.
City of Atlanta: TIME TO UNLEASH YOUR FURY!!
As any Thrashers fan will tell you, February 2011 has been far from a good month. In short, February has been a brutal month for players, coaches and of course the fans, who have not only suffered the dismay and disappointment of yet another mid-winter Thrashers’ collapse, but also sustained disheartening blow after blow with respect to recent [...]
Thrashers Lock up Big Buff, but Playoffs Far from Lock
Today was a fairly historic day for the Atlanta Thrashers hockey franchise as the team announced a 5-year, $26 million contract extension for cornerstone defenseman, Dustin Byfuglien, thereby removing one small shred of doubt concerning the ownership syndicate’s commitment to hockey in Atlanta, at least for the short-term future. Does this decision to lock up [...]
The Skating Wounded
Perhaps the Dolans should change Madison Square Garden’s acronym from MSG to MASH. The Rangers managed to rebound from a poor defensive effort in Carolina and came from behind twice to defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 in a shootout Saturday night. Wojtek Wolski (with his 3rd since coming over from Phoenix) and Brian Boyle (continuing [...]
Are the Thrashers broken? Or just “enjoying” their mid-season funk?
Greetings from “Snowlanta“, Georgia, THE southern capital of ill-preparedness when it comes to battling the elements of snow and ice. For several days I have been trapped in my apartment due to an unusual phenomenon in which a rare snow event is complicated by the subsequent injection of freezing precipitation into the mix to form [...]
Despite Relocation Rumors, Here are 10 Reasons to Watch the Thrashers
If you’re a faithful follower of the Atlanta Thrashers, you are no doubt sickened to the pit of your stomach over the repetitive and annoying chorus of Canadian media who relish the fantasy of one day poaching the Atlanta-based hockey club from U.S. soil. Without fail, as attendance numbers drop well below the league average [...]
Predators Waste 2 Goal Lead, Fall to Thrashers in OT 3-2
The Nashville Predators went to the overtime session for the tenth time this season in their contest with the Atlanta Thrashers, falling 3-2. This is a disappointing loss for the Predators as they failed once again to hold a lead going into the third period. Nashville opened the scoring at 8:39 of the first period [...]
The race for the Frank Selke Trophy (Best defensive forward)
One third into the 2010-11 NHL season, let’s have a look at the best defensive forwards in the league this year. I have compiled a list of the best 20 players that should be considered for this prestigious, yet underrated award. Past winners since 2000-2001: 2000–01 John Madden New Jersey Devils C 2001–02 Michael Peca [...]
Capit(al) Hill Sessions End Early, Thrashers Leave with Winning Legislation
In a town famous — or is it infamous? — for the perfected art of staunch, hard-lining legislative opposition, Atlanta Thrashers goaltender Ondrej Pavelec doled out his own special brand of stubborn opposition on the goal line with 45 saves, many of which were wondrous in their splendor, against the vaunted Washington Capitals offense. The [...]
