All Entries Tagged With: "Cristobal Huet"
The 20 most overpaid NHLers making more than $4.0M per year
More than one quarter into the 2011-12 NHL season, it’s time to have a look at the most overpaid NHLers who don’t contribute as much as their team and the general manger who signed them would like. Please note that I have not included players whose contract is buried in the AHL or oversees such [...]
7 ways to (legally) circumvent the NHL salary cap 101
In the era of the salary cap ($59,400,000 this season), some NHL teams must juggle with numbers to find a way to stay under the maximum salary payroll allowed by the league and be cap-compliant. Before we have a look at the different ways teams have found to circumvent the salary cap, let’s have a [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Players Most Likely To Be Dealt & Not Dealt
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Lyle Addresses Wild Trade Rumors This Week That Will Likely Not Happen
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
A look at the upcoming UFA goalies available on July 1st, 2010
With a four-day hiatus before the Stanley Cup final begins Saturday in Chicago, it’s a good opportunity to have a look at the upcoming unrestricted free agent goaltenders come July 1st, 2010: Goaltenders – 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents Player Age Team 09-10 Salary Notes Evgeni Nabokov 33 SJ $6,000,000 Marty Turco 33 DAL $5,400,000 [...]
The Last Days of Huet The Hawk?
The career of Cristobal Huet as a Chicago Blackhawk may be coming to a close. For some, it can’t come soon enough. When Huet gave up four goals on seven shots in six minutes in the second period of the Hawks’ game versus Detroit, Sunday, March 7th, the home crowd at the United Center seemed to issue their final condemnation. The internet fan forums reverberated with anger and frustration directed at the French-born netminder. The failed efforts to trade him, widely speculated upon in the press, appear to confirm his departure is just a matter of time.
Comeau Proves His Worth
by Brenna Solop Just a few thoughts about tonight’s game against the Blackhawks and all those trade rumors… I admit it – I’m one of those Debbie Downer fans who likes to root for the team to lose at this point so we can have an awesome, confetti-exploding draft party complete with hot pretzels, Sparky [...]
The Great Blackhawk Goalie Controversy
The Chicago Blackhawks, as of the Olympic break, have the number one goaltending tandem in the NHL according to their goals against average; and they are also tied for first in wins. Yet, perhaps no team in the NHL has its goalies under the microscope more than the Blackhawks. Are changes afoot?
Trading Tim Thomas A Reckless Theory For Bruins
Heading into this season, the Bruins knew they had something special in net. Leading the march would once again be Tim Thomas, in the first year of his new 20-million dollar contract, the reigning Vezina winning was coming off a 36-win season and possessed the NHL’s best goals-against-average and save percentage in 2008-09. Backing him [...]
Titan Clash didn’t disappoint, but still just game 54
You wouldn’t know it from the build-up, but the San Jose Sharks clash with the Chicago Blackhawks was just game 54 of the regular season. These teams might very well meet in the playoffs and at this point it looks like the route to the Stanley Cup for a Western Conference team is through one [...]
Game 51 review – Not even close
Last night Chicago doubled up on the Oilers 4-2 and as a result now have double the points of the Oilers in the standings too. The game was in no way as close as the final score would indicate. The description used over at The Copper & Blue of men versus boys is about as an accurate a description as any I can think of.
Blackhawks outlast Jacks in marathon shootout
Back in the United Center for the first time in six games and taking on division foe the Columbus Blue Jackets for the first of six match ups this season, the Blackhawks were pushed to the limit and a bit further, finally putting away the Jacks in round 11 of a marathon shootout. The win [...]
Blackhawks all sorts of dominant in 7-1 win over Flames
The last time the Blackhawks took on the Flames they had to come back from a 5-0 deficit. Six unanswered goals later, the Blackhawks won in overtime. In the second matchup of the season between these two teams, the Flames wanted to extract revenge against the Blackhawks in front of their Albertan fans. The Blackhawks [...]
Logic and Netting: An Idea For Video Replay
Taking a closer look at the disallowed goal from Friday night’s Toronto Maple Leaf-Chicago Blackhawks game and some suggestions for future goal reviews.
Blackhawks top Phil Kessel 3-2
Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke might not want to hear it, but apparently his new acquisition, Phil Kessel, cannot win a game by himself. Friday night, Kessel tried to do just that, and his opponent, the Chicago Blackhawks, won 3-2. Kessel had two goals worthy of a military marksman, but was unsupported by [...]
Blackhawks to take on Wild, likely without Seabrook or Toews
Before breaking down Monday’s match-up against the should-be-rival Wildebeasts, let’s just take a moment to enjoy this bit of marketing fun created for this game. Now that the imagination time is over, back to the real world. The Blackhawks are coming off of a much needed win against the offensively challenged Nashville Predators. In the [...]
Game 6 preview – Khabibulin returns to Chicago
When the Oilers take to the ice tonight it will be with Khabibulin between the pipes. This will be Khabibulin’s first game back in the Windy City since he signed a free agent deal with the Oilers in July. In his four years in Chicago Kahabibulin played well enough and had decent stats – a 90-80-24 record with a 2.81 GAA and a .904 save percentage.
A Year Full of Promise After an Endless Summer
As a new hockey season approaches the debut of the Hockey Independent website has arrived. I am looking forward to sharing some thoughts with an enthusiastic hockey audience. You will be kept informed of Blackhawk happenings as well as given a slightly different angle on some issues. The summer which never seemed to end as [...]
