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Ward Stops 47 As B’s Are Again Stymied By ‘Canes
Throughout my years of watching sports, I’ve never been fond of the expression “they just have your number” in response to being beaten repeatedly by the same team. However, watching each of the four meetings between the struggling Carolina Hurricanes and the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins I’ve begun to think that my belief is [...]
GameDay: Bruins & Canes Set To Meet For Final Time This Season
Tonight the Boston Bruins will play their fourth and final match-up of the season against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. The B’s are coming off a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday evening and will be playing in the second game of a three game home-stand. The ‘Canes will be playing in their [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 17-23-4 with 38 points through 44 games. After 44 games last season, the Bolts were 26-13-5 with 57 points. The Bolts are in fifth (last) place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Washington Capitals by twelve points. Tampa Bay is in 15th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, twelve [...]
Old-School Rivalry Taking On New Feel As B’s Sink Habs 2-1 At TD Garden
Once upon a time, the rivalry between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens was revered as one of the best in all of sport. A time when every meeting between the two Original Six foes was regarded as “must-watch television”, where each and every hockey fanatic in New England and Quebec, casual and die-hards [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 17-17-3 with 37 points through 37 games. After 37 games last season, the Bolts were 21-11-5 with 47 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by ten points. Tampa Bay is in 12th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bruins Implode, Fall To ‘Canes 4-1
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins played host to the Carolina Hurricanes at the TD Garden in the 2nd match-up between the teams, slated for the 2011-’12 season. The Bruins entered the game with a pedestrian 2-3-0 (4 Points) record, but were coming off a hard-fought come-from-behind victory on Saturday night, over the 2010 [...]
Hope For The Best, Brace For The Worst
When the Rangers opened training camp on Friday, it looked like it was going to be relatively drama-free. After all, there were no restricted free agents to hold out. The captain and the alternates were all named beforehand. But it couldn’t all be sunshine and rainbows, could it? Scare number one came right out of [...]
Stamkos Is NHL 12 Cover Boy
Electronic Arts announced Wednesday at the NHL Awards, that 21-year old Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos will be the face of “NHL 12”, which hits stores in September. The new cover boy said, “It’s just something I’ve grown up playing my whole life. And to be on the cover is a pretty cool honor. [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 73: Lightning 2 – Islanders 5 “Dazed and Confused” Make no mistake about it Lightning fans…It’s time to panic. Tampa Bay (39-23-11) was soundly beaten at home by the Islanders, 5-2 Tuesday night for their third straight loss. The Bolts have won only two games in their last eleven tries. They have now fallen [...]
2011 NHL All-Star Game Mock Draft
One day before the 2011 All-Star break celebrations, I participated in a NHL All-Star mock draft with a fellow Montreal Canadiens Blogger, James Usypchuk, from The Power Play. You can click here: 2011 NHL All-Star rosters to see the players that will participate in this year’s All-Star game in Raleigh, NC. James had the first [...]
Maple Leafs vs. Hurricanes pre-game notes
The Toronto Maple Leafs will face off against the Carolina Hurricanes for the second time this season tonight. Also check out the all-new Mailbag feature!
Seeing Stars
In general I’m not a huge fan of the NHL All-Star Game. It’s such a poor representation of the game of hockey, with minimal defense played and essentially none of the real physical stuff. I certainly understand that; it certainly seems pointless to put yourself at risk in a game that means nothing at all. [...]
Hurricanes Blow in to St. Louis
Similarities to the St. Louis Blues 2008-09 season are gradually starting to appear. A rash of long term injuries, offensive struggles and a team banding together at the lowest moment to get the ship moving forward again. The Blues hope to extend their winning streak to three games as the Carolina Hurricanes blow in to [...]
Senators back from a dismal road trip, set to face Kings in Ottawa tonight
After a dismal 1-3 road trip during which the Ottawa Senators were outscored 17-6, they are set to face the Los Angeles Kings tonight at Scotia Bank Place. This will be the Kings’s third game of a four-game road trip. They sustained a 4-2 loss at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, before [...]
Canadiens destroy Hurricanes 7-2, lose Andrei Markov to injury
After an inspiring 3-1 win in Boston last Thursday against the Bruins, the Canadiens were facing the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday at Bell Centre. The Hurricanes, who were badly beaten 8-1 by the Phalidelphia Flyers were expected to be motivated against the Canadiens, a team against which they had much success in recent years. The [...]
The Bolts Beat, 9/21/10
In this week’s edition of The Bolts Beat, Mike and Jon talk about some of the first impressions of training camp, who stood out, who did not and take another preseason look at the Southeast Division with TBL.com contributor Mark Pukalo. And Jon’s delusions about the New York Jets only get worse… Powered by Podbean.com [...]
New weekly fantasy hockey ramblings at Hockey Independent
This will be a new weekly feature here at Hockey Independent as I will try to give you advice on your fantasy hockey drafts, whether it’s a keeper pool or not, and whether you are allowed daily/weekly roster changes or not during the season. You can have a look at my article on the 2010-11 [...]
Analyzing the Canes’ open forward spots
The Carolina Hurricanes have been very open to giving a chance to their youth. They pitched their newly acquired collegiate forward Riley Nash a spot on the team even though he made it very clear he would like to graduate. Soon enough the cousin of Columbus Blue Jackets winger Rick Nash signed with the team, [...]