All Entries Tagged With: "eric staal"
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, [...]
Who should be the next Sharks Captain?
Rob Blake served as San Jose Sharks captain for just one season before retiring. Now the keys to the car are available for the second straight off-season. The question is who takes over? The importance of the little “C” that’s patched to a players sweater is debatable. There’s evidence of a team’s captain being completely [...]
Catching the Stanley Cup Cold
Building a dynasty team in the NHL just isn’t what it used to be. Post lock-out Cup winners have had trouble dealing with the costs of success and has led to 5 different champions in the 5 years since the Collective Bargaining Agreement was established. One has to wonder if winning the Cup these days isn’t like catching a cold?
Struggling B’s Head To Carolina For Road-Trip Finale
It was 51 days ago when the Bruins were in a similar predicament, winning just one out of their last five, the Bruins stumbled into Carolina for what seemed to be an easy two points in a must-win contest. The B’s went on to be thoroughly dominated by the last-place ‘Canes, creating a storm of [...]
Canada easily beats Germany to set up quarterfinal match with Russia
Team Canada did what it had to do to stay alive at the men’s Olympic hockey tournament, defeating Germany 8-2 in one of the four qualification playoff games. Canada will now face Russia in the quarterfinals tomorrow evening at 7:30 pm EST / 4:30 pm PST, a matchup that over 19,000 partisan fans at Canada [...]
My 2010 All-Star rosters… if there were actually a game
Below you will find my potential all-star selections if there were actually a game this season instead of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Each is comprised of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goalies. Every NHL team has at least one representative at the game; therefore some players had to be left out of the [...]
Bruins Stumble Into Carolina To Battle NHL-Worst ‘Canes
After four straight unbelievably deflating, just plain and embarrassing losses, the Bruins are back on the road with a rare Sunday battle in Carolina. As any Bruins fan can recall, it was the Carolina Hurricanes who knocked the Bruins out of the playoffs last season in the second round, but this season has presented rather [...]
Tuesday Top Ten: Biggest Winter Olympic Snubs Of 2010
Welcome to the pilot installment of the “Tuesday Top Ten”, where every Tuesday presents us with a look at the ten biggest (insert topic)’s of the week. As expected, the countdown will be of relevance to current stories and headlines in the World of Hockey. Olympic hockey, the crown jewel of the international hockey scene. [...]
Day of Doom looms as Habs prepare for Canes
The Canadiens will look to break a 55 year old curse as they face the Hurricanes in Carolina.
Candidates for Team Canada’s roster for Vancouver 2010
Steve Yzerman, Team Canada’s GM, is planning on making the announcement of Canada’s final roster on December 30, 2009, a little more than a week from now. Yzerman will name his 23 man roster during the World Junior tournament in Saskatoon, Canada. Below you will find the three groupings for the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament: [...]
Erik Cole Helps Carolina Bounce Back From Five Game Skid
Erik Cole’s hat trick helps Carolina survive another nail biting third period and end their five game losing streak.
The Return of Eric Staal
Tonight the Carolina Hurricanes visit the Anaheim Ducks. This is the only meeting between the two teams this season and each team needs the win. I think tonight’s game will be better than probably most people anticipate. Granted, neither team is near the top of their respective conferences, but the Hurricanes and the Ducks have [...]
A stormy weekend in Carolina, Legace to the rescue.
With identical 3-2 losses against the Maple Leafs on Friday and the Blue Jackets on Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes now have lost their last 12 games in a row, recording a mere three points during that losing stretch. The Hurricanes are now dead last in the Eastern Conference with seven points in 16 games, four [...]
