All Entries Tagged With: "Gagne"
Blackhawks Destroyed in Edmonton, Reality Check Time
The Blackhawks suffered their third straight defeat to a club 20 points beneath them in the standings. It wasn’t only another road loss, but an 8-4 slamming to the Edmonton Oilers. Thursday night could have been a defining moment for the Hawks as they were embarrassed once again in Edmonton. Maybe some harsh reality will [...]
Why the LA Kings hiring of Darryl Sutter makes sense
Life at the top is hard. It doesn’t matter if you’re the CEO of a major corporation, a head coach in the NFL or the GM of the LA Kings. The reason those people get paid big money is to make big decisions. There’s a sign in Dean Lombardi’s office at the Kings training facility [...]
What I’ve learned so far this season… by Kris Letang, Penguins dman
Penguins Kris Letang – sharp dresser ZZ Top were right. Every girl’s crazy about a sharp dressed man. Just ask center Jarret Stoll. Most of his Kings’ teammates have selected him as ‘best dressed’ guy in the room – although Brad Richardson disagrees. Regardless of who can lay claim to being the cat with the sharpest [...]
LA Kings captain Dustin Brown – just a big nerd?
Our new ‘What I’ve learned so far this season…’ series has already brought forth a myriad of mixed information. Drew Doughty shared who was ‘one of the best passers I’ve seen’ (and it wasn’t Anze Kopitar), Kevin Westgarth may be man crushing on one of the new Kings forwards, Trent Hunter spoke about being mesmerized [...]
LA Kings coach Terry Murray already juggling lines for next season
Murray with Williams (photo: D. Sheehan) Granted, he didn’t take the team to the playoffs his first year behind the bench in Los Angeles. However, in year two, Kings head coach Terry Murray guided the club to 101 points and they returned to the post-season for the first time in nearly a decade. He backed [...]
Filtering GM Speak and Some Speculation
The feedback from Blackhawk fans concerning the July 1 acquisitions is mixed. Some feel change was needed and the new arrivals will help their favorite club progress next season. Others believe the Hawks are now an older, slower team. Both sides have valid points. Back on April 18, concerning the future direction of the Hawks [...]
Bolts convincingly avoid elimination, destroy Penguins in Game 5
Game 5: Tampa Bay 8, Pittsburgh 2. Pittsburgh leads series 3-2. Simon Gagne, Steven Stamkos and Pavel Kubina each scored a pair of goals helping Tampa Bay stave off elimination with a convincing 8-2 win over the Penguins, sending their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series back to Florida for a sixth game Monday night at 7 pm EDT. [...]
Sloppy Pens struck by Lightning power play, series tied 1-1
Game 2: Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1. Series tied 1-1. Full credit to the Tampa Bay Lightning for making the most of their opportunities. As advertised, when opponents head to the penalty box, the Bolts tend to capitalize by using power plays as a vehicle to success. They did so last evening, converting 2 of 6 man [...]
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: Gagne To Lightning? Probably Not
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: Why The Flyers Aren’t Making A Pitch For Kovalchuk
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: Flyers Saying Goodbye To Gagne
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 [...]
Boucher Back For Game One?
Should have seen this coming like the ship sinking at the end of Titanic, but I didn’t.
SHalaked
Apparently fed up with having to chase a series, the Philadelphia Flyers decided to grab the Eastern Conference Finals by the throat in game one.
A Commercial Will Be Made
The NHL’s much parodied “History Will Be Made” series of commercials will undoubtedly be adding another to their number based on the events of tonight’s game seven between the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston.
EPIC FAIL: Flyers Piss Away 2-0 Lead, drop 4-2 Game To Caps
Yet another blown lead. This one was kind of a letdown as the Flyers really never stopped working. They made enough errors and had enough bounces go the other way to kill them, though, after jumping to a 2-0 lead. Stuff I noticed: The pairing of Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn continued to have issues. [...]
Gameday Thread: Capitals vs. Flyers
You couldn’t ask for a better start to the new season then how the Caps have started. With the exception of three third period goals by the Maple Leafs on Saturday, the Cap’s first two games have been nearly flawless efforts. The Caps have scored 10 goals in their first two games, are perfect on [...]
Communication Breakdown?
Communication Breakdown, it’s always the same…Having a nervous breakdown, could drive you insane -Led Zeppelin(or some old obscure blues player that they stole it off of) Listening to some of the comments following the Flyers 4-0 loss to the Leafs in London, Ontario, one could get the feeling that Flyers GM Paul Holmgren and head [...]