All Entries Tagged With: "Maple Leafs"
Cowick’s 2 goals help Sens shut out Penguins in opener of Rookie Tournament
The Ottawa Senators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 for a shutout win in the opening game of the 2011 NHL Rookie Tournament at General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. Left wing Corey Cowick, a 2009 draft choice of the Senators, scored two goals while Robin Lehner, Sweden’s netminder at the 2011 World Junior Championship, made [...]
Rookie tournaments give prospects chance to make a statement
Hockey Independent will be on-site at General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario this weekend to report on the 2011 NHL Rookie Tournament. Prospects from the Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs will play each other once for a total of six games from Saturday until Tuesday.
New Ice Hog Head Coach??… Plus Al’s Shots
According to a source close to the situation, the prohibitive favorite to become the next Rockford Ice Hog head coach is Ted Dent. Dent has been in the Blackhawks’ organization for the past five years, acting as an assistant coach on Bill Peters’ staff since 2008. Dent also served as an assistant to Mike Haviland [...]
HockeyIndependent Trade Deadline Show – Click to replay
Join us for 2nd annual Trade Deadline show complete with your HI bloggers, XM NHL Home Ice, and special guests… HOCKEY INDEPENDENT NHL Trade Deadline Show
A Must Win and The Need For Change
The Blackhawks should forget about trying to muster up any more desperation, if it isn’t there already it’s not coming. With a loss tonight in Edmonton the Hawks will put themselves into a cavern. Readers are probably are getting tired of the same points rehashed, but there isn’t a reason to deviate. My thoughts have [...]
Interview with Kerry Fraser
Fascinating interview with 30-year NHL veteran Kerry Fraser. He doesn’t pull any punches when talking about the biggest names in hockey – including Gretzky, Messier and Ovechkin. Plus, a raw story about Theo Fleury and notes on Fraser lecturing Mario Lemieux. It’s a can’t miss conversation.
DAILY RUMORS: Toronto Maple Leaf Rumormill
Another new month, another round of Toronto Maple Leafs trade rumors. Yes, as GM Brian Burke continues to shop around (without success thus far) this season for players who can help his roster the blogosphere is as usual buzzing with plenty of rumors and trade scenarios. First up, The Bleacher Report’s Erik Paul, envisioning potential [...]
Maple Leafs at Kings Preview – TRIVIA EDITION
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be in Los Angeles tonight for a rare match-up vs. the Kings. Long time fans will remember their classic playoff battle in 1993. How much do you know or remember about Gretzky, Gilmour and the boys? Test your knowledge here with 10 quick questions.
A TALE OF TWO TEAMS: Building Through Draft vs The Other Guy
Interesting article on the Maple Leafs over on InsideHockey.com. In it, the author puts forth the notion that Brian Burke should have taken the mystery door than the safe pick of Phil Kessel. If you look at the standings and struggles since, one has to agree. What he describes is the vast difference of building [...]
DAILY RUMORS: New Year, Another Brad Richards Rumor
Back from my Christmas holiday and time to keep tabs on some of the more “interesting” trade rumors flying around. Hockeybuzz.com’s “Eklund” still believes the Dallas Stars will trade center Brad Richards because they won’t be able to afford to re-sign him. “I continue to compare the situation to Kovalchuk last year. Brad wants to [...]
1-on-1 With Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star
For today’s edition of “I Hate Monday’s,” I interview Toronto Star journalist Kevin McGran. Kevin started his journalism career as a writer for the Canadian Press back in 1988 and recently joined Star Sports as a full time journalist covering the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is known as one of the nicer journalists and was [...]
Capitals Musings: Cause for concern?
In this latest installment of my Weekly Musings series, where I speak to the general nature of the Washington Capitals over the last week, it will be awfully difficult to point out any positives. The Caps have now lost four games in a row and have looked dreadful in all four of those losses. Losses [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Bruin’s David Krejci For Sale?
The impending return of injured Boston Bruins forwards Marc Savard and Marco Sturm has Bruins management on the phone calling around in hopes of making a potential salary dumping move or two to clear space for the eventual return of both players. It’s widely assumed veteran winger Michael Ryder and his $4 million salary could [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Will The St. Louis Blues Move David Backes?
A recent report from Sportsnet claimed contract talks between the St. Louis Blues and forward David Backes have hit a snag and has given rise to speculation the club might shop the rugged winger later this season. Backes, 26, will be eligible for unrestricted free agency next summer, is coming off a three-year deal paying [...]
Backchecking: Islanders Pluck Leafs — Steal A Road Win
Gutsy is an understatement. Coming into a hostile Air Canada Center last night the Islanders faced a Leaf’s team that had not lost a game this season. Through a little more then 60 minutes of playing time, a little luck, some fantastic goaltending and an exceptional overall team effort, the New York Islanders ended the [...]
Forechecking: Islanders Take On Leafs
Back to the future for the Islanders and Leaf. The last time both franchises were playing this well it was spring 2002 when the Leaf’s Darcy Tucker took a cheap shot on Mike Peca, and Gary Roberts took a cheap shot on Kenny Jonsson in a brutal 7-game series. Eventually the Leafs won that series. [...]
Nothing quite like Opening Night – UPDATED with NHL FACE-OFF photos
An informal take on “NHL FACE-OFF 2010″ events this evening outdoors in downtown Toronto as the hockey season gets underway. This writer tests his wrist shot and slap shot, has his photo taken with Gary Roberts, comes home with a Blackberry mini-stick and other sponsor giveaway items and spends five minutes “co-anchoring” a faux-NHL Network segment with TV host and popular ex-Leaf Bill Berg.
DAILY RUMORS: Devils-Maple Leafs Speculation
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: No Big Trade Coming For Leafs For A Scoring Center
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 Dismisses Several Rumored Destinations for Niemi…But Acknowledges One Possibility
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 [...]