All Entries Tagged With: "Marc Savard"
There Is Smoke, Will There Be Fire Between Bruins And Sabres Tonight?
It’s no secret that the Buffalo Sabres and the Boston Bruins are not fans of one another. The two age-old Adams Division rivals have had countless classic battles over the years. On November 12, Milan Lucic did nothing but add fuel to the fire when he steamrolled Buffalo goaltender Ryan Miller during the first period [...]
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 [...]
News and Notes From B’s Training Camp 2011
As we sit, a mere 2 nights away from the opening of the Bruins’ pre-season schedule, when they will take on the Senators, at ScotiaBank Centre in Ottawa, 54 members of the Black and Gold have reported to Boston for training camp. While the rookies were in town at the beginning of last week, [...]
Top 10 players to avoid on draft day for the 2011-12 season
With only three weeks before the first puck drops on the ice for the beginning of the 2010-12 NHL season, many of you have to take part in a fantasy draft whether it is on Yahoo or ESPN, or among friends at home. Yet, plenty of use are ill-prepared come draft day, especially in the [...]
Bruins Rookies Set To Take On Islanders
A little housekeeping before we get started here… – On a sad note, Alexander Galimov, the only Lokomotiv player that survived the impact of the plane crash this past Wednesday, has passed away this morning in a Moscow Hospital. Galimov was 26 years old. —On a brighter Note, according to CSNNE’s Joe Haggerty, injured [...]
Marc Savard Declared Out For Season – Career In Jeopardy
When Marc Savard when down to the ice in pain, on January 22, in Colorado, after a collision with former teammate Matt Hunwick, the city of Boston held it’s collective breath. This would be the 2nd time in 10 months that Savard would suffer a severe concussion. Following the infamous Matt Cooke hit, on March [...]
Halting the Head Shot Horrors
Once again, the NHL has found itself dealing with an on-ice incident that has left one player with a severe concussion and the League having to mete out discipline based on less than concrete guidelines. Boston’s Nathan Horton was was destroyed by a late hit from Vancouver’s Aaron Rome in Game 3 of the Stanley [...]
Top-20 worst bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
When the 2010-11 NHL regular season ended about three weeks ago, some teams analyzed the production of some of their key players thinking why did we give so much money to the players listed below. While some productive players like Joe Thornton (21 goals, but 70 points), Henrik Sedin (19 goals, but 94 points) and [...]
Canadiens defeat Bruins 4-1; analysis of Chara’s dirty hit on Pacioretty
Tuesday evening, the Montreal Canadiens played one of their best all-around game of the season in a 4-1 win against their division rivals, the Boston Bruins; however, this beautiful win was clouded by Zdeno Chara’s dirty hit on youngster Max Pacioretty at the end of the second period. The night had begun fairly well for [...]
In Violent NHL, Respect Biggest Reason for Concussion Rise
In any sport, injury is destined to occur. Some sports are more violent and dangerous than others; however all involve a certain amount of risk when being played. From your intramural soccer game to the NHL, injuries can occur at any time and become more and more likely as the competition level rises.
Logically Looking at the Blues & Bruins as Trading Partners
The Boston Bruins need to create cap space to bring back Marc Savard. With key injuries the St. Louis Blues may need help in their forward ranks. Is there a deal to be made?
Sid & Bylsma at Odds Plus Other Notes
By now most Penguins fans have heard that Captain Sidney Crosby waded into the goalie situation in Pittsburgh over the past couple of days. To not mince words, here is what was said by the Captain. “He’s [Fleury] going to have good games. It’s not like he can change overnight. He’s going to put strings [...]
Penguins Notepad – 11.2.10
Lets get this out of the way. Go Vote today. Imagine if you got to vote for NHL Commissioner, you’d all be there. If you don’t vote you lose your right to complain in my book. Now moving on… Penguins fans are all still dealing with the aftermath of the tragic news regarding Jordan Staal’s [...]
Weekly Fantasy: 10 players to avoid on draft day
With only one week before the first puck drops on the ice for the beginning of the 2010-11 NHL season, many of you will take part of a fantasy draft this weekend, whether it’s rotisserie or a head-to-head format. Please avoid the 10 players at all cost because of the injury risk they pose. Let [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Rejection of the Bruins Trading Savard to the Kings
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 [...]
Easy Way Out Of Boston: NHL Investigating Savard Deal
Take one deep breath and join me as we recap the past year in the world of Marc Savard, won’t you? After putting up a career-year in 2008-09 and following that up with a tremendous playoff run, you’re not welcomed to Team Canada’s Olympic summer camp while line-mate Milan Lucic is. Then your line-mate and [...]
DAILY RUMORS: A Look at the Rumored Suitors for Tomas Kaberle… In a Market that is, Well, Lacking
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: 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 [...]
Cap-Crunching Ahead: Bruins Extend Mark Stuart
Boston Bruins sign Mark Stuart to a one-year extension, but with two-million dollars left in cap-space, what’s next for the Bruins?
B’s Enter Free-Agency With Big Needs & Little Money
It was a rainy day in March when the Bruins disappointed their fans by failing to pull the trigger on a trade that would’ve brought some much needed scoring up front to bolster a pedestrian offense. Despite a near-run to the Eastern Conference Finals amidst this lack of scoring, the B’s would once again come [...]
