All Entries Tagged With: "Phil Kessel"
Bruins Get Back In Business; Down Sens 5-3 At TD Garden
On Tuesday night, the Boston Bruins absolutely had to have a victory. That’s right, the defending Stanley Cup Champions were in a must-win situation…..on November 1. Coming into Tuesday’s game against Ottawa, the B’s had lost 3 straight and seven of their first ten this season, with a 2-5-0 record at the TD Garden. [...]
Boston Bruins Week In Review; Trade Brewing?
Following a 3-2 shootout victory at Chicago’s United Center, the Boston Bruins returned home to TD Garden to begin a 4-game home-stand. Prior to the start of the home-stand, the B’s record sat at 2-3-0 (4 Points). After three quarters of this stretch of games at the TD Garden, the B’s record is at 3-5-0 [...]
Seguin Stars In B’s 6-2 Trouncing Of Toronto
Regardless of either player’s feelings for one another, 24-year old Maple Leafs’ winger Phil Kessel and 19-year old Bruins’ pivot Tyler Seguin will be linked and compared to one another throughout their entire careers. All of this thanks to a trade in the summer of 2009 that sent 3 top-end draft choices (the first [...]
Bruins GameDay Preview: Leafs & B’s Set To Square Off At The Garden
Tonight at TD Garden, the Boston Bruins (2-4-0 (4 Points)) will play host to the white-hot Toronto Maple Leafs (4-0-1 (9 Points)). The Bruins will look to rebound from an ordinarily ugly loss at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night in the Hub. Tonight also kicks off divisional play for the [...]
Grind Line 2.0 Leads Red Wings To 4-2 Win Over Maple Leafs
When you think of a Red Wing who had a three-point night, the typical names that come to mind would be Pavel Datsyuk or Henrik Zetterberg, but neither were in the lineup tonight at the Air Canada Centre. Members of the current version of the “Grind Line,” Darren Helm and Patrick Eaves were the offensive [...]
Panthers Running Late to the Party
Hello again Panther Fans, today we are going to look at how many teams have already made significant moves leading up to the Trade Deadline, and the Panthers, thus far have been left out in the cold. The market has clearly become one that greatly favours the seller. And while Toronto continues to further better [...]
Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens pre-game notes
My game previews have been called “Maple Leafs vs. _____ pre-game notes” for quite a while now and I think it’s time the title represents exactly what the article is, so I’m going to try a new style of pre-game notes. From now on (unless I decide otherwise) my game previews are going to be [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs Mid-Season Awards
With the All-Star break here, there is no better time for general managers and coaches to re-evaluate their teams during the season. Part of re-evaluating a National Hockey League team is looking at the team leaders in certain statistical categories and their act on and off the ice as a person. The Toronto Maple Leafs [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs: What Phil Kessel Being Selected Last Means for Them
Nobody wanted to be the last pick in the 2011 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft. Sure, you would be an All-Star and get all the attention you could ask for all weekend long, but you would also be the most embarrassed player sitting on the stage, even if that meant being given a free car and [...]
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 [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs Must Focus on Building Their Defence, Not Offence
Much has been made of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ inability to score this season. Reasons such as having such a young team, lack of experience and the most used one of all; no legitimate top-six forward, have been thrown around by fans. Although all of those reasons are true, adding another forward may not be [...]
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!
Maple Leafs vs. Capitals pre-game notes
Tonight, the Toronto Maple Leafs will host the Washington Capitals in what will be the third game of a crucial five-game stint for the Maple Leafs.
Dangerous Trends as Blues Lose 6-5 to Leafs
Losing a pair of games in the wake of a five game winning streak may hardly cause a ripple with some. For the St. Louis Blues however, it’s a warning sign. Not the red hexagaon with “HALAK” in white letters. It’s one of those on-ramp signs to the interstate saying “Wrong Way”. There should be [...]
The 10 most disappointing players so far this season
With the Christmas holidays looming, let’s have a look at the 10 most disappointing players so far this season. 1. Ilya Kovalchuk – New Jersey Devils 31 games 8 goals and 10 assists for 18 points and a -21 plus/minus differential. After signing a monstrous 17-year $100 million contract in the off-season, Kovalchuk has been [...]
Thank You Kessel, Thank you Burkie, Thank you Wideman…THANK YOU BRUINS!
The Bruins are 8 games into the season, and already the Bruins faithful are in mid-season form both via the social networks as well as in the TD Garden. It began with Nathan Horton’s red-hot start, and Bruins fans across Twitter made the hashtag: #ThankYouWideman a trending topic. Not to be outdone the resurgence of [...]
Bruins Pregame 10/28/10 – Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs
The Boston Bruins look to rebound as they take the ice tonight against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs. Do you remember as a kid, watching wrestling when all of the storylines would finally culminate into one big melting pot of greatness known as WrestleMania? If so, then tonight’s game is your hockey edition of WrestleMania, [...]
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 [...]
Canadiens set final roster, ready to open season against Toronto
Yesterday the Montreal Canadiens set their 22-man roster by sending goalie Curtis Sanford, forwards Ryan White and Ben Maxwell, as well as defencemen Yannick Weber and Alex Henry to their AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. With Roman Hamrlik likely to miss the season opener in Toronto tonight with a sprained right knee, and all-star rearguard [...]
Breakout Or Bust: Will Wheeler Prove His Worth For B’s?
In the summer of 2008 when forward Blake Wheeler couldn’t/wouldn’t agree to terms with the Phoenix Coyotes, the 6’5″ forward hit the open market as an unrestricted free-agent and instantaneously became a marquee name among second-tier pool of free agents. Drawing interest from the Canadiens and Rangers along with the B’s, the Hub had every [...]
