All Entries Tagged With: "Saku Koivu"
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 28-28-6 with 62 points through 62 games. After 62 games last season, the Bolts were 37-18-7 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
Bobby Ryan A Bruin? Is There A Blockbuster On The Horizon?
Losers of seven in a row and thirteen of their past fourteen, there is little doubt that the Anaheim Ducks are in a complete tailspin. Their current streak has left them with a 6-13-4 (16 Points) record and has left them in 14th place in the Western Conference, a mere one point ahead of the [...]
Red Wings Close Out Road Trip with 4-2 Win Over Ducks
Despite a 27-minute power outage at the Honda Center, the Detroit Red Wings picked up where they left off as far as their offense was concerned. Brad Stuart provided a jolt as he notched his fifth career two-goal game as the Red Wings closed out their road trip with a 4-2 win over the Anaheim [...]
Predators Outlast the Ducks 4-3, Take 2-1 Series Lead
The Anaheim Ducks ventured into Bridgestone Arena and found out that the fans in Nashville aren’t granola eating, patchouli wearing, tie dyed types as the raucous sellout crowd willed the Predators to victory over the Ducks by a 4-3 margin. Frankly, the game was much closer than it should have been as the Predators dominated [...]
Predators Quash the Quack Attack 4-1
The Nashville Predators began a three game West coast road swing with a hard fought 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. The game was not as close as the score would indicate, as the Predators had their hands full with a swarming Ducks squad that peppered Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne with 41 shots. The Ducks [...]
Discussing the Kovalev to Blues Rumor
Are the St. Louis Blues really kicking the tires on Ottawa Senators enigmatic forward Alex Kovalev? This is NHL trade rumor that needs analyzing.
Predators Heart Ripped Out by the Ducks 5-4
Let’s just be honest. The Nashville Predators are not a good hockey team. Good hockey teams find ways to hold leads. Good hockey teams find ways to win games. Good hockey teams don’t keep facing deficits throughout games from which they have to recover. Good hockey teams fight to the very end of the game [...]
San Jose Sharks sign Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski to long term contracts
A few days after he officially told soon-to-be unrestricted free agent goaltender Evgeny Nabokov that he would not be re-signed by the Sharks, San Jose general manager Doug Wilson signed former captain Patrick Marleau to a four-year, $27.6 million deal ($6.9 million/year) and Joe Pavelski to a four-year, $16 million deal ($4 million/year). The former was [...]
Dull Rivals: Boston Versus Montreal Lacks Familiar Fire
Growing up in Boston, the hatred for the Montreal Canadiens is instilled in you through your parents, your friends, or in most cases the Habs knocking the Bruins out of the playoffs routinely. The Canadiens didn’t like the Bruins, and the Bruins deplored the Habs and their 24 Stanley Cups. Throughout their entire history the [...]
A look at former Canadiens’ players so far this season
Christopher Higgins The American forward is having a hard time in the Big Apple. In fact, Higgins only has five points this year, and only deux goals. Defensively, Higgins’ strength, is having difficulties adjusting to John Tortorella’s style of play posting a plus/minus differential of -5. Tortorella is mainly using him on the third line [...]
Gionta Leading Candidate for Habs Captaincy? Patches Earns a Spot?
Is Brian Gionta the leading candidate to replace Saku Koivu and has Max Pacioretty made the Canadiens? Read on to find out…
