All Entries Tagged With: "Sidney Crosby"
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 [...]
It’s Howard’s Turn to Backstop Red Wings To Stanley Cup
Ask any sports fan in Michigan what are the two toughest postions in Detroit Sports, one of the answers you’ll probably get is a Red Wings Goaltender. While you’re at it, ask any past or present Red Wings goalie about the pressure to win a Stanley Cup: It’s win or you’ll be shipped out. Mike Vernon, [...]
Crosby’s Concussion Symptoms Actually Due to Month Long Bender.
A report that Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby has suffered a setback in his recovery from a pair of concussions is being dismissed by his agent as merely ‘being in Halifax during the summer’
$tamkos Stays! Bolts Sign Superstar For Five Years
Our long international nightmare is over! Was it Philly? Was it Toronto…or the Panthers? Of course not. Superstar Steven Stamkos is staying put in Tampa Bay. Today, after much speculation to the contrary (some of the ridiculous nature}, the 21 year old sniper agreed to terms with the Lightning,making him a Bolt for the next [...]
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 [...]
Guts, Grit And Goaltending Guide Bolts Past Pens, 1-0
Going into the quarterfinal series the spotlight was on Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. He had, after all won a Stanley Cup and kept the Penguins title hopes alive despite the injuries to superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. But, as it turned out, a 41 year old journeyman goalie stole the show. Tampa Bay’s Dwayne [...]
Fleury Leads Pens Past Bolts, 3-2
The Pittsburgh Penguins recuperated from a 5-1 beating at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning in game two, and beat the Bolts 3-2 last night in Tampa to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference first round series. In the first home playoff game in four years the Lightning saw Pittsburgh’s Maxime Talbot [...]
Bolts vs. Pens – Tale Of The Tape
Lightning vs. Penguins First Round Schedule Game 1 – Wed., April 13, @Pittsburgh, 7 PM Game 2 – Fri., April 15, @Pittsburgh, 7 PM Game 3 – Mon., April 18, Home, 7:30 PM Game 4 – Wed., April 20, Home, 7 PM Game 5 – Sat., April 23, @ Pittsburgh, TBA Game 6 – Mon., [...]
The Return Of The Rangers’ Mojo?
For 99% of NHL teams, the 82-game regular season is a series of ebbs and flows. It’s certainly been for the Rangers. They managed to remain afloat and some would even say overachieve despite a rash of injuries. Around the All-Star Break they started to get some of those players back, and they sputtered to [...]
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.
Jeff Carter: Sniper Having a Stellar Season For Orange and Black
If you’re following the NHL in 2010-11, you’re hearing about the stellar years that Steven Stamkos, Sidney Crosby, and Daniel Sedin are having. Sedin leads the league with 69 points while Stamkos is the league leader in goals (39) and is second to Sedin in points (68). Crosby is second in goals (32), third in [...]
Daily Rumors: Alex Kovalev Returning to Pittsburgh? Not Likely
If there’s one player who would fall into the category of “One the Ottawa Senators would love to move right away”, it’s aging under-achieving winger Alex Kovalev. Currently in the final season of a two-year deal worth $5 million per, Kovalev has been a considerable disappointment for the Senators and their fans, his presence merely [...]
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 [...]
Top 10 Most Hated Active NHL Players
This list about the 2011 most hated NHL players is only about active players again, that’s why some notable retired guys like Claude Lemieux, Darcy Tucker, Ulf Samuelsson, Jeremy Roenick, Dale Hunter, Marty McSorley, Darius Kasparaitis and Chris Simon are not included in the list. Please feel free to add your personal list of players [...]
Weather Woes
So it was going to rain on Sid and Ovi’s parade after all. Between the 2nd and 3rd periods of yesterday’s World Junior Championship game between Canada and Sweden, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly announced on the NHL Network that due to the consistent forecasts of afternoon rain in Pittsburgh, the start time for the [...]
Capitals Musings: Winter Classic | Powerless Power Play | Dedication to Defense
The day has arrived. After months and months of endless hype, the Winter Classic is finally here. The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins will take their rivalry outdoors in the NHL’s marquee event. This will be the Penguins’ second trip to the Winter Classic and the first for the Capitals. The Penguins participated in [...]
You Win Some, You Lose Some
After playing two-and-a-half periods of hockey tonight that could be classified as an insomniac’s dream-come-true, the New York Rangers somehow found a way to score four unanswered goals in the third to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 at the CONSOL Energy Center. The victory was the Rangers’ League-leading 12th on the road. The Penguins came [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 21: Lightning 3 – Bruins 1 “Win Streak Goes To Four” Superstar Steven Stamkos scored his 20th goal to lead the Bolts (12-7-2) to a 3-1 win over Boston. The Lightning scored three times in the second period to take control over the Bruins. The Lightning have pulled to within four points of the [...]
The Real Alex Semin? Or Contract Year Alex Semin?
The skill and talent Alex Semin possesses is no secret. It is matched by few. Whether it is his long skating stride, his slippery curl and drag, or his missile of a shot; Semin possesses raw skills that are going to make him a rich rich man come next summer. His start to the 2010-2011 [...]
The Two Line Pass: Breaking it down with Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo
“Right now we just gotta focus on continuing to do the little things and make sure we don’t get stuck in a funk like that again.”-Carlo Colaiacovo
