La troisième partie d’une revue en sept segments des équipes qui n’ont pas participé aux séries éliminatoires, et le genre d’impact que chacune d’elle aura sur les effectifs de vos pools à vie. Cette semaine, nous examinons les Islanders et le Lightning.
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Part three in a seven-part review takes a look at the teams that failed to reach the postseason and what kind of impact each of them will have on your keeper-league squad. This week, we take a look at NY Islanders and Tampa Bay.
John Grahame will not be in the NHL next year. Omsk got him. He will play in the RSL next season. The Russian League was on fire yesterday - Chris Simon has signed with Vityaz Podolsk Chekhov. The likes of Alexander Korolyuk, Igor Radulov (Alexander's brother), Nathan Perrot and Oleg Kvasha all play there. The Pens signed [...]
Doctors are telling Kimmo Timonen that his blood clot can't get any worse and are giving him the green light to play tomorrow. Wow - talk about a boost for the Flyers. It should be a great game. Braydon Coburn still "doesn't feel right". He did not skate yesterday. Johan Franzen is a no-go for today. As [...]
I started this column by doing research on how players headed into free agency did. The thought being that with the added motivation, they would be primed to do as well as they possibly could in order to have the numbers to support a big contract. What I found were a bunch of players who broke out in their third year. It’s typically been a player’s fourth NHL season that we see them breakout offensively. Is this a new trend developing or just a blip on the screen?
The following are some examples of Eastern Conference pending free agents that had a breakout in their third NHL season:
According to the Denver Post, Patrick Roy will not coach the Avs next year. He wants to coach his two sons in the coming season in the QMJHL and will consider the NHL after that. Lehtinen and Barnes will be out for Game 5 on Saturday afternoon. Dallas rearguard Mark Fistric has mono. Everyone had figured [...]
The San Jose Sharks actually had some people, myself included, convinced they could be the first team in decades to come back from a 3-0 series deficit when they took Dallas to Game 6 and pushed it to overtime. As we know, they didn’t, and poolies are now hoping for a change of philosophy.
(Originally posted by The Hockey News on May 9 - four days before Wilson was fired, not bad timing eh?)
Bryan Murray said that he hopes to have a coach in place for the Sens before the Draft. Johan Franzen has been given the go-ahead to start light workouts. They may rush him back if the Wings lose Game 5. For those of you who aren't paying attention to the World Hockey Championship, but kind of care: [...]
Finally, a Steve Sullivan update. From the Tennessean... the Preds see Patric Hornqvist as a top-six player next season if Steve Sullivan can't play. Sully is still suffering from back spasms, but will start working out on the ice in hopes that it will soothe things. An update will be made in early June. Hornqvist, by [...]
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