Columbus has claimed Chris Gratton off of re-entry waivers from Tampa Bay. An update in the Tennessean on Alexander Radulov during an interview with Bettman: Alexander Radulov. Russia's Continental Hockey League has refused neutral-site arbitration regarding the talented forward, who left the Predators for Russia last summer despite having a year left on his NHL contract. [...]
* DOBBERHOCKEY.COM TRADE CENTER - CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE TRADES AND FANTASY ANALYSIS * The NHL trade deadline in 2009 will be on Wednesday, March 4 at 3 pm. Expect one trade by 11am, one trade by 1pm...and then between 2pm and 6pm you can expect a good 20. On March 3, the [...]
Ottawa has traded San Jose's first round pick and Dean McAmmond to the Islanders for Mike Comrie and Chris Campoli.
Filling in for Dale this week, I’ve enlisted the help of a four legged friend. This is Thunder, a 5 year old Shepherd-Collie cross that will finally help us answer the question: Are four legs better than two?? When it comes to making hockey picks anyways…. We have a busy schedule for Hockey Day in Canada, so let’s get started.
Home Stretch
After the trade deadline on March 4 there are still 22% of the games left to play. All NHL teams play between 17 and 20 games. The top schedules belong to the Senators (20.25), Flyers (20.13), Canadiens (19.94), Blackhawks (19.78), and Wild (19.74) who all play 20 games (ratings shown in brackets). At the other end of the schedule the Hurricanes (16.90), Penguins (16.95), Predators (16.97), Ducks (16.97), and Blue Jackets (17.23) have the worst combination of fewer games, tougher opponents and road games. The Blackhawks lead the homes games category with 13 after the trade deadline followed by Panthers, Flyers, and Canadiens with 11.
According to Ansar Khan's latest , "the Wings recalled goaltender Jimmy Howard from Grand Rapids. Howard will back-up Ty Conklin for tonight's game against Anaheim and then make his first start of the season for Detroit Saturday in Minnesota. Chris Osgood will not dress for at least the next two games, as the team wants [...]
With the recent news that Alexei Kovalev is not accompanying the team on their short two game road trip, we are going to see what the Canadiens are made of. Kovalev is an All-World talent, but can sometimes disappear for long stretches. This will be a wake up call for him.
Sorry, Auld didn't start three straight - he started two and came on in relief in the other one. Still, his numbers in those three games: 2-0-1, 1.07 and 0.956. He goes on these hot streaks and if the Sens were smart they would ride him for the 5-7 games or so that he stays [...]
Last June I wrote this piece on my ideas for the Canadian Olympic roster for the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Yesterday's debut of Pierre McGuire's roster picks inspired me to update my selections. Over the past nine months quite a bit has changed, and my updated roster will reflect that.
Save of the year? Kipper on Wellwood - clip posted below. Puck Daddy has a great interview up today with Pavel Datsyuk. He has been on fire with the Russian interviews lately. Check out part one here , and part two here . Martin Havlat - 54 games without an injury. Another 28 games and I'll [...]
