Monthly Archives: July 2015

The impact of Sharp and Saad on Hossa; Saad in Columbus, Stewart in Anaheim;  and more... *** When a key player is traded in the offseason, one of the first things I look at is how other key players on his former team performed when he was out of the lineup. Even if they don't [...]

Thoughts on Kessel, Kassian, Sharp, and the NHL’s All Unsigned Team Thank you to Neil for filling in for me last Sunday while I was enjoying some quality time off sitting by the lake. But now I’m back and I’ll attempt to throw something together here for the first time since July 1, when I [...]

Thoughts on Kessel, Kassian, Sharp, and the NHL’s All Unsigned Team Thank you to Neil for filling in for me last Sunday while I was enjoying some quality time off sitting by the lake. But now I’m back and I’ll attempt to throw something together here for the first time since July 1, when I [...]

Gustav Nyquist, Patrick Sharp, Kevin Shattenkirk and more …     ***     Gustav Nyquist signed a four-year, $4.75 million contract Friday.   He followed up his 28-goal breakout during 2013-14 season with 27 tallies last year, albeit in 25 more games. Nyquist is an exceptional shooter and offensive player. He has 40-goal upside. [...]