It was announced on Friday that New York Rangers defenceman Kevin Klein would be retiring from the NHL after a 12-year career. Starting his career in Nashville before being traded to the Rangers, Klein had seemed to settle into a second/third-pair role with New York. His role – as that article indicates – had started [...]
Edmonton signed Jussi Jokinen to a one-year, $1.1 million contract Friday. What the Oilers Receive Jokinen is an experienced and well-rounded winger that can slide up and down the lineup. He's sound in all three zones, and his strong positional play is reflected in his excellent possession numbers. Jokinen is also capable of [...]
Is anyone else finding themselves watching a lot more baseball these days? Summer is in full swing and sports are thin in general alas a time for reflection on the previous season’s results. One player thoroughly deserving of spotlight coverage is Victor Hedman. […]
After looking at the Central Division Tuesday, I'll run through the Metropolitan Division today. As noted, I'm going to take a look at each division for an offseason lay of the land now that most of the pieces are in place. It's an opportunity to look at each team closely and how the depth [...]
Every July 1st, the NHL’s general managers act like bargain seekers set loose in a mall on Boxing Day. They think that they can find a bargain, but in reality, most of the purchases end up being things that they didn’t need. At that point, they then have to make an effort to get rid [...]
Montreal avoided arbitration with Alex Galchenyuk by signing the restricted free agent to a three-year deal with an average annual value of $4.9 million. That’s a good value, however it seems to me not long ago they had another young player unfairly maligned sign a bridge deal and… well that didn’t exactly work out. One [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on Marleau, Yakupov, Radulov and cheap but solid signings, (July 05) *** I was just giving kudos to the Maple Leafs for an excellent July 1st. At this point my advice to NHL GM’s is to just sign nobody except depth players and fill out your AHL team. That’s what’s best. I don’t [...]
Colorado signed Nail Yakupov to a one-year, $875,000 contract Tuesday. […]
Happy Fourth of July to our American friends. The Ottawa Senators were the only team to qualify for the postseason with more goals allowed than goals for. They allowed the tenth fewest goals against while ranking 22nd in goals scored. […]
Here are the Top 100 points-only keeper league defensemen to own - July edition Curated from yesterday's full Top 300 skaters (click here), here are the defensemen broken out. Don't forget - +/-5.0 ratings are considered equal value and at that point depend on need and preference. Def. Rk Player Team Rating July [...]
