Monthly Archives: March 2014
Tony Gallagher, The Province – Sweeping Changes in Store for Canucks
Gallagher: What will the new-look Canucks shake out to be?
The team is in store for a shakeup on the ice and behind the bench, but how that plays out remains to be seen
Is Giroux a Hart Candiate? Ian McLaren thinks so
Claude Giroux has turned disappointing start into potential Hart candidacy
Read more here
Is there anyone better than Carlyle out there?
Dreger “how do you replace a man like Carlyle? Is there anyone better out there than Carlyle? Are Trotz or Laviolette better than him?”
— Hope_Smoke (@Hope_Smoke) March 31, 2014
Hockey Rumors & News – March 29, 2014
Pat Hickey thinks that it “It’s time for Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin to get a deal done with his most valuable defenceman.”
http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Hickey+Hockey+Habs+should+give+Markov+three+year+contract/9674243/story.html
Sabres to retire Dominik Hasek’s number next season
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24504493/sabres-to-retire-dominik-haseks-number-next-season
Sources saying #Sabres/Nolan have finalized terms on new #NHL contract. Believed to be a 3 yr deal. Announcement to come early next week.
— Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) March 28, 2014
Heatley in a major drought
MICHAEL RUSSO of the Star Tribune is reports on Dany s great drought.
Only 4 Shots in the last 11 games . ouch.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/252837161.html
Do you agree or disagree with this ?
Kypreos “if the Leafs fizzle out and miss the playoffs, nobody is having a conversation about Bernier. He’s done everything needed”
— Hope_Smoke (@Hope_Smoke) March 28, 2014
Was Hasek the Best Goalie?
Did you know? Dominik Hasek owns the best career GAA (2.20) & save % (.922) among goaltenders with at least 500 @NHL games played.
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 28, 2014
Panthers more likely to make a trade than an UFA signing
only guessing here, but trade. – @MattsMusings1: Do you think the winger DT is after will be traded for or signed in FA?”
— George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) March 27, 2014
Should the Leafs consider a Kadri and Gardiner deal for Staal?
Dreger “if Eric Staal is available, is that type of player the guy who entices Nonis to trade Kadri and Gardiner and whatever else for him?”
— Hope_Smoke (@Hope_Smoke) March 27, 2014
Devils’ Martin Brodeur pretty sure he’s not retiring, and seems to be warming up to moving on
Devils goalie Martin Brodeur really has enjoyed seeing a lot of game action and playing pretty well the last month during a late-season stretch in which his team is fighting for a playoff spot.
He never saw this opportunity coming… not after Cory Schneider played almost every game for two months … not after knowing for sure that being traded before the NHL’s March 5 deadline was a real possibility.
Lofty expectations see Phaneuf under fire as Leafs fade in the playoff race
“It’s been a very trying time for our team,” Phaneuf admitted on Wednesday as he made the rounds on both Toronto sports radio stations. “I was emotional after the game … I was disappointed with the way I played and mistakes that I made.”
Now some of the Phaneuf criticism out there is fair and some of it’s not.
Evgeni Nabokov could be back on Islanders’ radar
The last stretch of the Islanders’ season isn’t just for evaluating the young players who have been rotating through the lineup.
Evgeni Nabokov, for example, isn’t signed for next season. He’s had two injuries, including a groin problem that cost him a month and left the Isles hanging during their ugly November and December.
But he showed on Sunday a little bit of why the Islanders might be interested in a fourth season employing the 38-year-old in a backup role next season.
FEAR INFECTING LEAFS AS PLAYOFF HOPES DWINDLE
Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.
St. Louis was all that and more for most of a cold March night. They dealt the sliding Leafs their sixth straight loss – seven in the past eight games – and a very loud exit from the current playoff picture. Once on firm ground toward a second straight trip to the postseason, Toronto now sits 10th in the East, trailing Columbus and Detroit for the final two wild card spots with only eight games left to play.
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