Wednesday July 23, 2008
DAY 2 THE FORWARD AND DEFENCMEN COME TO CAMPLet me start out like this; I am telling you about this camp through my eyes. It is really hard to judge a rookie by a first day in camp. I can only tell you what I see. This is not a make-or-break statement about said rookies. Now, that being said, let's discuss the observations of camp day 2. Group ATHE TWO BEST DEFENSE...
Tuesday July 22, 2008
The Detroit Red Wings are giving goaltending prospect, Jimmy Howard, all the confidence in the world even though is has not one but two battles on his hands this upcoming year. Howard will earn $600,000 if he makes the club or $200,000 if he is assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. He will not have to clear waivers if sent down. He will also earn a set salar...
steal_your_faceoff writes...
Drugs & the NHL-Just How Big is the Elephant in the Corner??
Posted 10:36 PM ET | Comments 7
Mark McGwireJose CansecoBarry BondsRoger ClemensAndy PettitteMarion JonesFloyd LandisChris BenoitBill RomanowskiLyle Alzado...The list goes on and on. Allegations of performance enhancing drug* use by professional athletes seems to be as common an occurrence on our nightly news as reports of crude oil hitting yet another record high. In this age...
Many Predator fans have been wondering where Pred's blogger PredJoe has been this off season. This article pulled from wire reports answers this question.Ufa Russia - While the international dispute continue over young Alexander Radulov and his NHL and KHL contracts one American is also seeing if he too can strike gold in Russia. PredJoe has been blogging about all thi...
FuzE_gus writes...
Leafs honour Clark and Gilmour, but should they have?
Posted 9:09 AM ET | Comments 30
As reported by TSN: " The Toronto Maple Leafs will honour former captains Wendel Clark and Doug Gilmour by raising their numbers to the rafters of the Air Canada Centre this season. " Both were great players without a doubt and both were classy guys as well. However, neither brought a championship to the Leafs, the ultimate model of greatness in any league. If these playe...
Monday July 21, 2008
SoCalSharksGirl writes...
Sharks Assisstant Coaches to be Announced on Wednesday?
Posted 11:38 PM ET | Comments 5
For those of you who are not as up to date on the news coming out or going into San Jose, David Pollack of the Mercury News is reporting another name that was leaked for yet another possible assistant coach.If you read my previous blog, you would know that we've already heard of Trent Yawney out of Chicago, and Jay Woodcroft out of Detroit, and now we have Todd Richards...
As I was wasting more of my life on YouTube today I decided to watch one of the Rangers top, if not the top, prospect Alexei Cherepanov, aka the Siberian Express. Here's the link if you âre interested http://youtube.com/watch?v=KeanH3tLnoM. At one point in this video an analyst mentioned that the Rangers had already stitched Cherepanov in the back of the jersey. Now I'...
The mystery surrounding the resigning of Restricted Free Agent Ryane Clowe continues. As the summer drags on, no news comes forth about his status. We were led to believe from published reports that he had a " gentelmen's " agreement with Doug Wilson at the end of last season. The only outstanding issue had been length on contract as reported. So what is up? Since no news is...
The Los Angeles Kings have re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Peter Harrold to a three-year contract, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today. Per club policy, terms of the agreement were not announced.Harrold, 25, played in 25 games for the Kings last season, recording five points (2-3=5) and two penalty minutes. He scored his first caree...
It is getting laughable of late with the continual flow of idiotic rumors about the future of Mats Sundin. The people who are pushing forward these " gems " are apparently doing so with the agenda of generating buzz. Whether for a blog or a Newspaper or a hockey themed show, Mats Sundin's story remains a " gravy train " for those seeking a boost in readers or ratings. The prob...
Shout outs toKaren, brooke, #23, Kristin, Donna, Theresa, Jeremy, Eric, and Erica.They skated these kids very hard. At the end of the whole day several players jerseys were absolutely drenched all the way not in inch left unsweaty.No one really stood out to me as head and shoulders above everyone else. Plus there was alot of skating drills as the Power Skating gu...
Sunday July 20, 2008
Lost in the shuffle of a busy offseason in Toronto is the status of Jason Blake. The drafting of Schenn, Sundin saga and the signings of Finger and Hagman have for better or worse received most of the attention of the media. The soon to be 35 year old American had a terrible year in 07/08 on a number of levels. We all know of the cancer scare he received and Jason has do...
Saturday July 19, 2008
TheGhostOfRazor writes...
Sundin to Vancouver? Swedish paper says YES
Posted 6:50 PM ET | Comments 7
Here's a Swedish newspaper claiming that Sundin has chosen to play for the Vancouver Canucks next year. Could be just a rumour, could be true. Who knows, but fuel to the fire.http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp...p?d=672 & a=806514 & rss=2216Google translated page:According to information provided to DN leaving Mats Sundin Toronto for Vancouver.Sundin ready for VancouverHe i...
" I'm hearing if it's not Toronto, he might retire. But good luck Mike, I hope you get him, you guys need him. " Don't read anything into what MacLean is saying. For one, who the hell are MacLean's sources and secondly, it makes no logical sense for Sundin to return to Toronto except on loyalty alone. But then his desire for a Cup is in question, like I said before, as the Le...
There's not much to say now about the Ted Nolan firing as it's all been taken care of. From my perspective I have to say that I am not happy that we have lost the best coach that we've had since Peter Laviolette. Teddy was one of the only few bright spots on this team, causing a team of underachievers and overrated veterans to actually be a competitive hockey team. But whe...