This past Friday, NHL.com posted a great article recapping the 2009 Prospect Tournament, which was held September 6-10 in Traverse City, Mich. Now in it’s 12th year, the Prospect Tournament has become a great way for coaches and general managers…
There may be no other team in the NHL more eager to start the current season than the Tampa Bay Lightning. Instability in ownership and coaching dogged this team for a great deal of the season while relentless trade rumors…
Last season, Atlanta played its best hockey when it was already eliminated from playoff contention when it won 12 of its final 18 games. Atlanta hopes to use the strong finish last season to continue early this season. This franchise…
After false reports surfaced yesterday of a possible deal that would send disgruntled Sens sniper Dany Heatley to the Sharks in a three-way deal that also included the Las Angeles Kings, it was officially announced today that the San Jose…
The Florida Panthers gives neither feeling of excitement nor any other feeling at all when thought of, but perhaps that is expected of a team who has not made the playoffs since 1999. Nonetheless, last season the panthers were only…
Armed with the ever dangerous trio of Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza, it’s hard to think that this team would not be a Stanley Cup contender year after year. It would even be wise to suggest that they…
and Boston in the first two rounds before bowing out to Pittsburgh in the Eastern Conference Finals. On offense, this team will come and go with how center Eric Staal plays. If he can top the 40-goal season he had…
The Boston Bruins were the best team in the Eastern Conference at the end of the regular season last year, but things didn’t pan out in the post-season like they had hoped with a second-round exit at the hands of…
While attending the 2009 Prospects Tournament, and finding out that I had inadequate camera equipment, Hockey World Blog is proud and grateful for the blog Tape to Tape. Hockey World Blog and Tape to Tape will be collaborating with one…
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to be better this season as general manager Brian Burke intends on rebuilding the team similarly as he did the Anaheim Ducks; big and strong. Offensively, the team added free agents Colton Orr from the…