Head Coach Guy Boucher was fired by the Tampa Bay Lightning. In the Lightning’s first game since, the team is headed by Assistant Coach Daniel Lacroix, Assistant Coach Martin Raymond, and Player Development Coach Steve Thomas. Looking a bit disorganized,…
The NHL Board of Governors today approved a proposal that will see the NHL realign into four conferences, with two of the conferences housing eight teams while the other two have seven a piece. The new league format will begin…
Some players have a deep bag of tricks that they pull from in the shootout, and Vancouver Canucks forward Mason Raymond certainly has a few slick moves to draw from. We’ve seen the spin-o-rama move before from Raymond, but he…
The Columbus Blue Jackets rolled over the San Jose Sharks Monday, February 11th. The Blue Jackets opened up with a 1 – 0 lead after the first thanks to new Blue Jacket Brandon Dubinsky’s first goal. While the Sharks fought…
The Detroit Red Wings got off to an unimpressive start after losing 0 – 6 against the St. Louis Blues in their first game. With the loss of Nicklas Lidstrom to retirement and seeing the defense make mistake after mistake,…
The NHL lockout has offered a different looking American Hockey League (AHL) this season. Most teams have two to three skaters playing in the AHL who would normally be in the NHL, but because of their two-way contracts, it allows…
Although the NHL is currently in limbo, hockey teams are still preparing for the upcoming season. One such team perhaps has a bit more to work to do than the rest; the Columbus Blue Jackets. In the off-season, the Blue…
If you think things couldn’t get worse for the Columbus Blue Jackets, it has. Last season the club posted the sixth-highest payroll in the league but they finished last in the standings. Fans staged a revolt protest, another coach was…
The New York Rangers had an incredible season last year, finishing first overall in the Eastern Conference, but somehow the team still managed to fall short of a Stanley Cup Finals berth. So what did they do in the offseason?…
In a six part series, I’ll highlight players from each team in the categories of: Best Draft Pick, Sleeper Pick and Who to Avoid. My picks can be contested; we all have our own opinions. My goal is to help…