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WHICH NHL TEAM HAS THE BEST FORWARD PROSPECTS? (2012 EDITION)
Posted on 25 May 2012 by Corey Krakower.
At the start of every offseason, there are typically disappointed fans from 29 teams that are mentally thinking about trades their team can make and players their team can sign that can make them a Stanley Cup contender. What is often forgotten is that the most effective way to improve an NHL team instantly is to typically by promoting top prospects that are already part of the organization. Th...
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6 Teams that can land Rick Nash
Posted on 14 Feb 2012 by Corey Krakower.
With less than 2 weeks to go until the NHL trade deadline (February 27); it was starting to seem like the lead up to the day itself was going to be a bust. That was until late last night and early this morning when reports started to surface that the Columbus Blue Jackets are open to the possibility of trading Rick Nash. Renaud Lavoie of RDS, Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch and Bob McK...
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The Waiting Game – The Carolina Hurricanes Trade Talks
Posted on 9 Jan 2012 by Johnny G.
I have been holding off posting the past week as I have heard rumors of a pending trade. Assuming that was to happen I was going to post with my take on the trade. The trade rumor started out small, rental player for a pick type deal, that blossomed into a multi-player deal for two Hurricanes starters. The crux of the deal was/is Gleason to Philly. While true it seems to have started out as an ...
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Beating the 1-3-1: A Step by Step Guide
Posted on 10 Nov 2011 by Corey Krakower.
All the hockey talk today is about Lightning Coach Guy Boucher's 1-3-1 forecheck (or lack thereof?) and how Peter Laviolette, the Head Coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, decided to beat it by doing nothing. You read that correctly – he told his players that if no one forechecks you, don't do anything. This sarcastic and somewhat childish approach has people furious with Guy Boucher for tak...
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When Hockey Transcends Hockey…
Posted on 23 Sep 2011 by Eric Cooney.
I'm half Chinese. The other day I was talking to a friend about the difference in perception of racist jokes depending on the target race. For instance, a racist joke against a black person might be met with, “Whoa dude, not cool.” Whereas a joke about an Asian person might be laughed at and not thought twice about. Part of this is because of the dark history of racial oppression an...
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All the latest NHL News & Trade Rumors
Posted on 24 Jun 2011 by Corey Krakower.
It sure seems like the NHL draft is the new trade deadline! 2 blockbuster deals were completed that rocked the hockey world today; one of which was Jeff Carter being dealt to Columbus; while the other seeing top prospect Brayden Schenn and rising star Wayne Simmonds traded from LA to Philadelphia in exchange for Mike Richards. While those are monster deals, the most plugged in hockey insiders a...
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30 NHL Prospects Ready for Prime Time
Posted on 15 Jun 2011 by Corey Krakower.
Cap space has become one of the best assets a team can have in the NHL’s Salary Cap Era. One of the easiest ways for a GM to give himself cap flexibility is to use roster spots on rookies that carry entry level deals, and that’s precisely what teams are doing. NHL rosters were loaded with rookies during the 2010-11 season, and the trend is expected to continue in 2011-12. As fans start to p...
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A Shot at Redemption
Posted on 28 Apr 2011 by Matt Preston.
Sometimes a game is about something more. Sometimes we don’t know what to say or think about a game. All we can to is just let it unfold before us and take it all in. And tonight for the Boston Bruins, as they took on the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, this was one of those games that was about more than statistics, more than match-ups and more than any...
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NHL Playoffs – Round 1 Observations
Posted on 25 Apr 2011 by Kirk Butler.
Officiating: It's Time for Consistent Incompetency It has never been more clear that officiating in the NHL is inconsistent and for fans utterly frustrating. As a former official I can attest that it is virtually impossible to call every infraction however good officials typically limit their calls to infractions that are too obvious to ignore and infractions that negate a scoring chance. ...
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Top 10 Boston Bruins Excuses for Losing Game 1
Posted on 16 Apr 2011 by Corey Krakower.
Game 1 of the most anticipated series of the NHL Playoffs featured the #6 seeded Montreal Canadiens upsetting the #3 ranked Boston Bruins. The teams have built up quite the rivalry; not only because of the history of these 2 franchises meeting in the playoffs, but also because of some turmoil and controversy that occurred in their 6 regular season games during the regular season. For the Canadi...
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Penguins: Pen’s Playoff Preview
Posted on 12 Apr 2011 by Michael Waterloo.
With all of the injuries that the Penguins have faced this year, not many people would have guessed a few months ago that they would even make the playoffs, let alone be seeded highly enough to have home-ice advantage in the first round. That is exactly the place the Pens find themselves in, as they get ready to square off against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the 2011 Stanley...
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Rangers vs. Capitals Playoff Preview
Posted on 11 Apr 2011 by Margaret DeJesus.
The Rangers and Capitals are about to party like it's 2009. The last time the Rangers made it to the postseason was 2009. They were the seventh place underdogs facing the second place powerhouse Caps.The Blueshirts rocked the red jumping to a 3-1 series lead after defeating the Caps in their own home. But the Rangers, known for their inconsistency lost control and the series. Both these teams ...
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