NHL Goalie Update: Post-Lockout Josh Smith | January 11, 2013 During the lockout, NHL goalies were on their own, most even without a place to play. While scrimmages can accommodate as many as twenty skaters, there’s only room for two goaltenders. European clubs,…
Red Wings Off-Season: I Give Them an A Damian Leach | October 29, 2012 Many adjectives have been used to describe the Detroit Red Wings off-season disastrous, disappointing, sub-par unproductive, ineffective, fruitless – the list can go on and on. For such a storied…
Which Departing Player Will Toronto Miss Most? Mark Ritter | August 24, 2012 With few unrestricted free agents catching the eye of Toronto Maple Leafs president and general manager Brian Burke, it has been a lazy summer in Toronto. Thus far, Burke managed…
Is Burke Fiddling While Leaf Fans Burn? Mark Ascione | July 26, 2012 The phrase “Nero fiddles while Rome burns” may not be historically accurate. Still, the meaning is familiar to most… that someone in power to deal with an issue has chosen…
Jonas Gustavsson Brings Question Marks To Detroit Andrew Johnson | July 1, 2012 Just one week after having his negotiating rights traded from Toronto to Winnipeg, goaltender Jonas Gustavsson hit the open free agent market at noon on Sunday. 40 minutes later he…
Are the Blue Jackets Set in Net? Josh Smith | July 1, 2012 During the offseason, the Blue Jackets bolstered their goaltending staff, but did they improve it? Unless GM Scott Howson has other moves up his sleeve, the duo of recently-acquired Sergei…
Leafs Trade Jonas Gustavsson to Jets; Opening the Door to Luongo? Lukas Hardonk | June 24, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs sent Jonas Gustavsson to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. Does this mean the acquisition of Roberto Luongo is imminent?
10 Potential Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltenders for 2012-13 Justin Godfrey | April 30, 2012 The biggest need facing the Tampa Bay Lightning this off-season is without a doubt, an upgrade in the goaltending department. Most of the press has linked them with Roberto Luongo,…
Maple Leafs Panel: Jonas Gustavsson, Core Players and Nik Kulemin Mark Ascione | March 12, 2012 Maple Leafs Panel is a weekly feature that is published every Monday here on The Hockey Writers. It is a feature where THW Toronto Maple Leafs correspondents Lukas Hardonk, Mark Ascione and Alex Mamalis answer three questions that concern the…
Maple Leafs Panel: Re-Signing Grabovski, Burke’s Comments & Colborne or Frattin? Lukas Hardonk | February 27, 2012 This week, the panel discusses the cost to re-sign Grabovksi, Burke’s radio comments and whether it should be Colborne or Frattin in the NHL…
Fantasy: Goalies To Buy-Low for 2012-13 – Nabokov, Harding, Markstrom and more Brandon Landry | February 15, 2012 Over the first 3/5ths of the NHL season, stars in goal have stumbled while hidden talents have shined over the hockey world. It was expected that Philadelphia would finally have the goaltending…
Do the Maple Leafs Have Another Goaltending Controversy? Lukas Hardonk | February 5, 2012 With James Reimer playing exceptionally well, there is another goaltending controversy in Toronto…