The Next Step: Five NHL Teams Ready to Leap into the Playoffs in 2012-13 Michael Rappaport | August 18, 2012 One of the benefits of the “post-lockout” NHL is the parity that now exists throughout the league. Since the 2004-05 work stoppage, 29 of the 30 NHL teams have made…
2012-13 NHL regular season predictions: Eastern Conference Fred Poulin | August 11, 2012 August is the time of the year where things are very slow regarding NHL news, especially since the free agency “frenzy” has cooled down and that NHL training camps are…
Pittsburgh Penguins Must Bolster Defensive Corps James Conley | July 17, 2012 When the Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up their 2011-12 regular season with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, they capped off their finest offensive campaign since the goal-happy seasons of…
Why Brandon Sutter Makes Sense for the Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Glock | June 30, 2012 Brandon Sutter learned last week that he was coming to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a trade that sent Jordan Staal to the Carolina Hurricanes. In the days leading up to…
Expiring CBA Shero’s Last Chance to Dance with Long-Term Deals James Conley | June 29, 2012 That Sidney Crosby received a monster contract extension, in both term and value, surprised no one. That Penguins GM Ray Shero might continue to break a seven-year ethos of avoiding…
Hurricanes News: Jordan Staal Named Eric’s Linemate; Contract Negotiations Get Underway Andrew Hirsh | June 28, 2012 Carolina Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford has been saying for months that he has one major goal to accomplish this summer: find an elite player to skate alongside Eric Staal. As…
Sidney Crosby, Marian Hossa Headline Pittsburgh’s 2012 Free Agent Class James Conley | June 27, 2012 Sidney Crosby won’t be a free agent this Sunday. If Ray Shero and the Pittsburgh Penguins have their way, Crosby may never be a free agent again. Marian Hossa won’t…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: The “Do I feel a Draft?” Edition Jas Faulkner | June 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s Sunday. For some, this means a day of rest. For those who have been busy scribbling down notes, tweeting their whereabouts to readers and…
2012 NHL Draft: Grading Round One (Part 1) Bob Mand | June 23, 2012 With round-one of the 2012 NHL Draft complete, it’s time to give each pick an early grade on value and fit with the team that made the selection. For the…
Hurricanes land Jordan Staal in Draft Day deal Daniel Dobish | June 23, 2012 The Carolina Hurricanes held the No. 8 overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft Friday night. The Pittsburgh Penguins offered C Jordan Staal a 10-year contract, and he turned…
Staal trade benefits both Hurricanes, Penguins Andrew Hirsh | June 23, 2012 Jordan Staal woke up on Friday as both a bachelor and a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. By night’s end, he would be neither. Staal took the ultimate plunge that…
Staal Trade Rumors Persist Despite Shero’s Assurances James Conley | June 21, 2012 Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin won his first Hart Trophy as NHL MVP Wednesday night. He joined Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Sidney Crosby as the four Penguins to have won the…