With the salary cap presenting financial challenges for general managers everywhere, although they do attempt to circumvent the rules at times (ahem, Mr. Lamoriello), building a championship-caliber squad has become a very inexact science…
THE STATS LINE 28-24-11 record [19th overall (in points percentage)] 2.35 goals-for per game [26th overall] 2.65 goals-against per game [13th overall] 17.1% power-play success rate [16th overall] 82.8% penalty-kill…
With next Monday’s National Hockey League trade deadline rapidly approaching, speculation around the league is rampant regarding which teams will make big deals and who they will acquire. Hockey fans…
Now with half the season in the rear view mirror, key stats make clear that a more physical Blackhawk defense could be the solution to their stalled championship run. Off…
Injuries to James Neal and Jordan Staal have turned the tables on Ray Shero, leaving him in a tough spot with his peers knowing how badly the Penguins will need goal-scoring in the coming weeks.
In the era of the salary cap ($64,300,000 this season), some NHL teams must juggle with numbers to find a way to stay under the maximum salary payroll allowed by…
In the salary cap era of the NHL, how a team is managed off-ice can be just as important as their on-ice performance. Since taking over as general manager of the Boston Bruins in the summer of 2006, Peter Chiarelli has done a remarkable job of keeping a core group of players in tact while not sacrificing the future of his team.
When I first joined The Hockey Writers earlier this year, number six on my Top 10 Things to Look Forward to in the Nashville Predators 2011-2012 Season was “That one…
Penguins’ GM Ray Shero knows something about getting the most bang for Mario Lemieux’s buck. Since the lockout, the Penguins have almost always spent to the cap ceiling, and Shero…
The start of NHL free agency on Friday was shaping up to be an interesting time, but best of luck to any GM looking to overhaul his roster on July…
With a miraculous come-from-behind 5-4 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night, the Calgary Flames’ playoffs hopes are still alive, albeit on life support. But along with…
As the Pittsburgh Penguins prepared for the start of the regular season on Wednesday, 21-year-old Eric Tangradi was on cloud nine. “I will be there tomorrow. Nothing but smiles since…