Montreal Canadiens Get Petry, Not Much Else
If you can’t beat them, have them join you. That might be the reasoning behind Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin’s acquisition of centers Brian Flynn and Torrey Mitchell via…
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A Look Back At Tim Murray’s 2014 Trade Deadline Moves
The Buffalo Sabres’ rebuild has taken many twists and turns. The rebuild started under former Sabres’ GM Darcy Regier when he sent forward Paul Gaustad to the Nashville Predators. Since then, the…
Watch Out! The Buffalo Sabres Are Not in Last Place…For Now?
With a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, the Buffalo Sabres leap-frogged the Columbus Blue Jackets and Edmonton Oilers in the standings. Buffalo is now in twenty-eighth place in the…
Torrey Mitchell Fitting in Nicely With the Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres find themselves in an unusual position as they enter Wednesday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets, riding the wave of a three-game winning streak. The last time the…
The Minnesota Wild’s Top 5 Goals in the First 5 Games
In the early-going of the season, the Minnesota Wild’s win total has left more to be desired. After five games, the Wild find themselves with six total points which puts…
Minnesota Wild Suffering Trouble with Tribbles
Captain Kirk once learned that one Tribble is cute, but too many Tribbles are trouble. The same goes for rookies on an NHL team. In a topsy-turvy season, the Minnesota…
Are The Sharks Done This Offseason?
With the departure of Torrey Mitchell, and having no top free agents of their own, what’s left for the San Jose Sharks to do? And now that Rick Nash is…
Torrey Mitchell, Konopka Are Key Additions For Minnesota Wild
The big free agent signings of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter caught all of the headlines, and will continue to do so, but the huge 13-year contracts handed out to the two premier free agents in this year’s class were not the only important moves that Minnesota GM Chuck Fletcher made this season. He also made a trio of signings for his bottom six forward group bringing in Torrey Mitchell on a three-year deal, while signing Zenon Konopka and Jake Dowell to two-year deals.
Are Parise and Suter Worth 196 Million?
Minnesota has suffered. It has for a while. Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, and 196 million dollars changes it all. The Minnesota Vikings are 0-4 in Super Bowls and their best…
Sharks Complete Tank, Lose Series to St. Louis in Five Games
Seventy-nine. In mathematics, it represents an emirp, as its reverse (97) is also a prime number. In music, the number of cumulative weeks Elvis Presley spent at #1 on the…
Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Torrey Mitchell: San Jose’s New ‘G.I. Joes’
It’s a popular misconception that NHL head coaches spend the majority of their time diagramming and implementing X’s and O’s. In actuality, they are mad scientists, performing chemistry experiments in…
Five Reasons the Sharks Have Started Slowly — and Five Reasons Not to Worry About It
It is way too early for this article. Only in Columbus are they about ready to jump off the Main Street Bridge and into the Scioto River due to their…