NHL Playoff Seeds 2013: There Will Be Surprises Sebastian Egerton-Read | January 11, 2013 Fellow THW writer Ian C McLaren wrote an interesting article earlier in the week reviewing the effects of a shortened NHL season on NHL playoff aspirations. The two points made in…
2013 OHL Trade Deadline Recap Margann Laurissa | January 11, 2013 The 2013 OHL trade deadline has come and gone. Many players have found themselves with new homes and new teammates. There were some incredibly substantial deals and some teams who…
NHL GMs Must Plan Quickly For Free Agents and Trade Deadline Meesh Shanmugam | January 6, 2013 As I groggily woke up at 5:30am on Sunday morning, phone still in hand from reading lockout updates on twitter as I fell asleep, one tweet read clear: Deal is…
Changing The Culture In Colorado Michael Bannigan | March 1, 2012 The Colorado Avalanche dealt their way into the trade deadline conversation. As mentioned, The Avs acquired forward Steve Downie from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team also involved themselves in…
Cody Hodgson Impresses His First Game In Buffalo Chris White | March 1, 2012 There were plenty of heroes in Wednesday’s win by the Buffalo Sabres in their 2-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Ryan Miller in particular had a sparkling display with 43…
Calgary Flames Round-Up: could a “lame-duck” season be a big opportunity? Ryan Pike | February 29, 2012 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…
So the Red Wings Did Less Than You Wanted Yesterday Monica McAlister | February 28, 2012 Get over it. With team General Mangers hiking up prices for players, and giving out inflated contracts combined with the parity in the league right now the trade deadline become…
Avalanche Deal for McGinn, Prospects; Winnik, Galiardi to San Jose Sharks Geoff Rosenthal | February 27, 2012 The 2012 trade deadline was more a trade dudline (how many times have you heard that one) but the Avalanche managed to be involved in one of the bigger transactions…
Capitals Moving On With the Same Roster Angie Lewis | February 27, 2012 After the Caps sent players back in Hershey and putting Nicklas Backstrom on LTIR to free cap space in case a deal was done, it seems the market price for…
Anaheim Ducks, buyers or sellers at trade deadline? Jeff Shibley | February 26, 2012 In the first half of the season the Ducks got off to such a bad start that it seemed like they would be one of this seasons sellers at the…
NHL Rumors Galore: Deadline Edition Part 2 Fred Poulin | February 24, 2012 With only about 72 hours before the February 27 NHL trade deadline, rumors are swirling all over the Internet, and especially on Twitter, as fake insiders try to get the…
Recent NHL Trades Increase Market Values David OConnor | February 24, 2012 With the recent deals made in the National Hockey League, the tide has turned in terms of how valuable players are on the trade market. Since and including February 16th,…