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NHL lines that need to be thrown together
2008-01-04 02:50:00 OK. It's official. I've got way too much time on my hands.Sometimes, as a youngster with nothing to do, I would mull over what bands should tour together simply because of their nickname. You know, Styx and the Stones. Beatles and Scorpions. Queen and Prince. Meat Loaf and Black Eyed Peas.Do I not just scream "loser", or what?And now, as luck would have it - or, for those reading this, bad luck - my warped mind has carried over to hockey. In dire need of a hobby, I've taken some time to compile a list of hockey lines we'd like to see. Pull a trade or two, convert a goalie to forward, whatever it takes to get these guys together.In an effort to attract new fans, it's time to think outside the box:Bass-Fisher-Gill seems a perfect fit, preferably on the Sharks.Expansion into Vegas wouldn't be complete without a line of Abid-Card-Betts-Price.For the hippie generation, outside of a dime bag and a Volkswagen van, we need Crosby, Stillman, Nash and Young. Groovy.Eager-Boyes... More About: Lines
Dump & Chase -Your daily hockey Buzz
2008-01-03 21:18:00 The Ottawa Senators will have defenseman Anton Volchenkov in the lineup when they face Buffalo on Friday. Volchenkov missed 15 games with a broken finger. The Sens are close to getting forward Patrick Eaves back from injury. Eaves has missed 19 games with a separated shoulder but coach John Paddock believes he could return to action in the next week... The Avalanche have recalled forward T.J. Hensick from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL. Hensick was sent down Dec. 28 after 12 games in Colorado...Despite receiving medical clearance to play, Montreal defenseman Patrice Brisebois probably won't skate against Tampa Bay tonight at the Bell Centre. Brisebois has been out with a shoulder injury since Dec. 11. Two other banged-up Habs, Bryan Smolinski and Steve Begin, also practised yesterday but neither is expected back soon...Tampa's Brad Richards, a league-worst minus-23, hasn't scored in eight games and has just one goal in the last 11. In other words, he's not contributing at eit... More About: Daily , Hockey , Buzz , Chase
Dump & Chase -Your daily hockey Buzz
2008-01-03 21:18:00 The Ottawa Senators will have defenseman Anton Volchenkov in the lineup when they face Buffalo on Friday. Volchenkov missed 15 games with a broken finger. The Sens are close to getting forward Patrick Eaves back from injury. Eaves has missed 19 games with a separated shoulder but coach John Paddock believes he could return to action in the next week... The Avalanche have recalled forward T.J. Hensick from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL. Hensick was sent down Dec. 28 after 12 games in Colorado...Despite receiving medical clearance to play, Montreal defenseman Patrice Brisebois probably won't skate against Tampa Bay tonight at the Bell Centre. Brisebois has been out with a shoulder injury since Dec. 11. Two other banged-up Habs, Bryan Smolinski and Steve Begin, also practised yesterday but neither is expected back soon...Tampa's Brad Richards, a league-worst minus-23, hasn't scored in eight games and has just one goal in the last 11. In other words, he's not contributing at eit... More About: Daily , Hockey , Buzz , Chase , Hase
Fantasy Focus POTW ? Alex Ovechkin
2008-01-03 21:14:00 The Reaper paid a visit to the Ottawa Senators this past week.Only it was grinning Capital Alex Ovechkin wielding his scythe-like stick to take apart the Sens with a four-goal, one-assist performance in the Caps' 8-6 win on Dec. 29.Little wonder, then, that he is this week's Fantasy Focus Player of the Week.In four games between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1, he put away five goals and assisted on four others to boost his season totals to 30 goals and 20 assists in 40 games. He is second only to Ilya Kovalchuk (32) in overall goals.His production also propelled suddenly hot Washington to three wins and one overtime loss.While Ovechkin lit it up during the holidays, quite a few other NHLers also celebrated in style. In direct contrast, others played like the turkey they ate.Here are the week's Hot and Not fantasy players.HotNikolai Zherdev, Columbus - The hot-shot Russian lived up to his hype, logging two goals and five assists in four games. The Jackets took three of four to climb up the We... More About: Fantasy Focus
Air Hockey Table
2008-01-03 10:27:00 I've spent quite a few evenings relaxing in a good friend's hockey-themed rec room banging away at his air hockey table - all the while having a blast!When a live game isn't on the tube, having a mini-tournament among friends can pass the hours and create great memories. What's better than a few cold beverages, some good music, and a fight for hockey pride?For those folks who haven't played the game, a typical air hockey table usually has a very smooth playing surface mounted on an eight-foot table. There are boards, or a rail, that surround the playing surface so that the puck does not easily slide off. Air is pumped up through tiny holes to reduce friction as the puck slides along the slick surface.Players use a paddle, or mallet as some call it, to swipe at the plastic puck and direct it towards the opposing player's net (which is just a slot in the end of the boards). Intentionally bouncing, or banking, the puck off the sides often gives a player an advantage in getting it... More About: Hockey , Table
Lecavalier deal may be only way out for Lightning
2008-01-03 03:58:00 Somewhere in between profanity-laced tirades and calling out his goaltenders, John Tortorella must be wondering where the hell it all went wrong.Just four years removed from a Stanley Cup parade in Tampa, the Bolts find themselves in the Eastern Conference toilet. An ugly ownership soap opera is getting comical. Goalies couldn't stop a runny nose. And The Big Three is suddenly The Only One. It's time for change in Tampa.Jay Feaster can deny it all he wants, but one of Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards or Vincent Lecavalier could very well be on his way out of Tampa in the next couple of months.The betting here is Richards, who is minus-42 over his past two seasons — no, that is not a typo — and is a league-worst -23 in 2006-07, would be available for just about anything right now. Problem is Richards, like St. Louis, has a no-trade clause. Unless Feaster convinces him to waive his NTC and there is a general manager in the league stupid enough to trade for ... More About: Lightning , Deal , Vali
Canada-USA has become hottest junior rivalry
2008-01-03 03:21:00 This is why I love the world junior tournament.Canada versus the United States.The two nations I believe are the best in the junior hockey world hammering the snot out of each other just to keep alive the possibility of getting their hands on a small, gold medallion. The winner gets the chance to play for the gold medal and national glory. The loser is bumped into the decidedly non-motivating bronze-medal game with a cloud of shame hanging over their heads.It just doesn't get any better than this, does it?I suppose the only thing that would top Friday's Canada-U.S. semifinal would be if this dream match-up came in the final. But that would be asking for too much.Preventing the Americans from advancing to the final would be just as sweet as winning the gold medal for most Canadian hockey fans.We would enjoy nothing more that seeing the country that touts itself as the best in the world playing in the game to decide, uh, third place.While we play for gold.Again.Last year's shootout... More About: Junior
Canada survives scare at world juniors
2008-01-02 23:34:00 Too close for comfort.Canada received a scare from Finland in the quarter-finals of the World Junior Hockey Championship but managed to hang on for a 4-2 win today in Pardubice to keep its gold medal hopes alive.In the semifinals Friday, the Canadian team will face the USA in a rematch of last year's semifinal.Canada's two youngest players turned the tide against Finland.John Tavares and Steven Stamkos, both 17 and undrafted by NHL teams, scored Canada's first two goals to erase a 1-0 Finnish lead. Tavares tied it in the second when he scored his fourth of the tournament, then Stamkos recorded his first to give Canada its first lead.Brad Marchand, a veteran of the gold-medal Canadian team in 2007, netted what would turn out to be the winner at 13:32 of the third period. Marchand's centering pass was redirected into the open net by Finnish defenseman Joonas Jalvanti.Stefan Legein iced it with an empty-net goal in the final minute of regulation time.Drew Doughty had a pair of assi...
NHL Winter Classic proves league can get it right
2008-01-02 23:01:00 OK, so 70,000 people can't be wrong.I, on the other hand, can be.Apparently the NHL can go head-to-head with college football bowl games and more than hold their own.With yesterday's Winter Classic nothing short of an overwhelming success, the NHL got it right.And yes, I stand corrected.Outside of the wrath of Mother Nature, which the denizens of Buffalo are more than familiar with, and a few extended delays to patch up the ice, the NHL couldn't have done it any better. There seemed to be a few in the crowd of 71,000-plus not nursing one of those dreaded way-too-many-from-the-night-before hangovers. Once you took a closer look, you realized they still had a beer in their hands, the party not quite over.You saw a handful of attention-starved oafs in the crowd taking their shirts off in one of those "Hey, Mom, look at me!" moments. Mom must have been so proud. Some needed a work out, the rest needed to lay off the doughnuts.But who cares? It was the NHL's New Year's bas... More About: League , Winter Classic
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2008-01-02 20:55:00 Someone grabbed a giant snowglobe, shook it furiously, and out popped a made-for-television hockey game. Luckily for the NHL, everything turned out picture perfect at the Winter Classic in Buffalo, including poster-boy Sidney Crosby scoring the winner in the shootout...A new Leaf was turned over in Toronto last night. For the first time this season, Toronto picked up a shootout win. Scott Clemmensen, signed last summer to serve as a backup with the Marlies of the AHL, earned the victory over Tampa Bay. Buzz thinks it's still not enough to save the jobs of either, or both, John Ferguson Jr. or Paul Maurice. The buzzards are already circling the ACC ready to pick the scraps...The Carolina Hurricanes have recalled defenseman Casey Borer from Albany and placed defenseman Bret Hedican on injured reserve with a sprained right knee. It'll be a retroactive move dating back to last week...Darren McCarty is aiming to resume his hockey career. But the former NHLer will have to wait a few mor... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2008-01-02 20:55:00 Someone grabbed a giant snowglobe, shook it furiously, and out popped a made-for-television hockey game. Luckily for the NHL, everything turned out picture perfect at the Winter Classic in Buffalo, including poster-boy Sidney Crosby scoring the winner in the shootout...A new Leaf was turned over in Toronto last night. For the first time this season, Toronto picked up a shootout win. Scott Clemmensen, signed last summer to serve as a backup with the Marlies of the AHL, earned the victory over Tampa Bay. Buzz thinks it's still not enough to save the jobs of either, or both, John Ferguson Jr. or Paul Maurice. The buzzards are already circling the ACC ready to pick the scraps...The Carolina Hurricanes have recalled defenseman Casey Borer from Albany and placed defenseman Bret Hedican on injured reserve with a sprained right knee. It'll be a retroactive move dating back to last week...Darren McCarty is aiming to resume his hockey career. But the former NHLer will have to wait a few mor... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase , Hase
Canada beats Denmark at WJHC, Finland up next
2008-01-01 01:26:00 Canada defeated Denmark 4-1 at the World Junior Hockey Championship Monday, setting up a quarter-final date with Finland Wednesday.John Tavares had a goal and an assist while Steve Mason had to make only nine saves.Sweden clicnhed top spot in Pool A earlier in the day, defeating the host Czech Republic squad. The winner of the Canada/Finland quarter-final will move on to face the U.S. team.More to follow. More About: Canada , Beats
Fantasy Focus - A net full of resolutions
2007-12-29 02:55:00 Happy holidays, poolies!Hope you're not too sleepy from all that turkey, because the New Year is upon us and there is much to look forward to.Resolutions , no doubt, should be high on your list of priorities as the NHL hits the mid-way mark of the 2007-2008 season. Like resolving not to let your roto competitors steal a prime sleeper from you or not sitting that forward who is just breaking out of a slump.While you resolve not to be a fantasy bonehead, quite a few NHLers need to make some pledges of their own.This season has been full of surprises, including Pascal Leclaire's rise to goaltending prominence via an incredible seven shutouts.Leclaire's brilliance, though, is overshadowed by Chris Simon's idiotic acts and the offensive woes of high-priced free agents Chris Drury and Todd Bertuzzi.Warm up a few leftovers, then, and have a gander at resolutions that your favorite, or not-so-favorite, NHL regulars could be making in the next few days.Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk vows to sh... More About: Fantasy , Focus , Full , Fantasy Focus
Brett Hull a slam-dunk for Hall of Fame
2007-12-29 01:46:00 View Video of the Week.Brett Hull might want to start looking for a flashy new suit.Subtlety has never been Hull's style. On or off the ice.But whatever duds he settles on, the little guy with the big mouth and bigger shot, will definitely need something to wear at the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony in a couple years time.Heck, he might as well book a flight and hotel room while he's at it.He's a lock to get in. You can bet the ranch on it, buckaroo.Don't believe me?Well, check out this video of some of his career highlights and tell me you're not watching one of the best pure goal scorers in NHL history. Go ahead, try to convince me.You'd be wasting your breath.Hull, now the interim co-general manager of the Dallas Stars, was one of the best snipers I have ever seen.He scored 741 goals for Pete's sake. In the history of the NHL, only a couple guys named Gretzky and Howe scored more times. You might have heard of them.Over the course of three seasons early in his NHL ... More About: Dunk , Slam Dunk
Ray Emery not taking backup role sitting down
2007-12-29 01:44:00 Really, I have no idea what Ray Emery 's plans are for New Year's Eve, but I've got $50 that says he'll be the guest of honor at a festive little whine and cheese shindig.Act your age, Ray, not your goals against average. The temper tantrums are getting nauseating.Without a doubt, the edgy Senators' goaltender is in the early stages of a three-alarm meltdown that should all but end his time in Ottawa.Time to call the real estate agent. Put the house on the block. When your captain calls you out, it's time to shut your trap and pack your bags. Seems Emery threw a hissy fit Thursday at the Senators' game-day skate, playing tough guy on a row of Gatorade bottles before tossing his stick into the stands.Mature stuff, huh?Throughout the Ottawa valley, drivers are getting nervous. It appears someone is a little cranky about getting his butt stapled to the bench in the nation's capital, and Daniel Alfredsson could care less."To get considered for a start, (the coaching st... More About: Backup , Role , Taking , Ray Emery
The Gloves Are Off - Pollard vs. Henwood
2007-12-28 23:24:00 Cujo needs to realize he's washed up I hope Curtis Joseph is satisfied being the fifth-best goalie, at least in terms of wins, in NHL history.Because he's as done as the turkey I served for dinner the other day.Joseph is 40-years-old, hasn't played since April and is coming off the worst season, statistically, of his career.For a reason I simply cannot fathom, he thinks he still has enough game to play in the best hockey league in the world. Instead of calling it quits, though, Joseph has come up with a brilliant plan that will resurrect his NHL career. Play for Team Canada at the Spengler Cup.Now, before all you Cujo fans get worked up into a lather, I'd like to point out one important thing about the Canadian national team Joseph is playing on in the Swiss Alps. It is made up of has-beens and never-will-bes, thrown together for a tournament no one gives a rat's ass about.Not exactly the Olympic team, I reckon.But by playing in the Spengler Cup, Joseph is trying to showca... More About: Gloves , Lard , Pollard
Fantasy Focus - Top 10 goalies
2007-12-28 23:10:00 Roberto Luongo's already loaded-down Christmas stocking just got a little heavier.Fantasy fanatics who own the Vancouver netminder should be pleased he copped a top goalie award for 2007. His play has certainly merited it, whether it's during the regular season or playoffs.That got us thinking - a dangerous pastime around here, for sure - that we haven't given the NHL's puck-stoppers their proper due this year.Well, I guess it's time we trimmed the goalie tree with a few bright lights.Of course, no fantasy list would be weighted down with anything but statistics. We're including 2006-07 stats, as well as the current season's.However, for those of you with an eye to how these guys impact their teams, we're going to include other factors - things like awards (Vezina, Jennings) and the ability to "steal" games.Without further ado, here's the Hockey.com list of top 10 goalies. And Luongo didn't quite make numero uno.1. Martin Brodeur, New Jersey — The reigning ... More About: Focus , Fantasy Focus
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-28 21:32:00 Buzz is elated - or just feeling the effects of too much egg nog - that Hayley Wickenheiser was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year. She is the first women's hockey player to be so named since the Bobbie Rosenfeld award was first handed out in 1993. Buzz says, "It's about time..."The Grinch made a few visits to the NHL infirmary over the holidays, his first stop to steal the joy from Burnaby Joe Sakic's season. Sakic will undergo hernia surgery, sidelining him for eight to 12 weeks. He has already missed 12 games due to what was originally described as a groin injury. At least they didn't call it a "lower body" injury, a Buzz pet peeve...In the "tell me something I don't already know" category, Buzz sees that Sidney Crosby is the leading vote-getter for the NHL all-star game in Atlanta on Jan. 27. What's notable is that Crosby has nearly twice as many votes as runner-up (and league leading scorer) Vincent Lecavalier. Now if there w... More About: Daily , Hockey , Buzz , Chase , Hase
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-28 21:32:00 Buzz is elated - or just feeling the effects of too much egg nog - that Hayley Wickenheiser was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year. She is the first women's hockey player to be so named since the Bobbie Rosenfeld award was first handed out in 1993. Buzz says, "It's about time..."The Grinch made a few visits to the NHL infirmary over the holidays, his first stop to steal the joy from Burnaby Joe Sakic's season. Sakic will undergo hernia surgery, sidelining him for eight to 12 weeks. He has already missed 12 games due to what was originally described as a groin injury. At least they didn't call it a "lower body" injury, a Buzz pet peeve...In the "tell me something I don't already know" category, Buzz sees that Sidney Crosby is the leading vote-getter for the NHL all-star game in Atlanta on Jan. 27. What's notable is that Crosby has nearly twice as many votes as runner-up (and league leading scorer) Vincent Lecavalier. Now if there w... More About: Daily , Hockey , Buzz , Chase
Canada records second shutout win at WJHC
2007-12-27 23:31:00 Canada is still perfect at the World Junior Hockey Championship.Canada posted its second shutout win in two days at the tournament, downing Slovakia 2-0 today in Pardubice. Yesterday the Canadians opened the WJHC with a 3-0 decision over the host Czech Republic.It was Canada's 20th consecutive win at the WJHC.Kyle Turris of the Wisconsin Badgers scored both goals for Canada. Defenceman Drew Doughty of the Guelph Storm assisted on both goals while Karl Alzner of the Calgary Hitmen had one assist.Canadian goaltender Steve Mason of the London Knights stopped 22 shots for the shutout. Julius Hudacek made 30 saves for the Slovakians.Canada opened the scoring 54 seconds into the second period when Turris tipped Alzner's point shot past Hudacek, Slovakia's player of the game, during a five-on-three power play.At 13:20 of the third, Canada got some breathing room when Turris put Doughty's centering pass into the open net. During a power play, Doughty brought the puck into the Slovakian ... More About: Canada , Records , Cord
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-27 21:32:00 The NHL's holiday trade freeze expires at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow but don't expect a flurry of moves in the wee hours. That said, Buzz figures some moves will be made before the end of the month...The Rangers are trying to bolster their blueline and are targeting Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Foote and Rostislav Klesla, according to the New York Post. Foote is in the final year of his contract and has a no-trade clause while Klesla is signed through 2009-10...Ducks center Samuel Pahlsson, a key member of the penalty-killing unit, did not join his teammates on Anaheim's three-game Canadian road trip, which starts tonight in Edmonton. Ducks coach Randy Carlyle says Pahlsson has an abdominal strain. Brian Sutherby, out since Dec. 2 with a groin injury, is close to getting back in the lineup...Edmonton might be without Ales Hemsky for tonight's home game against the Ducks. Hemsky injured a knee in a collision with Chicago's Martin Lapointe on Sunday...Little-used Kings defenceman Kevin Da... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase , Hase
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-27 21:32:00 The NHL's holiday trade freeze expires at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow but don't expect a flurry of moves in the wee hours. That said, Buzz figures some moves will be made before the end of the month...The Rangers are trying to bolster their blueline and are targeting Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Foote and Rostislav Klesla, according to the New York Post. Foote is in the final year of his contract and has a no-trade clause while Klesla is signed through 2009-10...Ducks center Samuel Pahlsson, a key member of the penalty-killing unit, did not join his teammates on Anaheim's three-game Canadian road trip, which starts tonight in Edmonton. Ducks coach Randy Carlyle says Pahlsson has an abdominal strain. Brian Sutherby, out since Dec. 2 with a groin injury, is close to getting back in the lineup...Edmonton might be without Ales Hemsky for tonight's home game against the Ducks. Hemsky injured a knee in a collision with Chicago's Martin Lapointe on Sunday...Little-used Kings defenceman Kevin Da... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-24 21:30:00 Miroslav Satan of the New York Islanders recorded the 666th point of his NHL career over the weekend. Satan hit the magic, or should I say ominous, number with a goal against the Capitals. Buzz has to wonder if a move to the New Jersey Devils, quickly followed by plague and pestilence, is in the works...Don't expect mass changes to the San Jose Sharks roster despite the team's struggles. The Sharks head into the oh-so-brief Christmas break with a record of 18-12-0-5 but fans are clamoring for someone's head on a platter. Won't happen, GM Doug Wilson says. "I have great understanding of the emotion," Wilson told the Mercury News. "But what we're trying to build and get to is a team they'll be proud of every day - but particularly later in the year."...Ryan Smyth could be back in the Avalanche lineup Thursday against Detroit. Smyth has missed two games with a neck injury but coach Joel Quenneville says he is making significant progress. The news on Joe Sakic ... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase
Dump & Chase - Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-24 21:30:00 Miroslav Satan of the New York Islanders recorded the 666th point of his NHL career over the weekend. Satan hit the magic, or should I say ominous, number with a goal against the Capitals. Buzz has to wonder if a move to the New Jersey Devils, quickly followed by plague and pestilence, is in the works...Don't expect mass changes to the San Jose Sharks roster despite the team's struggles. The Sharks head into the oh-so-brief Christmas break with a record of 18-12-0-5 but fans are clamoring for someone's head on a platter. Won't happen, GM Doug Wilson says. "I have great understanding of the emotion," Wilson told the Mercury News. "But what we're trying to build and get to is a team they'll be proud of every day - but particularly later in the year."...Ryan Smyth could be back in the Avalanche lineup Thursday against Detroit. Smyth has missed two games with a neck injury but coach Joel Quenneville says he is making significant progress. The news on Joe Sakic ... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase , Hase
Alex Ovechkin should be NHL?s poster boy
2007-12-22 07:12:00 If there ever was a time the NHL needed a fun-loving, goofy spokesperson, that time is now.And Alex Ovechkin fills the bill.Just a couple days ago, a few Capitals players were looking for a way to pass the time. Team management set up a quick tour of the White House area of Washington on Segways, the two-wheeled motorized scooter.From all accounts, Ovechkin was the life of the party, yelling out to pedestrians, joking with a protestor at the White House, and off-roading before receiving a warning from police.It wasn't a planned PR stunt - it just fell into place. This is the sort of thing that happens when Ovechkin is around.He's a star blessed with talent and loads of personality.He gives a great sound bite, in direct contrast to the polished media-savvy truisms that come from current favorite son Sidney Crosby.Ovechkin just tells it as he sees it, and has great fun doing so.He is, my friends, a marketing dream.Part of the charm is his quirky Russian accent an... More About: Poster
A twisted Christmas classic, NHL style
2007-12-22 07:04:00 ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the rinkSean Avery, as usual, was being a dink. With Thornton getting checked for a suspected groin tearSpezza was running loose in his striped underwear.Simon was all cozy with a five in the boxWhile the trainer was sorting through helmets and jocks.With McAmmond in the corner giving Steve Downie some crapParros and Boogaard started to scrap.When from behind the net there came such a clatterIt was Tucker punching Chara, he needed a ladder.Belak raced down the ice in such a great dashTripped over the blueline and fell on his ass.Luongo was busy taking a shot off the toeCarol Alt was in the stands scouting for a new beau.My eyes must deceive me, for what have we hereBut a room full of all stars sipping on their warm beer.Here comes some short man acting important and coolI knew from his height it was Bettman the tool. More rapid than snap shots those all stars they cameAnd he smiled and he sucked up and called them by n... More About: Style , Classic
Bertuzzi, Nonis lack class in blaming Crawford
2007-12-22 03:44:00 Marc Crawford, you may want to keep your head up. It looks like Todd Bertuzzi, Dave Nonis and the Vancouver Canuck organization aren't quite done with the cheap shots.Judging by the testimony made public this in the Steve Moore lawsuit this week, Bertuzzi and Nonis are making it clear. Crawford is no longer the hunter; he is now the hunted.Gutless. Bertuzzi, Nonis and Orca Bay, parent company of the Canucks, are cowards.All of them.Last I checked, Crawford isn't one of the defendants. Nope, the names that will be scrawled on that check will be those of Orca Bay, who at one time employed Crawford, and Todd Bertuzzi.Just a couple of weeks ago, Bertuzzi attempted to shock the hockey world when he insisted it was Crawford, then coach of the Vancouver Canucks, who told his charges that Moore had to "pay the price" for what he deemed to be a headhunting mission on captain Markus Naslund a couple of weeks earlier.Convenient, isn't it? No longer collecting his pay fr... More About: Class , Lack , Class I , Uzzi
Dump & Chase – Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-22 00:00:00 New Blackhawks President John McDonough, a guest on Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown last night, spoke about suggestions that Chicago might want to host an outdoor game, similar to the Buffalo-Pittsburgh tilt on New Year's Day. McDonough suggested his first focus is to fill the United Center on a regular basis before looking at an outdoor stadium. Buzz likes the fact that McDonough seems to have his priorities in line, something new to the folks in Chicago...You need to look all the way back to December 26, 1996, to find the last time that an NHL player scored five goals in a game (Sergei Federov scored all five in an overtime Wings victory against the Capitals). Marian Gaborik, who can be now nicknamed the Slovakian Sniper, notched five last night to lead the Wild past the Rangers 6-3...Don't look now but Mark Recchi has picked up four points, including three goals, in his first three games with Atlanta. Recchi was plucked off the waiver wire after being cast aside by Pittsburgh... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase
Dump & Chase ? Your daily hockey Buzz
2007-12-22 00:00:00 New Blackhawks President John McDonough, a guest on Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown last night, spoke about suggestions that Chicago might want to host an outdoor game, similar to the Buffalo-Pittsburgh tilt on New Year's Day. McDonough suggested his first focus is to fill the United Center on a regular basis before looking at an outdoor stadium. Buzz likes the fact that McDonough seems to have his priorities in line, something new to the folks in Chicago...You need to look all the way back to December 26, 1996, to find the last time that an NHL player scored five goals in a game (Sergei Federov scored all five in an overtime Wings victory against the Capitals). Marian Gaborik, who can be now nicknamed the Slovakian Sniper, notched five last night to lead the Wild past the Rangers 6-3...Don't look now but Mark Recchi has picked up four points, including three goals, in his first three games with Atlanta. Recchi was plucked off the waiver wire after being cast aside by Pittsburgh... More About: Daily , Hockey , Chase , Hase
Fantasy Focus - Inaugural Wiener awards
More articles from this author:2007-12-21 01:58:00 Ho, ho, ho, poolies!You've probably noticed, to the great benefit of your roto team, that the jolly old fat guy has been nice to the model citizens who populate the NHL.Unfortunately, nut jobs like Chris Simon are making Santa's naughty list a lengthy one.Click here to see just how badly behaved Simon was. Well, we warned you in our first annual Keaner Awards that hockey's goofballs would get their due - in our first ever Wiener Awards, dedicated to the flops, malcontents, buttheads and crybabies you all know and love.Santa has noticed that for every Alex Ovechkin spreading good will — and goals — throughout the league, there is a Simple Simon re-gifting the same old crap and taking one on the chin for it from Santa's No. 1 elf, Colin Campbell.In the spirit of the holidays, grab a hot cocoa (or a cold beer), sit back and see if the fiendish elves at Hockey.com dishonored your favorite ne'er-do-well here.The "I'm pissed I got decked cleanly" Wiener - Simon... More About: Fantasy , Focus , Fantasy Focus , Inaugural 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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