Scott Walker was public enemy #1 in Boston for what was termed a sucker-punch by the Bruins and their fans on Aaron Ward in Game 5. Everyone was talking about Scott Walker for all the wrong reasons. ...more
To say that Sidney Crosby was a better player than Alexander Ovechkin in the series is not really fair to Ovechkin. At the end of the day, the Capitals did not get nearly enough from Mike Green and Alexander Semin, two marvelously talented players and game-breakers in their own right. ...more
Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie sorts out the various details regarding the Phoenix Coyotes, their Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Jim Balsillie's $212.5 million offer to purchase the club (conditional on the franchise being relocated to southern Ontario, of course). ...more
I was not surprised that the National Hockey League suspended John Tortorella because there is a very stringent line the league does not want crossed when it comes to anyone involved in the game interacting in any physical way with fans. ...more
I don't think anything is ever guaranteed in the playoffs but it's a virtual guarantee that we'll see Avery back in the Rangers' lineup in Game 6. In fact, I have to believe he was given a one-game sentence, not a banishment. ...more
Who's a candidate to coach the Edmonton Oilers? You're better to ask who isn't. Oilers GM Steve Tambellini is going to conduct the most thorough of searches, which means the time frame for finding Craig MacTavish's replacement is likely to be measured in weeks as opposed to days, and maybe even a month or more. ...more
Tuesday's Sweden vs. Canada contest featured no less than 10 projected first rounders for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and at least five blue-chippers for the 2010 draft. ...more
Team USA will go into the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver as massive underdogs and U.S. Olympic team general manager Brian Burke and newly-appointed head coach Ron Wilson would have it no other way. This is right up Burke's and Wilson's alley and they'll play underdog card to the hilt. ...more
It does not take a genius to determine the Edmonton Oilers are in a heap of trouble. About the only thing the tenth-place Oilers have had going for them lately has been the stellar play of netminder Dwayne Roloson, who has started 32 consecutive games, and even that wavered on Sunday night in Edmonton’s loss to the Minnesota Wild. ...more
Prior to the trade deadline, the Florida Panthers were 6-4. They decided not to trade defenceman Jay Bouwmeester and they are 2-5-3 since the deadline. He, as well as many of the young players on the Panthers, are struggling with the pressure of a stretch drive. ...more
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