NHL

A New Ruling

March 25, 2010

ONE95

The National Hockey League and NHL Players Association have been approved the new head shot rule. The new rule was put into effect immediately and will be enforced starting with tonight's games. This rule has been fast tracked since the Matt Cooke hit on Marc Savard that knocked the top centre for the Boston Bruins out for the season. This rule is a bandaid situation for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs. More discussions will be held this summer regarding the penalty for these blindside head shots. Right now, no on-ice penalty will be assessed but a player that violates this rule will be subject to supplemental discipline. Now we need Colin Campbell to do what he hasn...

Thank You Notes

March 19, 2010

Patrick Storto

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It's the end of the week, which means it's time for me to hand out another batch of thank you's. This week was harder than usual, but I still found it in myself to give out some thanks, even if they're undeserved. So here we go: Thank You...Brian Burke for trading away the Leafs' first round pick this year so that that the Leafs annual late season surge would actually be in the best interest of the team. Thank You...Bruce Boudreau for clearing up the confusion among fans of whether or not Ovechkin or the boards was to blame for Brian Campbell's injury. Thank You...Vesa Toskala, for finally realizing that your save percentage should be higher than your goals against average. ...

Oh Caption, My Caption

March 17, 2010

Patrick Storto

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Everyone who knows me knows that sometimes I like to be serious and sometimes I like to have fun. So let's have some fun today. If this catches on, I can make this a weekly thing like my Thank You Notes. Please share with us your own captions for these pictures in the comments section. So without further ado: "I remember back during the ice age, hockey used to be popular here" After being suspended for his comments, Sean Avery was sent all the way down to Curling. *Everybody dance now!...dun...dun dun dun* Wellwood: "Hey! Get back here with my Jos. Louis!"Plekanec: "It's just a puck man!" *Rolls up the Rim*..."I WON A DONUT!" Stajan: "I hate you so much. ...

Thank You Notes

March 11, 2010

Patrick Storto

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Colton Orr delivers a piledriver to Steve Begin of the Boston Bruins The week is almost over, which means it's time to wrap up some topics with some special thank you's. I figured I'd give out this week's thank you notes on high note before the Leafs inevitably ruin the rest of my week. Since I am in a good mood, I have more thanks to give out than usual, so let's get right to it, Thank You...Atlanta Thrashers for showing your support for the ethical treatment of the elderly by calling up Chris Chelios this week. Thank You...Trade deadline for your suspense. Skipping work to find out where Chris Peluso might end up was well worth it. Thank You...Capcom for including Mikhail ...

It's a Start: GMs Take Stance Against Head Shots

March 10, 2010

George Prax

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It's certain that a lot of eyes collectively rolled earlier this afternoon when Colin Campbell announced that there would be no suspension for Matt Cooke, who sent Marc Savard to the hospital with a vicious hit to the head in this past weekend's game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Savard's Boston Bruins. Whether Cooke ''intended'' to injure Savard and give him a second grade concussion, or whether he legitimately thought that he was going for a clean hockey hit that would have somehow had a positive effect on his team and the game doesn't even matter. Cooke injured a player, possibly for the season. Cooke made contact with Savard's head, sending him to the hospital. Why does ther...

TCL Trade Deadline Extravaganza! - Trade results here!

March 3, 2010

George Prax

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Below is our live, trade deadline blog. Stay logged in all throughout the day for breaking rumors, trades and analysis from our bloggers and readers! Below the chat widget will be all the trades as they happen. TCL Trade Deadline Extravaganza! Completed trades: (refresh for updates) - The Calgary Flames have acquired Steve Staois from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Aaron Johnson and a 3rd round pick. - The Nashville Predators acquire Dustin Boyd from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a 4th round pick. - The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Chris Peluso from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a 6th round pick. - The Anaheim Ducks have acquired Lubomir Vishno...

TCL Top 10 Goaltenders Likely to Move at the Deadline

February 25, 2010

George Prax

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Even though the Olympic Games are still ongoing and the trade freeze is well in effect, the goaltending situation around the NHL is far from clear for many teams. With a plethora of goaltenders set to become free agents on July 1st, there will be goalie movement before March 4th in the NHL. There has already been a fair amount of such movement in the past two weeks. The first ''domino'', if you will, seems to have been the trading of Atlanta netminder Kari Lehtonen to Dallas only days before the trade freeze. Yesterday, with the trade freeze ending sooner rather than later, Dallas put Alex Auld on waivers. This is no way guarantees their Auld will be picked up, nor that Turco will rem...

A look at various NHL leaders at the Olympic break

February 16, 2010

Fred Poulin

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Leaders in blocked shots 1. D. Seidenberg FLA 128 2. A. Sutton NYI 119 3. B. Clark COL 111 4. R. Hamrlik MTL 103 5. G. Zanon MIN 101 6. K. Ballard FLA 96 7. D. Girardi NYR 95 8. A. Ward CAR 94 8. J. Spacek MTL 94 8. T. Gilbert EDM 94 Leaders in shooting % (min. ten games) 1. D. Jones COL 18.9% 2. H. Sedin VAN 17.5% 3. J. Lupul ANA 17.5% 4. M. Knuble WAS 16.2% 5. N. Antropov ATL 15.1% 6. M. Erat NSH 14.1% 7. S. Crosby PIT 13.2% 7. J. Jokinen CAR 13.2% 9. T. Fleischmann WSH 12.9% 10. M. Moulson NYI 12.6% Best penalty taken/drawn differentials 1. D. Brown LA 7/27 +30 2. Z. Parise NJ 7/27 +20 3. P. Datsyuk DET 3/23 +20 4. N. Hagman CGY 5/24 +19 5. C. Clutterbuck MI...

Weekly Thank You Notes

February 13, 2010

Patrick Storto

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Alright, I'm going to be completely honest, this is an idea I completely stole from Jimmy Fallon. Every Friday on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Fallon has a segment where he writes some pretty funny thank you notes to various people and objects. Well I thought we could have some fun by ripping it off and turning it into a hockey blog. So without further a due, I'd like to say, Thank You...Bob Gainey, for letting the people know that you were leaving at a time you thought was too early, rather than too late. Thank You...Vesa Toskala, for your parting shots against the Leafs. I guess if you can't stop them you might as well fire them. Thank You...Bad seafood, for getting Naz...