Sentiments Vs Necessities
As in every year, the 2010 playoffs have given us nothing but great and exciting hockey and while it’s discouraging to see my New Jersey Devils were amongst this year’s playoff participants that bowed...
View ArticleMottau Over Martin and Kovalchuk?
I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day weekend. I spent mine at the beaches of Wildwood, New Jersey, where I enjoyed the pleasantries of practically receiving sun poisoning, a painful bee sting...
View ArticleSign or Let Walk: Pens Free Agent Analysis
Currently signed players through 2010-2011 season include: (according to CapGeek) Sidney Crosby $8.7M Evgeni Malkin $8.7M Marc-Andre Fleury $5.0M Jordan Staal $4.0M Brooks Oprik $3.75M Chris Kunitz...
View ArticlePenguins sign D Paul Martin
Ex-Devils defenseman, Paul Martin, has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5 year, $25M deal. That makes a $5M cap hit. Martin is a 6′1 20 pound left-handed defensive defenseman that was forced to...
View ArticleTwo Days in Leaf Land: a Trade and a Free Agent Signing
Perhaps the past 48 hours haven’t gone down exactly as Brian Burke envisioned them. He did, after all, pursue free agent defenceman Dan Hamhuis and Paul Martin before they signed with the Canucks and...
View ArticlePens bolster D
After a sub-par performance in the past seasons playoffs, Ray Shero knew his d-core needed an upgrade and when July 1st came around, he went right to work. The finishing product resulted in Paul Martin...
View ArticleThe NHL Top 10 Nominees At Each Position Are……
This is just a summary of what I feel are the top 10 players in each category in the NHL to date. Sure there will be many arguments for and against what I have inserted here but let’s take a look at...
View ArticleA new look to this years Pens
After falling to the surprising Montreal Canadiens, the Pittsburgh Penguins had two objectives: 1.Get stronger on the wings 2. Improve defensively Defensively, they certainly got better. Paul Martin...
View ArticleThe 2010-11 season in a nutshell
NHL training camps are set to unfold this weekend so you know what that means, it’s prediction time! Offensively, a healthy Malkin and the POSSIBLE promotion of Jordan Staal to the second line, should...
View ArticlePenguins: Pen’s Playoff Preview
With all of the injuries that the Penguins have faced this year, not many people would have guessed a few months ago that they would even make the playoffs, let alone be seeded highly enough to have...
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