Both Pavel Datsyuk and Kris Draper, still banged up, will be out of action tonight in G2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Datsyuk, battling a sore foot, seems to be progressing slow and could end up out for the series, while Draper’s groin pull will keep him day-to-day.
The Dallas Stars are set to announce that former Stars player Joe Nieuwendyk will be named General Managers of the Dallas Stars.
Current GM’s Brett Hull and Les Jackson are going to be reassigned within the organization. Hull will be given the role of Executive Vice President and Alternate Governor while Les Jackson will return to [...]
Gotta love what you saw last night if you watched Game 1 of the Cup Final. The Wings did their thing and won a tough, physical game and got what they needed from Chris Osgood.
Here are a few things I took from G1-
1. Love him or hate him, seeing Sid throw a nasty check on [...]
Red Wings forwards Pavel Datsyuk and Kris Draper will both be out of action tonight for the start of the Stanley Cup Final.
Datsyuk is battling a foot injury while Draper has a groin pull.
Here we go again. Penguins-Red Wings doing battle for the Cup for a second straight year. As a hockey fan, you have to love how this happened. These teams did amazing jobs in the playoffs and deserve their opportunity to win the Stanley Cup.
Let’s take a quick glance of these teams during [...]
As the draft comes near one name that keeps being talked about is Brampton Battalion center, and teammate of Rangers prospect Evgeny Grachev, Matt Duchene.
While most of the attention has fallen on the consensus top two picks forward John Tavares and defenseman Victor Hedman, people are now saying that Duchene, ranked second by the International [...]
Stats.hockeyanalysis.com compiles stats that show how certain players play with one another and when separated. They look at goals scored or goals against when players are together and when they are separated.
We look at Rangers center Scott Gomez to start.
When Gomez was on the ice, the Rangers scored the most goals when he was joined [...]
NHL.com has a very in depth stats section of their website and to make use of that here are the Rangers leaders in missed shots this season.
Chris Drury with 91
Nik Antropov with 85*
Nikolai Zherdev with 82
Markus Naslund with 80
Scott Gomez with 78
Ryan Callahan with 77
Michal Rozsival with 66
Rotter: I know that Drury missed a lot [...]
TSN is reporting that the Montreal Canadiens have offered a contract and their captaincy to pending free agent and former Ranger Alex Kovalev.
Former captain Saku Koivu is reportedly not in the plans for the teams future.
“If I’m not signed by July 1, I don’t think I’ll be back in Montreal,” Koivu said last month. “Finishing [...]
With the Wings defeating the Hawks 2-1 in OT tonight, advancing the Stanley Cup Final (again), they will battle the Penguins (again), with the Final starting on Saturday.
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Tomorrow I will throw up some predictions and thoughts.
