CHICAGO (AP) -Gary Bettman sounded a little like a real estate agent in his state-of-the-league address. “The market is not flooded” with teams for sale, the NHL commissioner said Friday at the United Center, a day before Game 1 on the Stanley Cup finals between Chicago and Philadelphia. He was doing his best to quash [...]
Capsule of the NHL Stanley Cup finals series: No. 2 (West) CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (52-22-8) vs. No. 7 (East) PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (41-35-6). How they got here: Chicago beat No. 7 Nashville 4-2; No. 3 Vancouver 4-2; and No. 1 San Jose 4-0. Philadelphia beat No. 2 New Jersey 4-1; No. 6 Boston 4-3; and No. 8 [...]
Swiss defenseman Roman Josi has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators. The Predators announced the deal Friday with their second-round pick in the 2008 draft. Josi (YO-see) played for SC Bern in the Swiss League. The 6-foot-1, 198-pound defenseman tied for fourth overall with six goals and ranked second at his position [...]
On the eve of the Stanley Cup Final, its fitting that we have our final SBN blogger post-mortem. The Montreal Canadiens went much farther than any of us expected; for non-fans of the Habs, its easy to just say “Jaroslav Halak” and leave it at that. For the dedicated bleu, blanc, et rouge faithful, they [...]
Im a bit of a slow learner, so it may be that I dont quite understand this debate between shot quality and quantity. I have always thought that a real good team lives out in the margins of both, that it will both outshoot its opposition over time, and also win the percentages battle by [...]
In an era when hockey games may as well have been held inside the squared circle, the Broad Street Bullies spilled enough blood to fill a decades worth of Stanley Cups. They embraced their moniker as the most despised team in the NHL, crushed their rivals to a pulp, and rubbed salt in their busted-open [...]