This Saturday on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show we have an action packed three hours.  Almost as exciting as the post season, will be the new crew hosting and analyzing the playoff action.  Illegalcurve.com’s co-editor David Minuk will be hosting, along with analyst Michael Remis and special guest analyst Darrin Bauming.

We will be joined by our guests:

Matt Loughlin, radio play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils will be joining us at 1:00 pm to talk about the Devils and Panthers series.

James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen will join us at 1:30 pm to discuss the first round match-up between the Senators and Rangers.

Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Dispatch who covers the St. Louis Blues will join us at 2:00 pm to talk Blues and Sharks.

Other topics on the show will include:

-Jets news (Byfuglien’s trial, World Championships)

-IceCaps first playoff game

-Mark Scheifele being assigned to the IceCaps

-Eastern Conference playoff picture

-Western Conference playoff picture

-Regular segments, NHL News & Notes, Six Things We Learned This Week and Rapid Fire

Tune in tomorrow from 12pm-3pm and listen to the Illegal Curve Hockey Show on TSN Radio 1290.  If you miss the show you can find it by searching for the Illegal Curve Hockey Show on iTunes and subscribe to the podcast.

So early that it won’t yet be bright, The Illegal Curve Hockey Show will take to the airwaves of TSN 1290 Saturday morning, beginning at 7:00 AM.

Right off the top of the show, we will have the thrilling conclusion to “The Illegal Curve Will Ezzy Wake up Early Charity Challenge.” If you have not yet chosen sides, click that link, and get your wagers, pledges and predictions on the record and in perpetuity.

Our first guest, at 8:00 AM, is Robin Short, sports editor of the St. John’s Telegram. Robin covers the St. John’s IceCaps, AHL affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets and with the AHL season entering the stretch drive along with the NHL season, what better time to get an update on the Eastern Conference leading IceCaps?

At 8:30 AM, we will be joined by our good friend Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. Most pundits would declare the Blue Jackets as the team to watch as we approach Monday’s NHL trade deadline.  Last night the Jackets traded Jeff Carter to the Los Angeles Kings and now the focus of the hockey world turns to Rick Nash and where he could end up.

At 9:00 AM, we will be joined by Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. With the Jets and Blues taking to the MTS Centre ice later on Saturday afternoon, Jeremy will join us to discuss the contest between the two teams and provide some analysis on what has been a tremendous year so far for the team from the “Show Me State”.

Additional guests may be added, so stay tuned to this post and our Twitter page for news on that front.

All that, plus your tweets, emails and (maybe, but not likely) phone calls (204-780-1290). Best tweets and emails will receive exciting Illegal Curve merchandise!

Join us Saturday from 7 AM – 1000 AM on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg and online at tsn.ca/Winnipeg

The NHL is back and running after the all star break, and The Illegal Curve Hockey Show will attempt to match the pace of the league, Saturday, beginning at 12 Noon on TSN 1290.

With the Jets playing the second half of back to back games Friday night versus the Panthers, IC will start the show by breaking down the aftermath of tonight’s contest, and analyze the impact on the standings, to see if the Jets move to within a point of the Southeast Division lead.

Our first guest, at 12:30 PM, is Neil Greenberg of the Washington Post & ESPN. Neil covers the Washington Capitals, one of the squads the Jets are in a dog fight with to capture first overall in the Southeast. Furthermore, the Jets play the Capitals next Thursday, so what better of a time to catch up on the goings on in the U.S. nation’s capital.

At 1:00 PM, we will be joined by Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette. The Jets play in Montreal on Sunday, as the opponents for the Habs during the traditional pre-Super Bowl matinee. With the Habs continuing to struggle, and the expectation that significant changes are to come at season’s end, we catch up with Pat about the roller coaster of a year it has been in La Belle Province.

Additionally, everyone’s favourite Illegal Curve cast member, Ezra Ginsburg, is in Montreal for the Jets-Habs game, so he will, sobriety providing, be joining us for the last segment of the program.

Ezra is ready and excited for Saturday's Illegal Curve Hockey Show.

Additional guests may be added, so stay tuned to this post and our Twitter page for news on that front.

All that, plus your tweets, emails and (maybe, but not likely) phone calls (204-780-1290). Best tweets and emails will receive exciting Illegal Curve merchandise!

Join us Saturday from 12 Noon – 300 PM on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg and online at tsn.ca/Winnipeg

It is the All-Star break for most NHL players, but your Illegal Curve All-Stars will be live on TSN 1290 for three hours of The Illegal Curve Hockey Show, Saturday, beginning at 12 Noon.

Throughout the show on Saturday, we will be spending a significant chunk of the broadcast analyzing what the Jets should do at the rapidly approaching trade deadline (February 27, 2012) and we will spend additional time trying to answer the question, “what is Evander Kane worth as an upcoming RFA?”

Our first guest, joining us at 12:30 PM, will be James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen. With the All Star Game taking place in Canada’s capital, James will have all the latest news and happenings from what is undoubtedly a busy weekend along the banks of the Rideau Canal (or, more accurately, given the locale of Scotia Bank Place, a local farmer’s field.)

At 1:00 PM, we will be joined by St. Louis Blues forward and Winnipegger, Alex Steen. As has been well documented, the Blues are one of the league’s best surprises, entering the All Star break among the league leaders in points. Alex is back in Winnipeg for the mid season break, and we will ask him about the Blues surprising season. Alex will be joining us in support of the Amadeus Steen Foundation.

At 2:15 PM, we are excited to welcome longtime NHL player, and two time Stanley Cup winner, Bobby Holik (Twitter: @holikonhockey) to the show. Undoubtedly, you are familiar with Holik, thanks to his lengthy NHL career (1300+ games, 747 career points), but you may be less familiar with his new hockey website, www.holikonhockey.com, where he gives his insight and opinion into the game he knows so very well.

Additional guests may be added, so stay tuned to this post and our Twitter page for news on that front.

All that, plus your tweets, emails and (maybe, but not likely) phone calls (204-780-1290).  Best tweets and emails will receive exciting Illegal Curve merchandise!

Join us Saturday from 12 Noon – 300 PM on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg and online at tsn.ca/Winnipeg

We are going back to our early morning roots with tomorrow’s Illegal Curve Hockey Show. Due to the Jets-Devils afternoon start time, the IC hockey show takes to the TSN 1290 airwaves at a special start time of 8:00 AM, for the typical three hour broadcast.

Our first guest joins us at 8:30 AM, and we are excited to welcome Jason Farris, author of a book called “Behind the Moves: NHL General Managers Tell How Winners are Built.”   Jason spent eighteen months, and travelled 60,000 plus Kilometers, engaging NHL General Managers about their jobs. The results, filling over 120 hours of tape, is this fascinating insight into the life of a General Manager.

At 9:00 AM, with the Winnipeg Jets looking to get back on a winning track later Saturday afternoon versus New Jersey, we welcome to the show, Matt Loughlin, the radio play by play man of the Devils, giving us insight into the Devils of New Jersey.

At 9:45 AM, we will be joined by Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post Dispatch to discuss the surprising play of the St. Louis Blues and the impact that new head coach Ken Hitchcock has had on the franchise (hint: it is significant.)

At 10:00 AM, George Johnson of the Calgary Herald will be with us to discuss the Flames re-acquisition of Mike Cammalleri, and, yet again, try and answer the question of what is the long term plan the Calgary Flames are embarking on.

All that, plus your tweets, emails and (maybe) phone calls (204-780-1290). Best tweets and emails will receive exciting Illegal Curve merchandise!

Join us Saturday from 800 AM – 1100 AM on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg and online at tsn.ca/Winnipeg

Update:  The first Illegal Curve Hockey Show of 2012 takes to the TSN 1290 airwaves Saturday, beginning at 12 Noon 10:15 am.  The news that realignment is off for next season means we will be on air for an additional 1 hour and 45 minutes today, including carrying the Mark Chipman press conference live art 10:30 am.

With the Winnipeg Jets looking to end their two game losing skid later Saturday evening in Buffalo, we welcome Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News (@BNHarrington on Twitter) to the show, giving us insight into the disappointing-to-this-point, Buffalo Sabres.

With the San Jose Sharks set to make an appearance at the MTS Centre on Thursday of next week, we will be chatting with Sharks play by play man Randy Hahn (@SharkVoice on Twitter) about the perennial Western Conference contenders.

All that, plus your tweets, emails and (maybe) phone calls (204-780-1290). Best tweets and emails will receive exciting Illegal Curve merchandise!

Join us Saturday from 12 Noon – 300 PM on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg and online at tsn.ca/Winnipeg

Saturday, from 12 Noon – 3 PM CST, Winnipeg Jets game-day coverage commences with The Illegal Curve Hockey Show on TSN 1290.

Saturday, from 12 Noon – 3 PM CST, The Illegal Curve Hockey Show commences Winnipeg Jets game-day coverage on TSN 1290.  Joining the guys on tomorrow’s program will be:

From TSN Radio, Rick Ralph at 2:15 pm.

New Jersey Devils beat writer, Tom Gulitti at 2:30pm.

These guests will be in addition to the usual commentary and analysis that you have come to expect week in and week out on The Illegal Curve Hockey Show.

Send us your tweets @illegalcurve, your emails to info@illegalcurve.com and phone calls at (204) 780-1290.

If you can’t get to your radio, the show will be streamed live online on Illegal Curve and at TSN Winnipeg.

The Illegal Curve Hockey Show on TSN 1290 moves back to the usual time of 12 pm to 3pm cst.   The show that leads into the Jets pre-game show is going to be action packed.  Joining the guys will be a top quality roster of guests, including;

From TSN, Dennis Beyak at 12:30 pm.

From the Canadian Press, Chris Johnston at 1:30 pm.

From the Ottawa Citizen, James Gordon at 2:00 pm.

From NESN, Jack Edwards at 2:30 pm.

These guests will be in addition to the usual commentary and analysis that you have come to expect week in and week out on The Illegal Curve Hockey Show.

Send us your tweets @illegalcurve, your emails to info@illegalcurve.com and phone calls at (204) 780-1290.

If you can’t get to your radio, the show will be streamed live online at www.illegalcurve.com and at http://www.tsn.ca/Winnipeg/ AM

The Illegal Curve Hockey Show on TSN 1290 moves to 8am (for tomorrow) to account for the early afternoon start time to the Jets/Flyers game (2pm cst).   The show will run from 8am CST – 11 am CST.  Joining the guys will be a top quality roster of guests;

At 930 AM, from the Globe and Mail, Bruce Dowbiggin.

At 10:00 AM, from the Delaware County Times, Anthony SanFilippo.

At 10:30 AM, from ESPN.com & Washington Post, Neil Greenberg.

These guests will be in addition to the usual commentary and analysis that you have come to expect week in and week out on The Illegal Curve Hockey Show.

Send us your tweets @illegalcurve, your emails to info@illegalcurve.com and phone calls at (204) 780-1290.

If you can’t get to your radio, the show will be streamed live online at www.illegalcurve.com and at http://www.tsn.ca/Winnipeg/ AM

Joining the boys will be a top quality roster of guests;

At 1230 PM, from the Columbus Dispatch, Aaron Portzline

At 100 PM, the General Manager of the Winnipeg Jets, Kevin Cheveldayoff

At 200 PM, from the St. Petersburg Times, Damian Cristodero

At 230 PM, colour commentator for the St. Louis Blues, Darren Pang

These guests will be in addition to the usual commentary and analysis that you have come to expect week in and week out on The Illegal Curve Hockey Show.

Send us your tweets @illegalcurve, your emails to info@illegalcurve.com and phone calls at (204) 780-1290.

If you can’t get to your radio, the show will be streamed live online at www.illegalcurve.com and at http://www.tsn.ca/Winnipeg/

Guests for this Saturday’s show (the links will point you to each of their twitter accounts or bio)

Mike Harrington beat writer who covers the Buffalo Sabres for the Buffalo News.

Andrew Gross beat writer who covers the Rangers for The Record.

Matt Loughlin, the radio play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils.

Remember to tune in to the Illegal Curve Hockey Show this Saturday from 12pm-3pm cst on TSN 1290. If you do miss the show, search for the “Illegal Curve Hockey Show” on iTunes to subscribe to the podcast and get it sent to your computer each and every week. To view a complete list of shows, click the Illegal Curve Radio link in the menu bar.

Guests for this Saturday’s show (the links will point you to each of their twitter accounts, we recommend following each of them)

Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer – Chip is the beat writer for the Carolina Hurricanes, who will give us a preview of Saturday night’s match up. This will be his second appearance on the show.

Anthony SanFilippo of the Delaware Daily County Times – What Alec Baldwin is to Saturday Night Live, Anthony SanFilippo is to Illegal Curve. This will be his eleventh time appearing on the show, we can expect Anthony to keep us up to date on the happenings of the Philadelphia Flyers. The Jets travel to Philadelphia next week for their match-up on Thursday, October 27.

Remember to tune in to the Illegal Curve Hockey Show this Saturday from 9am-12pm on TSN 1290. If you do miss the show, search for the “Illegal Curve Hockey Show” on iTunes to subscribe to the podcast and get it sent to your computer each and every week. To view a complete list of shows, click the Illegal Curve Radio link in the menu bar.

Confirmed guests for Saturday

Paul Waldie of the Globe & Mail, beat writer for the Winnipeg Jets. This will be his second appearance on the show.

Tyson Nash – Colour Commentator for the Phoenix Coyotes on Fox Sports AZ. This will be his first appearance on the show.

Mike Colligan – NHL analyst at Forbes.com SportsMoney and Pittsburgh Penguins correspondent at TheHockeyWriters.com. This will be his second appearance on the show.

As always, the show will be available to download as a podcast. Search for the Illegal Curve Hockey Show on iTunes and subscribe to get the podcast sent to your computer each and every week.

The Winnipeg Jets will take on the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night at 6:00pm, join Illegal Curve at The Cheer on Osborne & Stradbrook to watch the game!

This show, the only one of its kind anywhere on Winnipeg radio, is a must listen to for anyone participating in a hockey draft.

Joining the guys to break down everything in the fantasy hockey world is:

At 1230 PM Timo Seppa (Puck Prospectus)

At 115 PM Jeff Angus (Dobber Hockey)

At 200 PM Gus Katsaros (McKeen’s Hockey)

At 230 PM Justin Goldman (Goalie Guild)

In addition to the most comprehensive coverage of the fantasy hockey world, there will be prize giveaways courtesy of Hockey Prospectus.

From 3-4 PM, the show will switch its focus to that night’s Winnipeg Jets – Nashville Predators match-up, scheduled for puck drop at 7PM in Nashville.

For those not in the Winnipeg listening region, the show will be available on www.illegalcurve.com and afterwards for download on ITunes (search for The Illegal Curve Hockey Show).

Keep your radio tuned to Sports Radio 1290 and your browser set to www.illegalcurve.com for the best and most comprehensive coverage of the Winnipeg Jets anywhere online and on radio

Follow us on Twitter: @illegalcurve

Follow us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/illegalcurve

Our guests on the show this week are:

at 6:15 PM Charlie Huddy, Winnipeg Jets Assistant Coach

at 6:30 PM Chris Mason, goalie for the Winnipeg Jets

at 7:30 PM George Johnson, Calgary Herald

The rest of the show plan after the jump.

Other topics on the show include

• The funeral of Rick Rypien
• The latest Winnipeg Jets news
• Prospect discussion with IC’s Scouting Correspondent Kyle Kosior (@ICKyleK)
• News around the NHL

If you are unable to listen to the show live, we will have it available on our website and iTunes by tomorrow morning.

Hope to see everyone in the live chat.

Our guests on the show this week are:

at 6:15 PM James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail

at 6:30 PM Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press and Hustler & Lawless

at 7:30 PM Matthew Sekeres of the Globe and Mail

Other topics on the show include

• The tragic passing of Rick Rypien
• The latest Winnipeg Jets news
• Prospect discussion with IC’s Scouting Correspondent Kyle Kosior (@ICKyleK)
• News around the NHL
• Updates on the Illegal Curve Sandwich

If you are unable to listen to the show live, we will have it available on our website and iTunes by tomorrow morning.

Hope to see everyone in the live chat.

Our guests on the show this week are

Wade Davison of Believe in the Goal, to talk about the 2011 Superstar Summer Showdown. This will be Wade’s 3rd appearance on the show.

Jim Fox, LA Kings Colour Commentator for Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket. We’ll be discussing the latest news regarding the LA Kings, including the ongoing negotiations with Drew Doughty and the acquisitions of Mike Richards and Simon Gagne. This will be Fox’s 5th appearance on the show.

See the rest of the guests after the jump

James Gordon (@SensReporter) of the Ottawa Citizen will be joining us to talk about the Senators offseason moves, Alex Kovalev’s recent comments and former head coach Cory Clouston. This will be Gordon’s 6th apperance on the show.

Other topics on the show include

• Proposed rules at the NHL Research and Development Camp
• The latest Winnipeg Jets news
• Prospect discussion with IC’s Scouting Correspondent Kyle Kosior (@ICKyleK)
• News around the NHL
• Updates on the Illegal Curve Sandwich

Drew Mindell will be away this week, Mike Remis of the R-Desk will be filling in, expect the guys to be taking shots at Drew every segment.

If you are unable to listen to the show live, we will have it available on our website and iTunes by tomorrow morning.

Hope to see everyone in the live chat.

Tonight’s guest will be Joshua Cooper of the Tennessean who covers the Nashville Predators and will have all the latest on the Shea Weber deal.

In addition to these guests, we will spend much of the first hour discussing the latest news surrounding the Winnipeg Jets including Zherdev going to KHL, the AHL signings and whether or not we believe the Jets can make the playoffs this season.

The guys will also touch on the latest from ‘Around the NHL’ including the Burns contract with the Sharks, Colin White also signing in San Jose, the issues with the Islanders arena and we will end the show with an in-studio taste test for the new Illegal Curve sandwich courtesy of Myers Deli.

We will also be taking your calls (204) 780-1290, your emails (drew@illegalcurve.com) and your tweets (@illegalcurve).

Join us tonight from 6-8 PM on Sports Radio 1290 in Winnipeg and online at www.illegalcurve.com

Tonight’s guests (subject to change), are, at 730 PM, Bruce Dowbiggin of the Globe and Mail,  and at 830 PM, Geoff Kirbyson of the Winnipeg Free Press.

In addition to these guests, we will spend much of the first hour discussing the latest news surrounding the Winnipeg Jets.

Of course, The Illegal Curve chat room, operated by Michael Remis will be up and running, so join your fellow hockey fans in the chat room.  We will also be taking your calls (204) 780-1290, your emails (drew@illegalcurve.com) and your tweets (@illegalcurve).

Join us tonight from 7-9 PM on Sports Radio 1290 in Winnipeg and online at www.illegalcurve.com

Kevin Cheveldayoff, General Manager of the Winnipeg Jets.

Mike Greenlay, game analyst for Minnesota Wild TV.

Randy Hahn, play by play voice of the San Jose Sharks.

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails info@illegalcurve.com.

Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

Note:  This will be the last Saturday show for the summer, although we will be moving to weeknights from 6-8 pm for the remainder of the summer schedule.

Mark Seidel, chief scout for North American Central Scouting.

Aaron Portzline, beat writer for the Columbus Dispatch covering the Blue Jackets.

Mike Harrington, beat writer for the Buffalo News covering the Sabres.

Derek Meech, Winnipeg Jets first signed UFA.

Tim Campbell, beat writer for the Winnipeg Free Press covering the Jets.

Anthony SanFilippo, beat writer for Delaware County Times covering the Flyers.

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails info@illegalcurve.com.

Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

Chris Vivlamore of the AJC on Craig Ramsay.

David Staples of the Edmonton Journal on Craig MacTavish.

We will also get a draft preview from IC’s own Kyle who will be attending the draft along with Ezra next week.

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails info@illegalcurve.com.

Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

This Saturday’s guests include;

General Manager of the unnamed NHL team in Winnipeg, Kevin Cheveldayoff

Senior Vice-President and Director of Hockey Operations and Assistant GM Craig Heisinger

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails (info@illegalcurve.com).

Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

This Saturday’s guests include;

Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, play-by-play announcer for the Devils, as well as the lead announcer for NHL national telecasts on both NBC and Versus.

Scott Brown, spokesman for True North Sports and Entertainment.

Jim Ludlow, President & CEO of True North Sports and Entertainment.

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails (drew@illegalcurve.com).  Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

Today’s guests include Winnipeg Jets alumni;

# 6 Phil Housley

# 4 Fredrik Olausson

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails (dave@illegalcurve.com).  Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

This show will be followed by Special Edition Part Deux with Drew, Rich and Ezra returning to host another action packed show from 6pm cst to 8 pm cst on Sports Radio 1290.  Special Guest:  Premier Greg Selinger.

This Saturday’s guests include;

Bob Murdoch, former Head Coach of the Winnipeg Jets.

Martin Cash of the Winnipeg Free Press.

Ed Olczyk, former Winnipeg Jet and currently with NBC, Versus and Comcast SportsNet Chicago.

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails (drew@illegalcurve.com). Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

Tune into Sports Radio 1290 this Saturday, May 14th, 2011 from 9 AM CST until 12 PM CST as the guys and special guest host Leah Hextall discuss all the latest in the NHL.  Going to be an action packed 3 hours as we cover the 2nd round, preview the upcoming 3rd round match ups and of course, discuss the latest NHL returning to Winnipeg news.

This Saturday’s guests include;

Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press.

Darren Ford of Jetsowner.com.

Gabe Desjardins of Behind the Net.

Chris Mason, Goalie for the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers.

The Illegal Curve crew will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails (dave@illegalcurve.com). Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

Corey Masisak of NHL.com doing a post-mortem on Capitals-Lightning.

Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution with the latest on the Thrashers ownership situation.

The guys will be taking your calls (204-780-1290), reading your tweets (Twitter: @illegalcurve), and answering your emails (drew@illegalcurve.com). Be sure to join in on the Cover it Live chat taking place throughout the show on www.illegalcurve.com

Eric Duhatschek of the Globe & Mail:

Kevin Allen of USA Today.

Matthew Barnaby of ESPN.

Gabriel Desjardins of behindthenet.

Rick Peckham, play-by-play announcer of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

John Press of Japers’ Rink.

James Mirtle of the Globe & Mail.

Making his 4th appearance on the show, Mirtle will give us some insight into the Leafs, if the season was a success and what Toronto fans can look forward to next season.

Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer.

Alexander, making his 1st appearance on the show, will be focused on all things Carolina; including whether the Hurricanes can storm into the post season, if the team is deep enough to do some damage in the playoffs and if they are unsuccessful in their quest to make the playoffs this year, what does next season hold for the Hurricanes.

James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen.

Gordon, making his 5th appearance on the show, will focus on all things Senators; including what went wrong in Ottawa this season, what front office/head coach changes may be afoot in Ottawa (if any), the Senators signing of Stephane Da Costa, and if Sens fans can expect things to get better next season and more.

Mike Colligan, NHL analyst at Forbes.com, Pens correspondent.

Mike will be on to discuss all things Penguins.

If you have a question or comment for one of our guests, you can post it in our comment section, tweet it to us @IllegalCurve or send us an email.

Barry Melrose of ESPN.

Melrose will be on the show for the 1st time to discuss the playoff races, hockey’s impact in the U.S. and whether he thinks ESPN will be a player for the new NHL television contract that is up for grabs next season.

Josh Cooper of The Tennessean.

Cooper, making his 3rd appearance on the show, will be focused on all things Nashville; including the Predators prospects to hold onto a post season position, the reasons for the team’s current hot streak and more.

Darren Pang, Color Commentator for St. Louis Blues TV broadcasts and a part time analyst for TSN.

Pang returns to the radio show and will bring IC readers up to speed on the latest Blues news.

If you have a question or comment for one of our guests, you can post it in our comment section, tweet it to us @IllegalCurve or send us an email.

Anthony SanFilippo of the Delaware County Daily Times;

SanFilipo will discuss all things Philadelphia; including the Flyers playoff chances, updating the Pronger injury and more.

Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press.

Campbell will discuss the possible return of NHL hockey to Winnipeg in addition to talking about the General Manager meetings he attended in Boca Raton, Florida.

Dan Wood, Anaheim Ducks Radio Colour Analyst.

Wood will be on to chat all things Anaheim; including the Ducks prospects to make the post season, Teemu Selanne’s inspired play and more.

Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News.

Harrington will be on to chat all things Buffalo;  including the Sabres prospects to make the post season, how new owner Terry Pegula plans on building a winner and more.

With San Filippo, we will discuss the recent firing of John Stevens, the subsequent hiring of Peter Laviollete, the rumors of discord in the Flyers’ dressing room, the injury to Ray Emery and much more.

With Misley, the Vice-President of Hockey Canada, we will ask him all about the progress Hockey Canada has made towards naming the Canadian Men’s Olympic Hockey Team.

As well, we will have a first-hand account of the situation down in the desert, as a friend of IC was down in Phoenix this past weekend and wrote this recap for the site.  If you have any questions for this writer, drop it in the mailbag.

If you have a question for either one or both of our guests, drop it in the IC Mailbag.

To call into tonight’s show, dial 204-780-KICK (5425).

To listen live to tonight’s show online, click here.

To listen to past IC Radio Shows, or to read more about IC Radio, click here.

We hope you enjoy tonight’s show.

Sincerely,

The IC Team

With Chris Zelkovich, the sports media critic for the Toronto Star, we are going to talk about the recent hires at Hockey Night in Canada, the changes at The Score, the DirecTv/Versus controversy and much more.

With Tim Campbell, we are going to discuss the recent reports of the NHL possibly returning to Winnipeg.

The show begins at 7pm Central time tomorrow night and runs until 9pm.

To send in a question for one of our guests, drop it in our mailbag.

To read more about IllegalCurve.com Radio or listen to past shows, click here.

We hope you tune in.

Sincerely,

The IC Team