Nikolai Zherdev and the New York Rangers: A Wasted Asset

Today, news broke that the New York Rangers have walked away from an arbitrator’s contract ruling of one-year, $3.9 million for...

Team Minnesota

As supplied by Goon of Goon’s World: Coming as no big surprise, Team Minnesota looks like the class of the south...

NHL Morning Papers (Tuesday Edition): Oilers not interested in Nikolai Zherdev, Anton Babchuk and Dennis Seidenberg done in Carolina and how to sneak on the ice at the Stanley Cup Final

Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf (abdominal surgery) expects to be in the team’s lineup for opening night of the regular season, but...

Hockey Hits: Michael Nylander needs some Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley

Some news and notes from the Blogs today: Japers’ Rink:  Nylander: Boudreau “Told Me I Wasn’t Good Enough”.  Well in the words of Stuart...

Afternoon Delight: MVA

5 Reasons why Gary Dell’Abate loves hockey, as listed over at Puck Daddy. Its easy to forget that the NY area...

On the Beat: Coyotes drama heightens

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: If you want to watch the U.S. Olympic orientation camp, it will be...

Team Michigan

This week we will be breaking down the Team USA’s 2010 Olympic squad into the best Olympic State teams.  There are 6 U.S....

NHL Morning Papers (Monday Edition): Rangers need to decide on Nikolai Zherdev, no one wants Maxim Afinogenov and the Flyers comment on NHL’s investigation

Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News tells us that no team has much interest in Maxim Afinogenov. Mike Heika of the...

Blog Hits: San Jose’s first game against Edmonton (Fri Nov 27, 2009) & Ottawa (Tue Dec 1, 2009). Which is more exciting?

Some news and notes from the Blogs today: Battle of California:  Heatley or No Heatley.  As Bill Shakespeare said, that is...

NHL Morning Papers (Sunday Edition): Dany Heatley could eventually be a Shark, Heatley apparently told Steve Tambellini to stop his pursuit and could Phil Kessel be heading to the Western Conference?

In his Sunday Hockey Notes column, Fluto Shinzawa talks about the Bruins’ tendency to provide youngsters a chance to play. The...