Hard to take the awards seriously after reading this…

From Luke Decock of the Charlotte News Observer: A few Hurricanes footnotes from last night’s NHL awards ceremony: • Eric Staal...

Malone done in Pittsburgh?

From Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Ryan Malone is not going to sign with the Pittsburgh Penguins, unless the Penguins...

How teams apportion their money under the salary cap

With there being so much talk about the salary cap, Illegal Curve has decided to take a closer look at how...

Can Hartsburg be an effective NHL coach?

From Mike Brophy of the Hockey News: Craig Hartsburg is widely regarded as a great junior hockey coach; a voice of...

Selanne to Habs?

From Mike Boone of the Montreal Gazette: RDS reported that Saku Koivu was trying to persuade Teemu Selanne to join the...

Should Nabokov have won Vezina?

From David Pollak’s entry in Working the Corners: Finally, I’m just catching up to the fact that Martin Brodeur, not Evgeni...

McLellan settling in

From David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: McLellan talked with certainty about some things – the need to establish...

Foote a shoe-in to re-sign with Avalanche?

From Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: I talked to Adam Foote’s agent today, Rick Curran. I didn’t write a story...

Wild unlikely to trade up at Entry Draft

From Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: The Wild has a history of trades at the draft — setting up the...

You have to admire Jason Blake

From Tim Wharnsby of the Globe & Mail: For the first time, Blake discussed in depth what affect the news of...