Chicago Blackhawks 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide:When the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2010, cap issues forced them to move many of their complimentary players – including starting goaltender Antti Niemi – in order to maintain as much of their core…
Pittsburgh Penguins 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide: Penguins GM Ray Shero was aggressive on the trade front in 2013, acquiring Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow, and Doug Murray to compliment an already loaded roster. Even still, the Penguins were swept by the Boston…
Morning Hits: Kings, Bissonnette, Hybrid Icing, Ramo, Boyes, Pulock and KHL
Bob McKenzie: Barring a trade, the Kings are likely to waive one of Jeff Schultz or Keaton Ellerby. Tyler Toffoli and Linden Vey may have to be sent down to the AHL. Nick Kypreos: Additional video and testimonials supported reducing…
Roster Notes: Waivers, Bruins, Blues, Blue Jackets, Stars, Coyotes, Leafs, Lightning and Blackhawks,
Renaud Lavoie: Colton Sceviour (Dal), Bruno Gervais (Phi), Adam Hall (Phi), Tyson Strachan (Was), Ryan Craig (CBJ) Jack Skille (CBJ), Cody Goloubef (CBJ), Jeremy Smith (CBJ), Mike McKenna (CBJ), Luke Adam (Buf) Boston Bruins: The Bruins reassigned to the AHL: Matt…
Boston Bruins 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide One of the big questions going into the 2013 campaign was if Tuukka Rask would be able to provide the Boston Bruins with the same level of superb goaltending that they have become accustomed…
St. Louis Blues 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide: The Blues managed to prove the 2011-12 campaign wasn’t a fluke with their strong showing during the 2013 season. However, they matched up against the defending champion Los Angeles Kings in the first round of…
Injury Notes: Brown, Bogosian, Clitsome, Stuart, Sbisa, Souray, Zadorov, Weiss and Byfuglien
Lisa Dillman: Kings Dustin Brown is confident that he'll play in the opener next week. Ken Wiebe: Jets defensemen Zach Bogosian and Grant Clitsome are day-to-day with injuries. Kevin Kurz: Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart is optimistic for opening night. Curtis…
Anaheim Ducks 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide Going into the 2013 campaign, the main question was if the Anaheim Ducks could squeak into the playoffs. It wasn’t long before they turned the conversation to what seed they would be able to…
Los Angeles Kings 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide:After winning the Stanley Cup in 2012, the Los Angeles Kings didn’t exactly dominate in the regular season in 2013. They had to deal with the absence of defenseman Willie Mitchell and, for most of the…
Afternoon Hits: Panthers, Liles, Lucic, Thomas, Waivers, DeKeyser and Hossa
Pro Hockey Talk: The Panthers were sold for $230 million to Vincent Viola. James Mirtle: Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle on John-Michael Liles: "The feelings inside the coaches' and management's office should be left there... We know there's tough decisions coming."…
Line Combos: Islanders, Wings, Leafs, Devils, Caps, Canes, Blackhawks, Lightning, Stars and Blue Jackets
Arthur Staple: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Bailey, Grabner-Nielsen-Lee, Nelson-Regin-Bouchard, Martin-Cizikas-McDonald. Mark Masters: Red Wings lines: Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Abdelkader; Franzen-Weiss-Alfredsson; Cleary-Andersson-Bertuzzi; Jurco-Glendening-Samuelsson. Paul Hendrick: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Clarkson. Broll-Kadri-Raymond. Lupul-Bolland-Kulemin. Ashton-McClement-Orr. Tom Gulitti: Devils lines: Clowe-Zajac-Brunner; Olesz-Henrique-Ryder; Tedenby-Loktionov-Jagr; Carter-Gionta-Josefson; Barch-(empty)- Janssen. Katie Carrera: Capitals lines: Johansson-Backstrom-Ovechkin; Chimera-Grabovski-Wilson; Byers-Perreault-Fehr; Volpatti-Latta-Rechlicz. Michael…
Vancouver Canucks 2013-14 Season Primer
Team Outlook from McKeen's Hockey Guide:After Vancouver’s second straight fast exit from the playoffs, head coach Alain Vigneault was shown the door and John Tortorella was brought in. Given Tortorella’s reputation, that would have been the big move during any other…