News: Canadiens Sign Tomas Plekanec To A Two Year Extension
Plekanec HERO chart from OwnThePuck Pat Hickey: The Canadiens have signed Tomas Plekanec to a two-year contract extension. He'll get $7 million next year, and $5 million the following year. The 32-year old Plekanec was drafted 71st overall in the…
Top 10 Best NHL Contracts: Rankings 1 to 5
And we’re down to the final five contracts that I love. While the validation of my “Worst” contract list is nice, I feel like narrowing down the ‘best of’ list was much harder. In all honesty, GMs make far more…
Rumors: Richards, PTOs, Vesey, Sabres, and Nikitin
Saturday Headlines with Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman and Damien Cox on Hockey Night in Canada, October 10th, 2015. Elliotte Friedman on Mike Richards... Mike Richards will be on the Los Angeles Kings salary cap until the 2030-31 season. The first five seasons…
Compilation of 2015-16 NHL Awards Predictions
Yesterday we brought you some Division, Conference and Stanley Cup predictions, today we bring to you a collection 2015-16 NHL Award predictions. We compiled Hart, Art Ross, Norris, Vezina, Calder and Jack Adams predictions from 74 writers and hockey personalities…
Predicting Division, Conference and Stanley Cup Winners
We've compiled a some predictions from Sportsnet, NHL.com, ESPN and The Fourth Period - picking Division, Conference and Stanley Cup winners. 26 people made predictions for division winners, and 42 for Conference and Stanley Cup winners. Atlantic - Tampa Bay…
Videos: Gary Bettman on Expansion and Educating Players on Consequences of Drug Use
Gary Bettman on was Sportsnet's Hockey Central at Noon talking about NHL expansion and that there is no timetable for it. Bettman also talks about the recent news of cocaine use in the NHL and on how they are in…
News: 2015-16 Opening Day NHL Rosters For All Teams
Image from BeerLeagueBlog.ca Opening day rosters (as of 10:00 AM, ET) as released by the NHL PR. Anaheim Ducks Frederik Andersen, Kevin Bieksa, Andrew Cogliano, Simon Despres, Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf, Carl Hagelin, Shawn Horcoff, Tim Jackman, Ryan Kesler, Anton Khudobin,…
News: NHL Knows Some Players Are Using Cocaine … Fedoruk on Substance Issues
Rick Westhead of TSN: The NHL acknowledges there are more players using cocaine. The NHL has begun talking with the NHL Players Association to add cocaine and other drugs to the banned substances list. The number of positives are more than…
Morning Hits: Flyers, Kassian, Rangers, Ducks, Sharks, and Blues
Tom Reifsnyder of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Flyers currently have about $670,000 in cap space, but if/when Andrew MacDonald clears waivers and is assigned to the AHL, they'll gain an extra $950,000 in cap space. "Well, it's disappointing, I…
Top 10 Worst NHL Contracts: Rankings 6 to 10
I am, in a phrase, a salary nerd. The majority of my analytical work has centered on what players are paid and why. So when I was asked if I would do a couple of pieces on best and worst…
Insider Trading: Expansion, Expansion Draft and Coach’s Challenge
TSN Insider Trading: Darren Dreger, Bob McKenzie and Pierre LeBrun discuss the expansion presentation by Quebec City, expansion draft and the coach's challenge. On the expansion presentation by Quebec City... Pierre LeBrun: Part of the presentation, at least the glitzy part,…
2015-16 Important NHL Dates
A look at the key important dates for the 2015-16 NHL season. Once we can track down the official Christmas Roster Freeze and Brian Burke's Christmas Roster Freeze dates, we'll add them to the list. Oct. 7, 2015 - Opening…