Tag: Chicago Blackhawks

Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 14

Four different teams were ranked in the top slot, with the Predators collecting the most 1st place rankings with five. Seven different teams were ranked in the top three by the eight media outlets. With eight rankings this week, we…

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Rumors I: LeBrun on Kings, Hawks, Preds, Panthers and Bruins

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Kings and Justin Williams have stopped their contract talks. "Our intention is to leave negotiations until after the season," his agent Thane Campbell told ESPN.com via email Tuesday. "However, if they accepted our current position…

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Rumors II: Senators, Sabres, Wings, Leafs, Kings and Panthers

Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators GM Bryan Murray hinted over the weekend that he'll continue to search for a top-six forward. They are 11th in the Eastern Conference and are faced with two options. 1) sell some veteran…

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Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 13

There was a bit more variation at the top of the rankings this week. Three teams received first place votes, eight teams in the top three. With seven rankings this week, we were once again able to drop the highest…

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Injuries: Lightning, Hawks, Coyotes, Isles, Devils, Leafs and more

Josh Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning's Radko Gudas had arthroscopic knee surgery yesterday and will be out for about four months. "It's a little tough to digest right now, just because clearly it's more serious than we thought,"…

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Injuries: Lightning, Wild, Flyers, Jets, Caps, Sens, Pens and Hawks

Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Lightning's Radko Gudas will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out indefinitely. He suffered the injury after crashing awkwardly into the boards on December 29th against the Maple Leafs. He…

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Injuries: Sharks, Hawks, Panthers, Flames, Stars and Leafs

Sharks.NHL: The Sharks put Joe Thornton on the IR. Tracey Myers: Blackhawks Kris Versteeg will be out about a month with a left hand injury. Coach Joel Quenneville thinks surgery is "doubtful." George Richards: Roberto Luongo left the game, but…

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Top 12 2015 NHL Free Agent Defensemen

As is the case quite often these days, this free agent class isn’t loaded with difference makers that can significantly alter the makeup of a team. That said, there are quite a few very good defensemen set to become unrestricted…

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Injuries: Hawks, Sens, Blues, Canucks, Oilers, Lightning and Leafs

Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago: Blackhawks Kris Versteeg suffered a left hand injury yesterday and will be out for a bit. He took a Eric Fehr shot off his hand. More will be known today. Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Thurs. Jan. 1st, 2015

Two games on New Year's day, including a 2015 Winter Classic. The Capitals win the Winter Classic, and the Kings knock off the Canucks.

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Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 12

The Blackhawks received seven of eight first place votes. The Predators picked up one first place vote. Every media outlet had the Oilers in last. To get our consensus point total, we awarded the top team 30 points, the second team…

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Rumors III: Friedman on Free Agents, Draisaitl, Fisher and Williams

Elliotte Friedman of Sportnet: Teams can start to re-sign players that they signed to one-year contracts on January 1st. Friedman thinks that the Bruins did significant work on Torey Krug and Reilly Smith contracts before they signed their one-year deals…

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