Tag: Chicago Blackhawks

NHL Power Rankings: 2018-19 Consensus – Week 6

  The Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning are once again atop our consensus NHL power rankings. The Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild are tied at No. 3. The Toronto Maple Leafs fall to spots, the Winnipeg Jets gain two…

Mark Easson

Western Conference Injuries: Ducks, Predators, Knights, Stars, Blackhawks, Flames, Avs, and Canucks

Fowler requires facial surgery Eric Stephens: Anaheim Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler requires surgery to repair fractures in his orbital bone, cheekbone and upper jaw bone. The surgery will be tomorrow and his timeline won't be known until after the afterward.…

Mark Easson

NHL Injuries: Lightning, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Canucks, Penguins, and Ducks

Hedman returns but Stralman is out Bryan Burns: Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman missed last night's game with an upper-body injury. Forwards Adam Erne (upper-body) and Ondrej Palat (lower-body) also missed last night's game. Defenseman Victor Hedman returned to…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Senators, Duchene And Their Coaching Staff … Quenneville And Bowman

Senators, Duchene, and their coaching staff TSN: Bob McKenzie on Insider Trading was talking about the video involving the Ottawa Senators. The team and players knew about it before it went viral, and thought they had put it behind them.…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Scouting The Leafs, Nylander’s Agent Has Talked To Other Teams, And A Stealth Team To Watch

Scouting the Maple Leafs and Stars Michael Augello: There were 15 scouts listed to attend last night's Toronto Maple Leafs - Dallas Stars game. The Carolina Hurricanes sent three including assistant GM Rick Dudley. The Chicago Blackhawks had two scouts…

Mark Easson

Pucks in Depth: Anaheim Ducks Struggling at 5v5 … Blackhawks Henri Jokiharju Opening Eyes

Ducks getting destroyed at 5v5 Through nine games the Anaheim Ducks lead the Pacific Division with a 5-3-1 record and rank 2nd only to Nashville with a +7 goal differential at 5v5. Don’t let that success fool you, though. They…

Todd Cordell

Western Conference Injuries: Ducks, Blackhawks, Kings, Coyotes, Jets, and Flames

Ducks injury updates Anaheim Ducks: Ducks GM Bob Murray said that both Ryan Getzlaf and Carter Rowney are possibilities for Saturday. Jakob Silfverberg has a non-displaced broken finger. He was skating but is not able to do any puck handling.…

Mark Easson

2019 NHL Free Agents: Central Division – UFAs and RFA

  The 2018-19 season has just gotten underway, but it's never to earlier to start looking ahead to free agency. In one of our first NHL free agent series, we'll be looking at unrestricted and restricted free agents for each…

Mark Easson