• NHL Odds: Recent Stanley Cup Champions Meet as Pens Host Wings| Leave a Comment

    Two of the NHL’s most prodigious franchises will clash in a rematch of the 2008 and 2009 Stanley Cups when the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Detroit Red Wings this Tuesday. Not only do the Wings and Pens boast one of the most intriguing modern rivalries in the league, each have made strong pushes early on [...]

  • Preview of Stanley Cup Final| Leave a Comment

    The Vancouver Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup, but they’ll get a chance to finally claim that championship trophy starting Wednesday night when they begin their best-of-seven NHL betting series against the Boston Bruins. The Canucks punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup final with a 3-2 double-overtime win over the San Jose Sharks [...]

  • 2011 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft Odds| Leave a Comment

    The NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft will be held for the first time in league history on Friday, January 28 in anticipation of the All-Star Game in Raleigh, Carolina two days later. Bodog’s online sportsbook has put together odds on which player will be the first one taken and, also, who will be the last [...]

  • Ales Hemsky Out Indefinitely With Concussion| Leave a Comment

    For a team already at the bottom of the NHL standings, the Edmonton Oilers have sure had a lot of insult added to their injury. Or should that be injury to their insult? Regardless, the 14-24-7 Oilers have been dealt yet another blow, this time to forward Ales Hemsky who has already once this season [...]

  • NHL Futures: Odds to Win the 2011 Stanley Cup| Leave a Comment

    The puck drops on the 2010-11 NHL season this week and the long road to the Stanley Cup final begins. With hockey fans awaking from a long summer slumber, we’ve been seeing good action on our NHL futures board, with the odds to win the Stanley Cup receiving the most interest. Favourite To Win Stanley [...]

  • Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets on September 22| Leave a Comment

    You don’t have to wait for the NHL regular season to start before you actively follow your favorite team. The preseason should already offer glimpses of what most of the regular season and playoffs will offer to NHL fans. On September 22, the Columbus Blue Jackets will play host to the Washington Capitals in what [...]

  • Sam Gagner’s 2-year Deal with the Edmonton Oilers| Leave a Comment

    The Edmonton Oilers have always had a plan for their star center Sam Gagner. Ever since the team drafted Gagner in 2007, he has collected 131 points in his career, which is an excellent record for a player that has had 223 career games in the NHL. And now that the Edmonton Oilers have decided [...]

  • Ottawa Senators’ Bid for the Stanley Cup| Leave a Comment

    The last time the Senators made it to the Stanley Cup Final was a mere three years ago, a feat you wouldn’t have considered likely considering their average performance during the past decade. But it was their dismal performance in the 2008-09 season, not making the playoffs, that has made them more determined than ever [...]

  • Games to Watch for the Upcoming 2010-2011 NHL Season| 1 Comment

    The 2009-2010 season was one of the best for the NHL, after setting a new record not only for the Chicago Blackhawks, who won their Stanley Cup after a 49-year championship drought, but also as one of the most-watched games in the US based on TV ratings and sports betting activities.  This makes Game 6 [...]

  • NHL’s Chris Pronger Prepares Early for Another Run at the Cup| Leave a Comment

    Chris Pronger is currently recovering from surgery of his knee last July 27. The Philadelphia Flyers defenseman decided to have this operation early in the summer so that he could have enough time to recuperate and train for the 2010-11 season. Pronger has been carrying this injury since it occurred during the Eastern Conference Semifinals [...]

  • What’s Next for the Defending Stanley Cup Winner Chicago Blackhawks?| Leave a Comment

    The rise of NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the past decade to become the defending Stanley Cup winner was the result of serious agent acquisitions and changes that only highlighted the deficiencies of the team since the start of the millennium. Previously an NHL letdown by all definitions of the word, the changes that have occurred [...]

  • Turco is Chicago Blackhawks’ New Top Goalie| Leave a Comment

    Marty Turco is very clear when it comes to his goal of playing for a contender for the Stanley Cup. This is why he chose the offer from Chicago Blackhawks as the team’s newest top goalie. Just recently, Turco agreed to a one-year contract as a replacement for Antti Niemi, a Stanley Cup hero. Kurt [...]

  • Kovalchuk’s 17-year-contract Under Discussion| Leave a Comment

    A 17 year contract between Russian Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils that amounted to a $102-million salary was rejected by NHL, claiming that the agreement circumvented the salary cap established within the league. The contract was said to be illegal according to an inside person who wishes to remain anonymous. It was determined [...]

  • Recent Moves in the NHL Off-season| Leave a Comment

    Ah, the NHL off-season — a little more time off the ice for players and a lot more hard work for back-office franchise personnel!  This is the time when coaching staffs, general managers, team operations managers, scouts, team owners, and practically everyone “behind the scenes,” so to speak, is wracking their brains to put together [...]

  • Ducks’ Niedermayer Announces His Retirement| Leave a Comment

    After 18 long seasons, Scott Niedermayer of the Anaheim Ducks has finally announced his retirement, just four months after clinching the Olympic gold for his team Canada.  It seems like a wise move from a veteran NHL who wants to leave the professional hockey league while still at the top of his game.  In his [...]

  • Toronto Maple Leafs Picks Dion Phaneuf as New Captain| Leave a Comment

    Choosing defenseman Dion Phaneuf as the new captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs was a no-brainer, according to coach Ron Wilson.  Right from picking up Phaneuf, Wilson said that he was already a potential captain.  He believes that the defenseman can lead the Maple Leafs after seeing how he was able to inspire others and [...]

  • NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets Has New Coach| Leave a Comment

    Scott Arniel was recently introduced as the new coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, which is a dream job for Arniel. According to Arniel, he was very interested in working with the Columbus Blue Jackets even before the team chose him as the new coach. He was specifically interested in the Columbus Blue Jackets because [...]

  • Blackhawks and Flyers Both Determined to Win Stanley Cup| Leave a Comment

    Any team who wants to take home the Stanley Cup will not enjoy a losing position at 0-2 in any series. However, for the Philadelphia Flyers, they know what it’s like treading on familiar territory. During the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Flyers lost 0-3 against the Boston Bruins, but the team fought back to prevail [...]

  • Flyers Not Dampened by Game 1 Loss| Leave a Comment

    Last Sunday, some of the players of the Philadelphia Flyers can be seen laughing and groaning playfully as they did their practice warm-ups in a corner of the United Center, kicking a soccer ball in a circle.  This was the scenario a day after the Flyers lost the first game in the Stanley Cup finals, [...]

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