Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman gave his netminders, and his coach, a vote of confidence on Monday, claiming that his starting goalies — Ray Emery and Corey Crawford — are not the problem. Crawford has started only two games in the month of February, allowing 10 goals in those contests while Emery has allowed at [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Jason Pominville returns to the Sabres lineup when they take on the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. For the full team lineup, click here. *** UPDATED on 10/29/10 @ 12:20 PM: Pominville failed his neuro-psych tests today and will not return to the lineup for tonight’s game according to WGR 550, via Twitter. *** Buffalo Sabres [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Chicago Blackhawks’ defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson will be suspended for two games after delivering a hasty check-from-behind to Buffalo Sabres’ right wing Jason Pominville. Although not known to be a dirty player, Hjalmarsson deserved this suspension for the sheer boneheadedness of the play. Pominville has been ruled out with a concussion, ending his consecutive game streak [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 12, 2010
Unlike his former teammates Kris Versteeg and Dustin Byfuglien, who the Hawks intended to deal due to cap restrictions, defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson will stay with the team for four more years. One would have to think his holdout created unnecessary problems and signing an offer sheet with a divisional rival could have been avoided but [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 9, 2010
Per TSN’s Gord Miller, the San Jose Sharks have signed Niklas Hjalmarsson to a 4yr/14M offer sheet. The Chicago Blackhawks will have seven days to sign him. Considering Dan Girardi just received a healthy 3.35 annual salary over his next four seasons, Hjalmarsson deserves at least the same amount and will make 3.5 million annually. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 10, 2010
Congratulations to the 2010 Stanley Cup champions, the Chicago Blackhawks! On behalf of myself and Daily Faceoff, we would like to say thank you for a great regular season, postseason and we look forward to covering the offseason! Take a good hard look at the picture above, because come next season there will be some [...]
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