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The Predators Find Jason Arnott’s Replacement

Monday, July 5, 2010

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The Predators Find Jason Arnott’s Replacement

The Nashville Predators finally won one of the free agent frenzies by locking up one of the top centers on the market. Matthew Lombardi will make 3.5 million annually over the next three seasons and help transition top rookie Colin Wilson into the first line slot (We initially thought the Preds would hand over the [...]

Montreal and Nashville Agree to Terms

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Today, the Montreal Canadiens sent struggling winger Sergei Kostitsyn and future considerations in exchange for Dan Ellis and Dustin Boyd along with future considerations. Ellis, if signed, would serve as an insurance plan for lauded netminder Carey Price. The 29-year-old ‘tender managed 15 wins on a playoff-bound Predators team posting a 2.69 GAA and .909 [...]

Will Olympic Success Carry Over?

Monday, March 1, 2010

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This Olympics proved that certain players possess the talent to play against both top notch talent and on the smaller ice surface. Of course, we cannot predict how any player will perform once they return to their NHL teams, but lets look at some players who could can ride their added confidence level into heightened [...]

The State of the Habs

Monday, February 8, 2010

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At 4 PM EST the Montreal Canadiens will announce their GM Bob Gainey stepping down. According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, Pierre Gauthier will take over as his replacement. What does this mean for the team? The Habs will play without top goal scorer Mike Cammalleri and fourth goal leading scorer Andrei Kostitsyn until after the [...]

The Decade in Retrospect: Draft Picks

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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The end of the decade is nearly upon us, so we here at Daily Faceoff would like to commemorate some important events that have transpired over the last ten years in the National Hockey League. First up is a look at the best and worst draft picks of the decade (for the record I had [...]

Under Review: Oct 20—Oct 25

Monday, October 26, 2009

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I’ll hold back on making any comments on last night’s Ruutu/Tucker and Richards/Booth hits, but it certainly was another destructive week in the NHL, with another host of injuries hitting the wires. Besides that, relatively quiet, as things have stayed basically the same: Colorado’s doing well, the Leafs are atrocious, and Chris Chelios is back [...]