This week, with no team playing more than two games because of the circus NHL All-Star game, fantasy owners are saved from the recent rash of injuries across the league. During last week’s Crashing the Net, we examined players such as Jamie Benn, Scott Clemmensen, and Wojtek Wolski. When action returns returns to full-time duty next [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 14, 2010
The return of Ryan Miller was enough to push the Buffalo Sabres to another win and their first on home ice this season. Considering the team sent interim starting goalie Jhonas Enroth back down to the Portland Pirates of the AHL, Lindy Ruff and company must have faith that Miller can stick and is back [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 11, 2010
Updated on 11/11/10 @ 7:10 PM: Blues’ GM Doug Armstrong announced that Oshie will miss at least three months after having surgery on his broken left ankle. The St. Louis Blues will be without winger/center T.J. Oshie for an undefined period of time after he suffered a broken left ankle during a loss to the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 11, 2010
When you looked at the two starting goalies when the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Boston Bruins, it became an automatic goalie dual. Brent Johnson entered the game with a 6-1-1 record and 1.62 GAA while Tim Thomas entered with a 7-0-0 record and 1.04 GAA– impressive to say the least. However, the 7-4 drubbing handed [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Offensive Corps: The Blues expected more from their young core of Brad Boyes, TJ Oshie, David Perron, Patrik Berglund and David Backes but instead found themselves sadly disappointed. Oshie, Backes and Perron led all forwards outside of Andy McDonald with only Oshie actually increasing his point totals from the year before. The main scorers represented [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 27, 2010
The Ottawa Senators aggressively traded their first round pick and 16th overall selection in exchange for Swedish defensive prospect David Rundblad. The move means two things for two different organizations. Blues president John Davidson made another strong move in increasing his forward depth, selecting not only one (Jared Schwartz at 14) but also the most talented player [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
For our loyal readers using Yahoo! Sports, this one’s for you. We all remember the fiasco last year with missing our ‘Team Log’ and how Cam Ward STILL is not on IR, but today we will discuss one of the most valuable roster change: position eligibility. On March 11th, Yahoo updated their database by added [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
Notable lineup happenings from around the NHL: The Senators are calling Jason Spezza doubtful for Thursday’s game. Sens Lineup Alexander Ovechkin left Sunday’s game in the 2nd period with an upper body injury. Caps Lineup Carolina’s Eric Staal did not play the third period in Sunday’s game. Erik Cole returned to action. Canes Lineup Vincent [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
St Louis Blues head coach Andy Murray has juggled his lines in the preseason again and may take it into the regular season should they click in the remaining preseason games. On the top line, Keith Tkachuk, 37, will center Paul Kariya and Brad Boyes. On the second line, Patrik Berglund will center Brad Winchester [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 17, 2009
St. Louis Blues 2008/09: 41-31-10 – 92 pts (3rd in Central, 6th in West) Arrived: Ty Conklin (DET) Departed: Jay McKee (PIT), Jeff Woywitka (DAL), Dan Hinote (SJ), David Koci (COL) The Blues surprised everyone last year by finishing sixth in the Western conference before falling to the Canucks in the first round of the [...]
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