Archive for June, 2011
The Sabres made two more moves on Wednesday night, acquiring the rights to defenseman Christian Ehrhoff from the Islanders and sending the rights to Steve Montador to the Blackhawks. The Islanders had received Ehrhoff’s rights from Vancouver earlier in the week, but when the team could not come to terms with the 28-year-old, they unloaded him while they […]
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Tags: 716, Brad Richards, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Christian Ehrhoff, free agency, Garth Snow, Kevin Bieksa, Nathan Gerbe, New York Islanders, Steve Montador, T.J. Oshie, Terry Pegula
Sabres offseason assessment
A 40th consecutive Stanley Cup-less season in Buffalo can only mean one thing: the team has several areas it can address in free agency, which opens this Friday, July 1. The timely scoring and stout defensive zone coverage that propelled the Sabres from 14th to 7th in the Eastern Conference standings fell apart in a […]
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Tags: Ales Kotalik, Andrej Sekera, Brad Richards, Brady Boyes, Buffalo Sabres, Chris Butler, Christian Ehrhoff, Cody McCormick, Craig Rivet, Darcy, Derek Roy, Drew Doughty, free agency, Ian White, James Wisniewski, Jhonas Enroth, Jochen Hecht, Kevin Bieksa, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Grier, Mike Weber, Nathan Gerbe, NHL draft, Patrick Lalime, Paul Byron, Paul Gaustad, Robyn Regehr, Rochester Americans, Ryan Miller, Shaone Morrisonn, Shea Weber, Steve Montador, Steven Stamkos, T.J. Oshie, Terry Pegula, Tim Connolly, Tyler Myers, Ville Leino, Winnipeg Jets, Zach Parise, Zack Kassian
Tyler Seguin
I have a friend named Tyler, and he’s a Stanley Cup champion. One of the most amazing things about Tyler is that number on his sleeve. Nineteen was not only the black and yellow number flying around the ice when the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks in Game Seven to win the Stanley Cup, […]
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Tags: Boston Bruins, Game Seven, life after sports, Stanley Cup, the Stanley Cup: so easy a caveman could do it, Tyler Seguin, Zdeno Chara
All the marbles
There is a hockey game tonight, and it just may be the finest athletic event you will see on television all year long. Game Seven of the Stanley Cup finals is as good as it gets in sports. I can’t guarantee there will be a dramatic finish and there almost certainly won’t be a buzzer-beater […]
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Tags: Alain Vigneault, Alexandre Burrows, Antti Niemi, Boston Bruins, Brad Marchand, Claude Julien, Conn Smythe, Daniel Sedin, David Krejci, Dennis Seidenberg, Game Seven, Henrik Sedin, Kevin Bieksa, Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder, Patrice Bergereon, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Kesler, Stanley Cup, Tim Thomas, Tyler Seguin, Vancouver Canucks, Zdeno Chara
