Puck Daddy’s 2012 NHL Trade Deadline Live Blog, Hour 5
Puck Daddy's all-day trade deadline coverage rolls on. We're publishing fresh posts every hour with breaking news, fresh rumors and "live blog" analysis. Please share what you've heard and what you...
View ArticlePuck Daddy’s 2012 NHL Trade Deadline Live Blog, Hour 6
Puck Daddy's all-day trade deadline coverage rolls on. We're publishing fresh posts every hour with breaking news, fresh rumors and "live blog" analysis. Please share what you've heard and what you...
View ArticleTom Gilbert comes home, as Minnesota deals Nick Schultz to Edmonton
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Tom Gilbert is a famous Minnesotan in hockey. Now, he's a member of the Minnesota Wild, dealt hours before the NHL Trade Deadline for defenseman Nick Schultz. Gilbert brings...
View ArticlePuck Daddy’s 2012 NHL Trade Deadline Live Blog, Hour 7
Puck Daddy's all-day trade deadline coverage rolls on. We're publishing fresh posts every hour with breaking news, fresh rumors and "live blog" analysis. Please share what you've heard and what you...
View ArticleColorado’s Daniel Winnik, T.J. Galiardi traded to Sharks for Jamie McGinn,...
Jamie McGinn was "distraught" after the San Jose Sharks lost to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night. Imagine how he feels now that he's no longer a Shark. McGinn, averaging 12:33 in ice time this season...
View ArticleCanucks add forward depth, acquire Sammy Pahlsson from Blue Jackets
For the second year in a row, Mike Gillis has used the trade deadline to add depth to his forward corps, acquiring pending UFA Sammy Pahlsson from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for two 4th...
View ArticleNo blockbuster: Rick Nash remains with Columbus Blue Jackets, as NHL trade...
Rick Nash is not a Ranger. He's not a Shark. He's not a Flyer or a Leaf or Predator or anything other than the captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The biggest trade of the NHL trade deadline never...
View ArticleIn which Nashville traded a first-rounder for Paul Gaustad
After there was chatter about a trade to the Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres center Paul Gaustad instead was traded to their Central Division rivals, the Nashville Predators. Nice player, that...
View ArticleCanucks, Sabres pull off last-minute deadline blockbuster; Hodgson, Kassian,...
Earlier this afternoon, the Canucks acquired Sammy Pahlsson, a move that I suggested might bump rookie centre Cody Hodgson to the wing. As it turns out, that take reached obsolescence in less than two...
View ArticleScott Howson tosses Rick Nash under the C-bus, reveals captain’s trade demand
On Monday afternoon, Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson called Rick Nash and told him he wouldn't be dealt before the NHL Trade Deadline passed. That he made an honest effort to move Nash and get...
View ArticleIt was prudence, not parity that made the deadline boring
There's a lot of stratification in the National Hockey League today. If you watched any of the deadline coverage (and of course you did), you probably heard it referred to as parity, but that's not the...
View ArticleMonday’s Three Stars: Arnott scores two in Blues win; Lundqvist blanks Devils
No. 1 Star: Jason Arnott, St. Louis Blues Jason Arnott scored two power play goals -- one on either side of the second intermission -- to stake the St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames....
View ArticleWas Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke’s inaction at the NHL Trade Deadline admirable?
My father has played the lottery every week for the last three decades. He wins a little here and a little there, not nearly enough to justify the investment. But he has an unwavering mantra about his...
View ArticleThis is how high Rick Nash’s price tag was for Blue Jackets’ trade with Rangers
Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson made a few things clear after the NHL Trade Deadline passed without star Rick Nash being dealt. First, that it was Nash who asked for the trade, rather than...
View ArticleSix big winners during the Worst. Trade. Deadline. Ever.
There was probably a moment in which you realized the 2012 NHL Trade Deadline was a slumbering anti-event of tepid speculation and overhyped transactions. Perhaps when a Tom Gilbert for Nick Schultz...
View ArticleMarek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: Aaron Portzline on Rick Nash controversy; NHL...
It's a Tuesday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Star: Columbus Dispatch writer Aaron Portzline talks Rick...
View ArticleRick Nash frames himself as the Anti-Sundin, says trade request was to help
Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson may not have made the jaw-dropping Rick Nash trade that might have saved the worst trade deadline ever, but he still managed to make one of the most surprising...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Sharks coach misses game; Joe Corvo apologizes; Nicklas...
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Your bit of hockey random:...
View ArticleU.S. Airman returns home from deployment, surprises parents at AHL game (VIDEO)
On January 14, during an AHL game in Rochester between the hometown Americans and the Hamilton Bulldogs, U.S. Airman and Rochester native Jerry Cappon appeared on the Jumbotron to deliver a message to...
View ArticleAfter trade, San Jose Sharks hope to get defensive
While the San Jose Sharks will be missing Coach Todd McLellan when they face the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, they've also been missing something else lately: Any semblance of consistent...
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