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Nobody claims Sean Avery, clearing way for Tortorella reunion
For all the hullaballoo about Sean Avery descending to the AHL, the Connecticut Whale didn't even get a single home game with him on the roster before he was brought back to the New York Rangers...
View ArticleVideo: Patrick Kane, Tim Thomas vs. Peggy from USA Prime Credit
Watch on NHL game on U.S. television, and the Discover Card "Peggy" commercials are as ubiquitous as Mike Milbury mouth froth as he bellows about "wussification" or "pansymorphosis" or some nonsense....
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Tortorella: ‘Joe Thornton hasn’t won a (damn) thing in this league’
One could hear the clarification coming from miles away: Joe Thornton — frustrated by the San Jose Sharks' effort in the last game of their road trip, losing for the first time on that six-game swing...
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Puck Headlines: Leino’s chance, Jagr’s peanut butter, NHL revenues
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. • Anaheim Ducks winger...
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Andy Sutton gets 5-game ban for Landeskog hit; agree or disagree?
When the NHL decided to put on its big boy pants about hits to the head, the shot defenseman Andy Sutton of the Edmonton Oilers laid on Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night was...
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Puck Previews: Sens, Bruins in bizarro world; Ducks at Caps
Preview: Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins, 7 p.m. ET. It's your standard Bruins-Senators, as one of the Northeast's division's top teams visits the team in the basement. The bizarro world twist? The...
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Things could have gone better for Jonas Hiller in Washington
WASHINGTON, DC — The frustration was palpable for the Anaheim Ducks, from Teemu Selanne hurling a water bottle in disgust at a large metal door near the locker rooms to coach Randy Carlyle's...
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Tuesday’s Three Stars: Selanne stars; Skinner takes over in second
No. 1 Star: Teemu Selanne, Anaheim Ducks Teemu Selanne was incredible, scoring twice and picking up assists on two more. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough, as the Anaheim Ducks fell apart and fell to...
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On benched Alex Ovechkin’s cussing rift with Bruce Boudreau’s gut
"Where's No. 8?" That was the immediate question with 1:02 left in the third period and the Washington Capitals trailing the Anaheim Ducks by a goal on Tuesday night. Tomas Vokoun had been yanked for...
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NHL float in Thanksgiving Day Parade: Your suggestions, please
One new aspects of the NHL's 10-year television deal with NBC was the addition of a national game on the day after U.S. Thanksgiving. While many were using "Black Friday" to get a jump on their holiday...
View ArticleVideo: Hockey fans, please protect your beer at the game
As we'll explain in a post on Thursday, the price of beer at NHL games is quite substantial. It's liquid gold. Or, in the case of Bud Light, gold-colored liquid. In this economy, we simply can't allow...
View ArticlePuck Daddy Hockey Rumors Live Chat
The Calgary Flames and the Ottawa Senators are on the hunt for Kyle Turris; who gets him? Please join us beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT today for our weekly chat that includes a revolving door of...
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Brian Burke’s candid skepticism on concussion research
Over the last decade, concussion diagnosis and prevention has been a matter of extreme importance and consistent controversy for the NHL. Rules, protocols and equipment have changed because of those...
View ArticleVideo: Fake Henrik Zetterberg hangs with Fake Dikembe Mutombo
Fake Henrik Zetterberg is the web series created by Greg DeLiso and Jacob Hawkins that takes the premise of their hilarious Zetterberg bathroom routine clip from 2009 and expands it into an "Office...
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Puck Headlines: Rangers’ Avery censorship; Ovechkin on benching
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. • A bit of New York Rangers...
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The Los Angeles Kings’ Dustin Penner problem
Dustin Penner has been a special kind of terrible for the Los Angeles Kings over his last 27 games, which include six in the postseason. Over the stretch, Penner has scored one goal and two assists,...
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Puck Previews: Leino vs. Flyers; Dan Carcillo’s holy history
Back by popular demand, here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when...
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Wednesday’s Three Stars: Lupul’s trick; Flyers chase Miller
No. 1 Star: Joffrey Lupul, Toronto Maple Leafs Lupul notched his first hat trick since Dec. 12, 2007, peppering a rusty Marty Brodeur to score three times in 7:22 of the second period in the Leafs'...
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Why Shanahan didn’t suspend Wolski for Alfredsson head shot
One of the most controversial decisions made by Brendan Shanahan, the NHL's Executive VP of Player Safety, was when the League opted not suspend or fine New York Rangers winger Wojtek Wolski for his...
View ArticleVideo: Watch Hannu Toivonen allow goal from opposing blue line
Move over Vesa Toskala, Roman Turek, Dan Cloutier, Chris Osgood, and Osgood again ... and one more from Ozzie along with others, because former NHLer Hannu Toivonen has joined the undesirable club of...
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