“Je ne vais jamais oublier mes 3 années ici”

Yours truly was shocked, along with the rest of the hockey world to find out that shorty before noon on Tuedsay, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey dealt his starter Cristobal Huet to the Washington Capitals, and for a mere 2nd rounder in 2009.

Blame Sheppard

Before people start to ask “for what”, let’s back peddle a bit. Going into the trade deadline, it looked like we needed center depth- Pavol Demitra and Brian Rolston are better suited playing the wing, so to put one of those two essentially neuters their offensive capabilities. Well, so when you look at the team [...]

Darwin Head wins Chevy’s Shoot For A Million!

Prize was $1,000,000 and 4 Chevy Malibu Hybrids. Congrats

Paddock fired

John Paddock has been fired from his position as head coach of the Ottawa Senators. Bryan Murray has called a press conference in 5 minutes in Philadelphia. He will meet with the players prior to the conference.
EDITED: Assistant coach Ron Lowe has also been let go. Both Paddock and Lowe have been offered other [...]

Rangers add Depth, @ Carolina Thurs.

I always like to let the HOOP-LAH die down before I analyze anything, especially trades. The Rangers made two deals, they were:

G Al Montoya and LW Marcel Hossa to Phoenix for RW Fredrik Sjostrom, G David LeNeveu, LW Josh Gratton and a conditional pick in the 2009 Entry Draft.
St. Louis traded D Christian Backman to [...]

Wings lose yet another

Only six hours after the trade deadline, where the Red Wings aquired defenseman Brad Stuart from the Los Angeles Kings, the Wings were scheduled to play the Edmonton Oilers.

I hate trade deadline days

Did I ever mention this?
Anyway, my favorite player got traded today. The Canes traded Andrew Ladd for Tuomo Ruutu today. Most of the Caniac nation agrees that it feels like we made a trade just to make a trade. Anyway, I won’t harp on that. I will watch Andrew in Chicago and I am hoping [...]

Trade Deadline LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action live…

Thanks for tuning in today to the Faceoff Circle’s first ever live blogging event; I hope to keep you informed on all the happenings, rumours and talk around the NHL.
Refresh the page every so often to see the new updates.

Simon might be worth the gamble

Like many Minnesota fans, the first words out of my mouth were something along the lines of “WHAT THE F…” Coming into the deadline, the glaring need was at center- without a doubt we’re thin at pivot; god forbid injuries occur up the middle. Names like Jokinen, Peca, Federov, Stoll, and Holik were being thrown [...]

Brad Stuart to Red Wings

A few minutes after the trading deadline had passed, Detroit Red Wings fans were left anxiously waiting for news of any kind. It came in the form of Brad Stuart from the Los Angeles Kings, in return for a 2nd and 4th round pick.
With Lidstrom, Rafalski, Kronwall and Chelios all out with injuries right now, [...]