Week Twenty-One Newsletter
Call it my complacency about not being in the money or just some of my over-partying ways (okay, not really), but you combine one of those excuses with a busy few days at the office, you're going to get Newsletters that run a little bit later than normal.  ...

Player Notes in the Draft (Mar 7)
The Washington Capitals are in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race, sitting one point out of the last wild card spot, and they continued their chase against the Sabres on Thursday night.  Forward Brooks Laich was held out of the line-up in the ...

Penguins Get Depth in Stempniak
Finally, my last post from Trade Deadline Day, as the last player in the hockey pool moved at the deadline was Lee Stempniak , formerly of the Calgary Flames. Stempniak was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 3rd round pick. The Flames were not necessar...

Moulson Goes Wild
The Buffalo Sabres were considered the "epicenter of the trade deadline" and for good reason.  The biggest reason was Matt Moulson, who was in the top three available forwards on Wednesday.  Yes, it came down to the dying minutes of the allotted time for tr...

Wings Add Legwand
Injuries in Detroit are a real thing these days... a real problem too!  If the Red Wings are to make a playoff push, they are going to need some quality healthy bodies in their line-up, so they addressed that problem, as best they could, by acquiring David ...

Player Notes in the Draft (Mar 8)
The Buffalo Sabres are not going to get any sort of real return out of Chris Stewart for the next little while, it looks like, as the rugged forward suffered an injury on Thursday night, against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and he is now not expected to dress f...

Player Notes in the Draft (Mar 6)
With no game on either side of Wednesday night's game against the Montreal Canadiens, Anaheim Ducks forward Teemu Selanne took a surprise night off from the line-up.  There was no indication of any injury or anything else that would suggest that Selanne's a...

Halak Shoehorned Into Caps Crease
If you haven't heard yet, it was the Trade Deadline Day for the goalies. Jaroslav Halak and Michal Neuvirth finished the day for the netminders, being swapped for one another to help solve some situations. Halak, who was acquired by the Sabres in the deal t...

Montreal Wins the Vanek Sweeps
No question, the biggest prize at this deadline was going to be forward Thomas Vanek , who the Islanders acquired earlier in the year from Buffalo in a pretty big deal.  The Islanders were unable to convince the Austrian sniper to re-sign with the team, so ...

Canucks Subtract Diaz to the Rangers
Well, that wasn't a long stay.  The Vancouver Canucks did make one move on Wednesday, as they sent defenseman Rafael Diaz to the New York Rangers for a 5th round draft pick this Summer. Diaz was acquired by the Canucks from the Canadiens just before the Oly...