2013 SHL Entry Draft – 1st Round Review
#1 – Carolina Hurricanes – Nathan MacKinnon Well no surprises here. The newly formed Hurricanes had a fairly straight forward decision and picked up their franchise centre in Nathan MacKinnon. #2 – Tampa Bay Lightning – Damien Brunner In a move that shocked the entire…
Twas the night before the draft
Twas the night before the draft, when all through the league Not a GM was sleeping, during this period of intrigue. The draft listings were completed with care, In hopes that answers to one’s prayer soon would be there. The prospects were nestled all snug…
Wild trade Nugent-Hopkins, Hamonic
The Minnesota Wild acquired star forward Jakub Voracek as well as Jannik Hansen, Jason Garrison and JS Giguere from the Florida Panthers on friday in exchange for forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Defenseman Travis Hamonic. Earlier this week Wild acquired Aleksander Semin from the Sharks. With addition of Semin and Voracek Wild…
SHL – 1st round mock draft.
1. Carolina – Nathan Mackinnon C/RW The expansion team lucky enough to get the first overall pick, Tyler and his Hurricanes, will have to go for the great nate. Mackinnon has franchise centre written all over him, with great offensive skills. Tyler was unable to…
John Tortorella Fired! Dave Andreychuk new coach
After several losing seasons, Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella has been fired and has been replaced by Lightning legend Dave Andreychuk. "We wanted to go in a new direction and we thank John for this contribution to this team. We wish him well. Dave will…
SHL Off Season Progression: ‘Wicked Good’
Off Season Update It's been a busy off season in the SHL with teams jockeying for future glory. Here is brief summary and armchair analysis on the many moves as we run up to the SHL Entry Draft in July. Eric Staal to San…
Tampa Bay GM Continues the Re-Build
When he was hired half way through last season, GM Ryan Torrie, made it clear to ownership and to Lightining fans that the team will not get better overnight and asked for their patience as he rebuilds the team. The previous GM had left the…
A review of my expansion cousin
Avalanche Gm Gallant reviews Tyler's Hurricanes after the expansion draft and expected first overall pick. First thing I want to do is give a guess at his depth chart for next year and lines: Heatley - Grabovski - Doan Williams - Thompson - Gionta Pyatt…
Flyers go with Carlyle
Philadelphia Fyers Gm Chris Mangone would like to announce that after a exhausting search, they have hired Randy Caryle as their new head coach. Talks have been ongoing for the past week or so and we are extremely fortunate that Randy was available and has…
Leafs Making Waves
What's an off season without a belly flop or two into the trading pool. With the league expanding to 30 teams this off season i felt it was time to try and improve. While we've made the playoffs in each of our first three seasons…