New York walks from Zherdev award

The New York Rangers have reportedly walked away from the contract awarded to Nikolai Zherdev by a salary arbitrator on Tuesday, making the right-wing a free agent. The 24-year-old Zherdev was reportedly seeking a contract worth $4.75 million while the…

Wings sign Eaves to one-year deal

The Detroit Red Wings finally made a dip into this summer’s free agent pool with the signing of right-wing Patrick Eaves to a one-year deal. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Eaves scored six goals and tallied eight assists…

Round Trip

With all the hoopla surrounding the Phoenix Coyotes, it is easy to have missed the return of right wing Radim Vrbata. Vrbata played with the Coyotes in the ’07–’08 season, posting 56 points in 76 games. Afterwards he signed with…

Time for sniper to be a team player

The Dany Heatley saga has been anything but professional since the onset of the storyline right before the NHL draft in June. Claiming that he was unhappy with the direction of his role with the Ottawa Senators under new head…

Let The Countdown Begin!

The 2009-10 NHL Season Begins in 64 Days. The first 2 of 1,230 regular season games will begin at 7:00 PM Eastern when Alexander Ovechkin visits Boston and the Canadian Original Six rivalry begins when Montreal visits Toronto. In other news,…

Prospal Bought Out by Bolts

It looks as if Vaclav Prospal has just become one of the elite members of this summer’s free agency pool… The Tampa Bay Tribune reported earlier today that Prospal was infromed that his contract will be bought out by the…

Should He Stay or Should He Go?

Newly elected NHL Hall-of-Famer Steve Yzerman has served as Vice President/Alternate Governor in the Detroit Red Wings front office since retiring in 2006. Hockey fans know that The Captain deserves to have a shot at becoming a General Manager of a NHL club…

The Alex Tanguay Sweepstakes

The rumor going around the net is that the Calgary Flames are pushing to bring back former Flame Alex Tanguay, who will provide secondary scoring and veteran depth for the team and help alleviate the loss of departed-free-agent Mike Cammalleri.…