More photos » by Dave Chidley - AP BACK OFF! GET YOUR OWN PIZZA! Browse more photos » One Leafs win - funny how a 60 minute effort will produce those - isn't enough to lower the panic level among the mittenstringers from LeafCon 1. Frankly, the Leafs are a long way from stopping those stories (more on this later) and allaying the fears of Leafs RAUP. In the interim, here's something that'll...
More photos » by NIKLAS LARSSON - AP Former NHL veteran Mats Sundin makes a celebrity face-off before the game Detroit Red Wings v. St. Louis Blues, an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in Stockholm. Blues Alexander Steen, left, and Red Wings Niclas Lidstrom. Browse more photos » [With Sweden already a month behind us, here's a final look back by our own DanGNR who attended the event...
from Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, Kaberle had modestly mentioned in the past his captaincy of the Czech national team and that he was one of Mats Sundin’s deputies for many years, but he won’t outright lobby for the job. “I think a whole bunch of guys in here can step forward,” Kaberle said. “Whether you’re 19 or 35, you have something to say. When I feel I have...
It just always comes up. Sorry Sabres fans. GO FLYERS! is associated with wildly offensive and stupid statements but what about Go Sabres!? Well, after the jump, the two brains behind Go Flyers bring you the new hotness: PPP : Oh man, let's do another post. Go Sabres can mean that they are enthusiastic but get important facts wrong. Like: "TODD GILL WAS A GREAT DEFENCEMAN" GODD TILL: DEAD...
Sundin ranks 29th in all-time GVT in the NHL and, adjusting for scoring levels, he is 17th on the all-time points list. He is the longest-serving European captain in NHL history. Among other amazing stats, he is one of only two players (with Marcel Dionne) to score 20 or more goals in his first 16 (!) seasons. Despite his lack of playoff success, he should be a slam-dunk Hall-of-Famer, and remembered...
Sherola has won the two Marlies tickets for November 1. He/she was randomly selected from the comments left on this entry . Here's who Sherola named as his/her favourite favourite Maple Leaf of all-time. Captain Clutch, Mats Sundin! Mats always gave his all and was a great leader. He will always be #1 in my books :) We miss you Mats! Sherola, I've sent you an email to get further details. I'll see...
Mail bags are popular columns on many of the major sports sites. They let the readers see their names, give the feeling of interaction, and as long as you’re getting the emails (which most sites most certainly are), there are many good ones to choose from (the good being good, or insane - both good for publishing). You know you sent in a good one when you get it to appear in multiple mail bags....
from Elliotte Friedman of CBC, According to several sources, Chris Chelios has a plan. The future Hall of Famer wants change and will propose an enormous one. Over the past few weeks, he has been reaching out to several highly respected former players, asking them to join a kind of “leadership council” that will run the union until a new executive director is found. It’s why Chelios...
Nicklas Lidstrom with 2 assists tonight becomes just the fourth player in team history to record 1,000 points in a Red Wings sweater: 1. Gordie Howe - 1,809 (786g-1023a) 2. Steve Yzerman - 1,755 (692g, 1063a) 3. Alex Delvecchio - 1,281 (456g, 825a) 4. Nicklas Lidstrom - 1,000 (229g-771a) Nick also became the second Swede (Mats Sundin) to join the 1000 point club in the NHL. added 10:24pm, Forgot to...
Hi lovers of the puck, the Princess is back and yee hah, so is hockey!!! Can't believe JR and Joe Sakic are actually gone. Some of you are saying so is Mats Sundin, but did we really notice him at all last year? Can't tell you how excited I am that the 2010 Winter Classic is gonna be held in the place that the Princess calls her second and favorite home-BOSTON!! Double yee hah!!! Can someone please...
2008-09 Finish: 3rd seed in the West, second-round playoff exit. This is the Last Western Conference Preview. Thank God. This has been like the Bataan Death March, without all the dysentery, bloody feet and roadside executions. Not even the Great Waffler, Mats Sundin, could propel the Canucks to the Cup Finals. So, as before, the Canucks will [...]
More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP Tonight's the night big guy. Give 'em hell. Browse more photos » It must have been in the 93-94 or 94-95 season. I was 14 or 15, up in the middle of the night watching NHL hockey live for the very first time. The Blues were playing and Brett Hull scored a hat-trick. Brett Hull. He's the one who started it for me. I'd watched plenty of hockey already, or...
This is it. We've almost made it. One more day. Blues news Tyson Strachan is the last cut. He has been sent to Peoria which gives the Blues a full roster. [Belleville News-Democrat] Blues plan to get physical in 2009-10. [Stltoday.com] Bernie Miklasz expects big things from the Note. [Stltoday.com] Erik Johnson is recovered and ready to Erik Johnson. [Stltoday.com] Five key players for the 2009-10...
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