Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Gaborik and Brashear. Unlike with baseball, where it can drag into March (see: Ramirez, Manny), the fun part of hockey’s free agency period lasts approximately one day after it begins on July 1. Already, big names like Marian Hossa and the Sedin twins have signed, as have a slew of second-tier guys, including what feels like most of last year’s Devils team. It’s a stretch, of course,...
Meet Mike Knuble (22), who's obviously already familiar with his new teammate, Caps winger Alexander Semin. (Nick Wass/Associated Press) After the first draft in nearly a decade where the Caps didn't make an exciting trade or a high-profile pick, it's good to see the front office back into the mix of things, adding forward Mike Knuble at the dawn of free agency this afternoon. Costing just over $5...
More photos » by Ryan Remiorz - AP Could Kenny Ryan be part of a great draft class by the Toronto Maple Leafs? Browse more photos » The Toronto Maple Leafs ' 2009 NHL draft picks have been evaluated by Mark Seidel for the National Post and the resulting is grade is more than a little surprising. Update: Seidel is the Chief Scout for the North American Scouting Service which is a competitor...
Rachel Hunter just got dumped. By a random hockey player. The 39-year-old ex-wife of Rod Stewart was putting the finishing touches on her August 14 wedding when her fiancé, 27-year-old Jarrett Stoll, called it off . The supermodel's rep confirmed to the British newspaper that the nuptials were canceled, and that Jarret failed to give her a reason behind the cancellation. The couple bought a...
How’s this for timing - last week, New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez told a newspaper he was single; last night, another athlete from Gotham was making a move on his ex-girl, model Hilary Rhoda: Noted cad Sean Avery. The hockey player’s building quite a resume. Is this the case of a model feeling dumped, and [...]
Asking a job applicant about her/his sexual orientation would land you in court in some circles. In the hockey, well, it happens. Coming Down The Pipe! notes Tomáš Tatar , a Slovak prospect, said in an interview that he was asked some rather pointed questions. Q. "Did you get any unusual questions? A. "There were a few. I thought I didn’t properly understand what they...
I’m sure by now that most of you have heard the helpful stat that teams who have won the first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals have gone on to win the trophy 41 out of the last 44 times. But while Pittsburgh and Detroit were getting ready to play their third game in four nights Tuesday in Pittsburgh, there was plenty of significant hockey news elsewhere to keep everybody busy. Joe Nieuwendyk...
from David Staples of The Cult Of Hockey at the Edmonton Journal, The only thing wrong with the Kornwall hit was that someone truly deserving of such a masterpiece such as Jordan Tootoo, Steve Ott, Matt Cooke, Sean Avery, Ben Eager, Adam Burish or Robyn Regehr wasn’t on the receiving end of it. The puck came around the boards to Havlat and shortly after it arrived in his skates, Kronwall rammed...
Sean Avery's glasses had clear frames, and his expression revealed a smile instead of the concerned scowl he sported the last time he showed up at NHL headquarters.
From Sirius XM: *** MEDIA ALERT *** NY Ranger Sean Avery, former Ranger Ron Duguay and former NJ Devil Ken Daneyko host SIRIUS XM Radio show from NHL Store tomorrow WHO: NY Rangers left wing Sean Avery, former Rangers forward Ron Duguay and former NJ Devils defenseman Ken Daneyko WHAT: Duguay and Daneyko will host a special edition of their weekly SIRIUS XM Radio talk show, Ice Breakers, alongside...
So this Twitter thingamajigger is popping up everywhere. Oprah, Larry King, and Shaq are all twittering away.There's also a bunch of NHL and Rangers twitterers. Sean Avery and Marty Brodeur have tried Twitter, but aren't very active at the moment. You can learn some interesting things on Twitter, such as, Patrick Elias gets his hair cut at the Roy Teeluck salon in NYC. Note to self: next time
It was a season that began in Europe with a sweep of the first two NHL openers in Prague against Tampa under coach Tom Renney. Back home, the Rangers jumped to a 10-2-1 record before losing their way under Tom Renney after Christmas. By late February, John Tortorella was at the helm, Sean Avery was back and the Rangers scrambled to a seventh-place finish in the East, only to be eliminated in the first...
The season ended much as it began, with uncertainty. The Rangers came out in Game 7 with a strong effort led by Sean Avery who exemplified everything that heart and soul is about in the game of hockey, but the...
So Sean Avery gets in indefinite suspension for “sloppy seconds” … but NY Rangers coach John Tortorella gets just one game for throwing a water bottle at a fan in the stands and then gesturing at him with a stick - to the point where he had to be held back? When you factor in [...]
by Eric McErlain Filed under: Capitals , Rangers There were plenty of distractions entering today's Game Six of the playoff series between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers. New York head coach John Tortorella was suspended and watching from a sky box; winger Sean Avery, who was a healthy scratch for Game Five, was back on the ice for Game Six; and Rangers GM Glen Sather was doing his...
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