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PK Subban is apparently your 2013 Norris Trophy winner

Posted by Justin Bourne under BREAKING on Jun 10, 2013

Ottawa Senators v Montreal Canadiens - Game Five

Nick Kypreos shared the news on Twitter earlier today, and he’s usually pretty reliable:

So there you have it.

Subban tied Kris Letang for the league lead in points by a d-man with 38 in 42 games. He’s not the first guy you’d be pick from a pool of every defenseman in the NHL, but there’s no denying he had one heck of a season. You can check out how I voted for this award here.

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NHL players vote to grandfather in mandatory visors

Posted by Justin Bourne under BREAKING, News on Jun 04, 2013

Dallas Stars v Vancouver Canucks

Elliotte Friedman was first out with the news today (or so I think, not that it really matters), but it sounds like it’s official: visors will be grandfathered into the NHL.

What “grandfathered” means in this case is that if you don’t wear one now and you’re already an NHL player, you’ll never be forced to put on one. But all rookies coming into the league from now on will, which really isn’t a big deal. Wherever they’re coming from already made them wear one (or a cage), so they’ll survive. And their eyes will too! Read the rest of this entry »

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Steve Tambellini has been relieved of his duties as Edmonton Oilers’ GM

Posted by Justin Bourne under BREAKING on Apr 15, 2013

2012 NHL Entry Draft - Round One

And boom goes the dynamite.

And finally it’s come to this. The Edmonton Oilers have seen enough, and given Steve Tambellini his walking papers. I’m not confused about the move – I mean, the team simply has failed in every conceivable direction despite stockpiling young talent via failure – but I am confused about the timing. The season ends in like 13 days. This couldn’t have waited and been tidied up down the road?

Maybe the Oil were waiting until they were clearly not going to make playoffs to avoid being a distraction. I dunno. Whatever the case, Tambellini’s out, and the new guy (sound like Mac T) is walking into a pretty sweet deal. This team looks like it’s just about ready to turn the corner. As a wise man once said…

“Sometimes you do the hard work and set the table and somebody else eats the meal.” – Brian Burke

Looks like a pretty decent spread over there in Edmonton. Read the rest of this entry »

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Holy crap, Erik Karlsson skated today

Posted by Justin Bourne under BREAKING, Wait What on Apr 08, 2013

ek back

Hey, remember when Matt Cooke stepped on the back of Erik Karlsson’s leg and his skate blade sliced Karlsson’s achilles? The defending Norris Trophy-winning defenseman was ruled out for the season because a skate cut his freaking achilles. Pretty cut-and-dried situation, unless you’re Eugene Melnyk, and you believe the cut happened intentionally so you’re hiring a forensic doctor to prove it.

Welp…the dude is back skating.

And here you have it: Read the rest of this entry »

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Jaromir Jagr has been traded to the Boston Bruins

Posted by Justin Bourne under BREAKING, Trades on Apr 02, 2013

Dallas Stars v Los Angeles Kings

Jaromir Jagr has been traded to the Boston Bruins, because the Dallas Stars are in sell mode, and the B’s needed a little help up front.

So there you have it.

The Bruins are more or less league average in goals-per-game, which doesn’t exactly cut it when your goal is a Stanley Cup. Though they’ve done it before, they’re one of the few teams with a legit shot at the big prize who don’t have a Crosby/Malkin, Datsyuk/Zetterberg, Kane/Toews, etc. type of threat on their top line. I think Seguin can come close, but Lucic hasn’t been scoring at the rate they need, and Jagr will simply give them another option.

At the very least, it’s an answer to the Penguins’ Iginla move. STOP THE PENS, JAROMIR! (Don’t actually, they’re really fun to watch.)

More reaction when we find out just what the Bruins had to part with to get this done. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jarome Iginla is officially a Pittsburgh Penguin

Posted by Justin Bourne under BREAKING, Trades, Wait What on Mar 28, 2013

iggy gone

Okay, let’s dive in.

Yup, that’s a thing that happened. Read the rest of this entry »

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It sounds like Phoenix Coyotes will be relocating

Posted by Justin Bourne under BREAKING, Rumours, Twitter Scrapbook on Mar 27, 2013

jobing

If we’re being honest, the Phoenix Coyotes probably aren’t long for Phoenix, which bums me out as someone who recently relocated from there myself. It’s a great spot.

But, they’ve been in limbo long enough, the city of Glendale is sick of dealing with them, and things simply need to get cleaned up one way or the other. We don’t know all the details – hell, we don’t know many details right now – all we know is that tonight, Darren Dreger took to Twitter:

With all due respect to Dreger, part of the reason he breaks news is because it’s given to him in exchange for, oh, maybe occasionally leaking things to the public the league would like leaked. This feels like one of those things. Get us used to the idea, and whatnot.

More on this as news comes out. Read the rest of this entry »

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