Forleden fortalte NHL.com, at NHL-sæsonen 07/08 vil komme til at starte i London, hvor sidste sæsons Stanley Cup vindere fra Anaheim Ducks skal møde Los Angeles Kings to gange. Det betyder, at NHL-trofæet efter 115 Ã¥r kommer tilbage, hvor det blev købt i sin tid hos sølvsmeden G. R. Collins and Co. i Regent Street i London. Read more »
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The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed right wing Bill Thomas and goaltender David LeNeveu to one-year contracts Friday and signed free-agent left wing Tomas Survoy to a one-year pact.
>Thomas, 24, had eight goals and six assists in 24 games for the Coyotes last season along with 13 goals and 20 assists for their AHL affiliate in San Antonio.
>Thomas was signed as a free agent out of the University of Nebraska-Omaha in March 2006 and had one goal and two assists in nine games that season for the Coyotes.
>LeNeveu, 24, was a second-round draft pick of Phoenix out of Cornell, where he went 39-5-2 in two seasons. In 21 NHL games the past two seasons, LeNeveu has a 5-9-2 record and 3.38 goals-against average. He was 2-1 with a 3.86 GAA in six games for Phoenix last season in a backup role.
>Survoy, a 25-year-old Slovakian, played last season for Lulea HF of the Swedish Elite League and had 23 goals and 32 assists in 55 games.
>He was a fourth-round draft pick of Pittsburgh in 2001 and had 27 goals and 32 assists for the Penguins over parts of four seasons through 2006.
Source:Nypost
The Predators announced today that they have resigned defensemen Greg Zanon and Kevin Klein as well as tough guy forward Darcy Hordichuk. While these are signings that will barely be a blip on the NHL radar for PReds fans these are huge!
Greg Zanon quickly became a fan and coach favorite with his unselfish playing style that saw him lead the team in blocked shots. Continually risking his body Zanon is a pure team player. While he will never awe you with his offensive prowess thats okay because he plays D and plays it well. Zanon was a key member of our PK last year and look for him to get lots of playing time there as well. Zanon signed a two-year deal that will pay him $700,000 and $750,000 over the next two seasons.
Kevin Klein (not to be confused with A Fish Called Wanda actor Kevin Klein) is one of several young guns that the Preds have groomed on D. Klein has the size and the shot to be potent blueliner in this league and his coming out party starts now. Klein signed a one-year, two-way deal that will pay him $500,000 on the NHL level and $70,000 on the American Hockey League level. Though Klein has a two-way contract, he would still need to clear waivers if he returns to Milwaukee.I would have liked to have seen a longer term deal here but at least we have him locked up for the next year.
Rounding out the key signings is forward Dacy Hordichuk. Hordichuk accepted his qualifying offer, signing a one-year deal that will pay him $517,000. While Hordi sometimes found himself a healthy scratch last year when the team needed to go with a speed instead of a physical his presence is key. He is the guy that the Preds can put in when we need that physical force. He is not afraid to drop the gloves with anyone.
Like I said…I don’t think Eklund of hockeybuzz.com will spend alot of time disecting these siging but for us Pred fans this a good day.
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Alright, so this is a day old but it bears repeating: WTF were you thinking Tuesday night LaRussa? You’ve got the best hitter in baseball twiddling his thumbs on the bench and you don’t put him in? You save him for extra innings? Well, you know what? You don’t get to GO to extra innings if you don’t tie it up in the 9th! And who agrees with me: Cardinals Hottie Albert Pujols. He was more than a little annoyed at not getting put in the game and you know: seriously. Why haul your cookies all the way to the Bay to ride the pine? I’m sorry, Albert. Take heart: Tony is not a hottie and you are. MOUAH! [Warlock Benches Prince Albert. Booooooo.]
John Ferguson Sr. passed away this past Saturday (July 14,2007). He was first diagnosed with Cancer in September 2005. It was thought that he had beaten the disease but he apparently didn’t. John Ferguson was born in Vancouver , British Columbia on September 5, 1938. He won Stanley Cup in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, and 1971, all with the Montreal Canadiens. In 1972 he was assistant coach for Team Canada who ended up beating the Soviet Union in the ‘72 Summit. He was general manager for Winnipeg Jets. Ferguson was survived by his wife Joan and children John, Catherine, Chris and Joanne. John(Jr.) is the General Manger for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Philadelphia is the city that birthed a nation, but unfortunately has a history of losing from there on out. At the dawn of America, the city of brotherly love was the largest and most prosperous city in the country. Then little by little that status was taken away. New York took the capital in 1789 creating decades of resentment. Even until 1832 Philadelphia was the financial center of the new nation. However, when Andy Jackson vetoed the charter of the Bank of the United States, stationed in Philadelphia, the financial power followed to New York and Wall Street. So, by Jackson railing against the “rich Philadelphia bankers,” he initially cemented the loserdom of the home to the liberty bell.
On July 15th, 2007, once again another imprint in the image of losing was cast. The Philadelphia Phillies became the first team in the history of sports to lose 10,000 games. What better way for it to happen, than in the form of a blowout. Phillies starter, Adam Eaton managed to allow six runs in only four plus innings. The final score of 10-2 tells the tale for the sports futility of the town, one loss to magnify all the others.
The city has not seen a championship in any of the major sports since 1983 when the fo, fo, fo sixers won the title. That team was the best ever in the history of the NBA if you ask me, but I digress. Since that point Philadelphia Basketball made it to the finals once, getting their clock cleaned by the Lakers in 2001.
The same could be said about Hockey. Since their back to back cups in 1974-75, the Flyers have made five appearances in the finals, only to fall short everytime. Now the franchise is held down by team General Manger and President Bobby Clarke still thinks the Broad Street Bullies would work in today’s game. Now due to rule changes and skill improvement, it is a scoring game, uncompatible to the style Clarke won those two cups with as a hard nosed player.
The Eagles, despite having a sweet theme song, have not won a championship since 1960. They beat the one of the best teams all time, the Chicago Cardinals, who did not alow a score all year. Oklahoma standout Tommy McDonald led the Eagles to victory 7-0, the only touchdown given up by that defense. Since then the Eagles made two Super Bowls and lost both. In 1981, the Eagles lost by the most points of any team in a Super Bowl to that point. Then after looking as if the Eagles had the momentum in 2004 versus the Patriots, in the first half. McNabb got sick and the Eagles choked. Prior to that, I should mention also that the birds made it to three consecutive conference championships, losing in all three.
Finally, the team that made history a few days ago. The Phillies came into the league as the Quakers in 1883 with a loss to the Reds. The tradition continued almost non-stop until the late 70’s when some talent came their way to go along with stud lefty Steve Carlton and the nastiest slider in Baseball history. In 1980, the Phils won the whole thing on the back of solid pitching by Carlton, and especially youngster Bob Walk. Pete Rose coming in 1979 seemed to be the final ingredient to the mix. Since 1980, the Phillies made two World Series and guess what, they lost. One of which, one the greatest moments in history of baseball, Joe Carter’s home run, occured. Notice that it is a game they are famous for losing.
Of all sports figures, real and imagined, Rocky Balboa symbolizes Philadelphia Sports. As in the first movie, the one that won an Oscar, the Italian Stalion was able to get close , going the distance with the champ, but falling short. the Chicago Cubs are often called the loveable losers, so I guess that makes Philadelphia the city of Loathable Losers, a reputation Philly fans are proud of.
Jim Balsillie and his lawyer are accusing Gary Bettman now of meddling in the BlackBerry CEO’s efforts to buy the Nashville Predators and, one would assume, move them to the Southern Ontario market (Hamilton), saying that Bettman would prefer that Preds owner Craig Leipold sell to the ownership group that wants the Preds in Kansas City or to a local group in Nashville, neither of which will put up close to the $238 million that Balsillie is offering. Bettman is on record saying that Nashville will not lose its team. Now, he may be going out of his way to ensure it.
His office is denying all of this, of course, but the piece cuts to the heart of the matter — the movement of the Nashville Predators across the 49th parallel would be seen as a failure of Bettman’s Southern Strategy, to field hockey teams spread across all of the U.S. Outside of the Dallas Stars, that movement has been a failure. Carolina and Tampa Bay have won Stanley Cups, but the infrastructure for local support, outside of the few die-hards, has not been there for the newer teams. The rationale for the lockout (evening the playing field for smaller teams) has been revealed as complete bullshit after the money the Rangers, Flyers, and Avs threw at free agents while the Sabres and Islanders were gutted.
Thus, Bettman cannot afford to look worse than he already does, and is accused of trying to salvage some form of legacy despite the best interests of the game. Having Balsillie move a team back to Canada would be the cherry on top of his crap stewardship of the NHL. Now, the accusations will head to the league’s board of governors, and while the odds say that this leak will probably doom Balsillie’s chances of being an owner, is there a possibility that the board will issue a bit of a rebuke to Bettman?