FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet And then there was one. As expected, the New York Rangers signed veteran defenseman Steve Eminger to a one-year $800,000 contract on Monday, leaving unrestricted free agent right wing Ryan Callahan as the only player that the NHL team…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale likely will have another young candidate for the blueline this season. Mikhail Pashnin wasn’t scheduled to play for the New York Rangers in the prospects tournament next month, but that could change after the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Hartford Whalers NHL Alumni Coaching Tree continued to grow Friday. Former Whalers wing Randy Cunneyworth and defenseman Randy Ladouceur were reunited as assistants to Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin. Cunneyworth and…
GOOD NEWS FOR RANGERS PROSPECT FANS
MSG NETWORK TO TELECAST 2011 TRAVERSE CITY NHL PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER 10-14 Four Rangers Games on Network Slate Jeep to be Title Sponsor of the Telecasts New York, NY – July 20, 2011 – MSG Network announced today that it will telecast four New…
FAN-FARE: BUILDING A CORE
BY: Adam Gavriel In John Tortorella’s first off-season as Rangers’ head coach he began preaching the idea of the team developing a, “Core,” the idea of getting young and staying young, building a team together and eventually turning it into a perennial…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet With general manager Dale Tallon having added 11 new players to the Florida Panthers’ roster in less than a month, first-year coach Kevin Dineen has plenty of familiarizing and strategizing to do before the season opener Oct. 8 on Long…
JOHNSON COMING BACK
New York Rangers goaltender Chad Johnson told Howlings Thursday night that he has been qualified by the Blueshirts and is working out his contract. The 25-year old native of Calgary, Alberta Canada said he fully expects to be either with the Rangers or…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Phoenix Coyotes continue to have a Hartford Whalers look behind the bench. Former Whalers and New Haven Nighthawks wing John Anderson has signed a multi-year contract to be a Coyotes assistant coach under former Whalers wing Dave…
FAN-FARE: CAP AND GROWN
BY:Adam Gavriel The Growth of the Salary Cap The NHL Collective-Bargaining Agreement that was ratified after the 2004-2005 lockout ended an entire NHL season included a salary cap with a maximum cap of $39 million on a team, and $7.8 million on a single…
DUPONT SIGNS IN NASHVILLE
Nashville Predators Sign Brodie Dupont By Press Release – Nashville Predators NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 8, 2011) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed restricted free…