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Saturday, April 27th, 2013
Well you can say the Edmonton Oilers are taking a deep breath today. They finally beat Niklas Backstrom in Minnesota. Backstrom, who was 17-0 against the Oilers in Minnesota prior to Friday, was pulled late in the first period, after Corey Potter put the Oilers up 3-0. Edmonton then went on to win 6-1.
The Oilers won despite being outshot 39-17 by Minnesota. Their play was simply opportunistic. They registered goals on less than one third of their total shots.
Potter and Nail Yakupov scored two goals each for the Oilers, while Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists each.
Jeff Petry meanwhile might have had his best game as an Oiler, as he went a +5.
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Tags: colorado avalanche, columbus blue jackets, corey potter, dallas stars, detroit red wings, Edmonton Oilers, jeff petry, jordan eberle, minnesota wild, nail yakupov, nashville predators, niklas backstrom, Taylor Hall, Vancouver Canucks
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Marian Gaborik (Wikimedia Commons)
So far there have been 15 NHL trades on trade deadline day, but none more were bigger than the trade between the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers.
On Wednesday, the Jackets acquired Marian Gaborik from the Rangers for forwards Derek Dorsett (an enforcer with offensive upside who is hurt right now but might be ready in time for the playoffs), Derrick Brassard, defenceman John Moore and a sixth round pick.
This trade is interesting primarily because the Blue Jackets and Rangers made a blockbuster deal that involved Rick Nash in the summer of 2012.
In other moves, the Penguins acquired shootout specialist Jussi Jokinen from the Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks reacquired defenceman Scott Hannan from the Nashville Predators and Raffi Torres from the Phoenix Coyotes, the Minnesota Wild acquired Jason Pominville from the Mnnesota Wild, the Phoenix Coyotes also sent forward Steve Sullivan to the New Jersey Devils and Matthew Lombardi to the Anaheim Ducks, the St. Louis Blues sent Wade Redden to the Boston Bruins, and the Colorado Avalanche sent Ryan O’Byrne to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, ben bishop, boston bruins, columbus blue jackets, cory conacher, derek dorsett, derrick brassard, filip forsberg, jason pominville, john moore, jussi jokinen, marion gaborik, martin erat, matthew lombardi, michael leighton, minnesota wild, nashville predators, new jersey devils, new york rangers, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, raffi torres, rick nash, ryan o'byrne, San Jose Sharks, scott hannan, steve mason, steve sullivan, tampa bay lightning, toronto maple leafs, Wade Redden, washington capitals
Posted in NHL |
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Jerred Smithson (Sean Russell, Wikimedia Commons)
The Edmonton Oilers have added a checking line forward in their efforts to make the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
On the day of the National Hockey League trade deadline, the Oilers picked up Jerred Smithson from the Florida Panthers for a fourth line pick.
Don’t expect too much from Smithson. The veteran only has two goals and three assists this season. However, he does provide valuable leadership, playoff experience from his days with the Nashville Predators and can play center, something important when you consider the fact the Oilers have been dreadful all season in taking faceoffs.
In 578 career games, Smithson has 38 goals and 57 assists for 95 points.
Smithson also has strong Alberta roots having played for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League from 1995-2000.
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Tags: Edmonton Oilers, florida panthers, jerred smithson, nashville predators
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Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Carrie Underwood (Kyle Dupuis, Wikimedia Commons)
There is a strong possibility that American country music star Carrie Underwood was a happy woman last night.
Not only did she perform in Richmond, Virginia, but her husband, Mike Fisher, the Nashville Predators centre scored two goals in a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames.
On Underwood’s twitter account, she stated, “twas a great night indeed!…back home the hubby scored TWO goals!”
It was also a great night for the NHL as anytime you have Underwood tweeting about hockey, it is a great thing.
The Predators also had a strong night from Martin Erat (one goal and two assists), while defencemen Roman Josi and Kevin Klein had two assists each. Klein and rookie defenceman Victor Bartley of Ottawa, Ontario were each a +3.
The Flames lost despite notching two shorthanded goals in the first period from Mark Giordano and Blake Comeau.
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Tags: blake comeau, calgary flames, Carrie Underwood, kevin klein, mark giordano, martin erat, mike fisher, nashville predators, roman josi, victor bartley
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Monday, March 18th, 2013
Lennart Petrell just might have scored his biggest goal as an Edmonton Oiler.
Sunday night during the third period at Rexall Place, Petrell received a pass from Sam Gagner on the two on one while Justin Schultz was in the penalty box for smothering the puck and made no mistake as he scored past Pekka Rinne, with a beautiful shorthanded marker.
For Petrell, it was his second of the season and none would have been any bigger.
With the win, the Oilers improve to 11-11-6 on the season and leapfrogged four teams in the Western Conference. They are now two points back of the San Jose Sharks for a playoff spot. The Sharks play the Anaheim Ducks tonight before playing the Oilers in a monumental game on Wednesday night.
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Tags: Edmonton Oilers, jordan eberle, lennart petrell, nashville predators
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Saturday, March 16th, 2013
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)
The 2013 World Figure Skating Championships wrap up in London, Ontario today with the ice dance competition (CBC, 2:00 p.m.) an the ladies’ long program (www.cbcsports.ca, 8:00 p.m.).
Canada has a very good shot at two more medals Saturday. Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of London, Ontario are in second place in the ice dance, while Sherwood Park resident Kaetlyn Osmond is in fourth place after the women’s short program.
If you watched the championship on Friday, you would know that the quality of skating has been poor for a World Figure Skating Championship.
Patrick Chan of Ottawa was completely dreadful last night in winning the men’s competition, but came away with the gold medal. After a great start where he executed the quad, he fell on two triples, double footed another jump and seemed exhausted in the latter half of his performance. At the end of the day, Chan defended his world title.
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Tags: aliona savchenko, boston bruins, brandon sutter, carey price, caroline wozniacki, Edmonton Oilers, eric radford, eve muirhead, kaetlyn osmond, Kobe Bryant, los angeles lakers, maria sharapova, maxim trankov, meagan duhamel, michel therrien, mike d'antoni, montreal canadiens, nashville predators, new jersey devils, novak djokovic, patrick chan, Pittsburgh Penguins, rachel homan, RAFAEL NADAL, robin szolkowy, sacramento kings, scott moir, tatiana volosozhar, tessa virtue, women's world curling championship, world figure skating championships
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Monday, March 11th, 2013
You can call it a huge relief. On Sunday the Edmonton Oilers had a huge 4-0 lead after the first period in Chicago only to see the Blackhawks completely dominate the last 40 minutes.
After three periods, the Oilers hung on for a slim 6-5 victory.
To be positive, the Oilers were not expected to win Sunday at all, after being completely outplayed by the Detroit Red Wings and Nashville Predators, where they were outscored by a combined total of 9-0.
But the Oilers came out great and scored three times before Sportsnet switched to the Oilers game after joining the contest in progress after Canada lost 9-4 to the United States at the World Baseball Classic.
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Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, detroit red wings, Edmonton Oilers, mike brown, nashville predators, sam gagner, shawn horcoff
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Friday, March 1st, 2013
Ryan O’Reilly (Wikimedia Commons)
In a bizarre turn of events on Thursday, the Calgary Flames offered restricted free agent Ryan O’Reilly, the Colorado Avalanche holdout, a two year contract worth $10 million.
The decision came just hours prior to the Flames game against the Avalanche in Denver last night. Then during the first period, just moments after the Flames jumped to a quick 2-0 lead on the Avalanche, it was announced that Colorado was going to match the Flames generous contract offer to O’Reilly.
Is O’Reilly an up and coming centerman? Possibly. But at the end of the day I think Flames General Manager Jay Feaster should be relieved most of his roster is status quo since yesterday. If the Flames did acquire the rights to O’Reilly, they would have had to give the Avalanche their first and third round picks, something that might have been very steep if the Flames don’t make a strong push soon.
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Tags: brian mcgrattan, calgary flames, colorado avalanche, jay feaster, joe piskula, nashville predators, ryan o'reilly
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Shea Weber (Sean Russell, Wikimedia Commons)
The Philadelphia Flyers think defenceman Shea Weber is great.
Apparently so do the Nashville Predators. On Tuesday the Predators re-signed Weber to a 14 year deal worth $110 million, matching the contract offer set by the Philadelphia Flyers last week.
Can Nashville really afford their prized defenceman? Who else can they afford to assist Weber as they move forward?
Last season Weber had 19 goals and 49 points, but will his numbers go down with the team losing Ryan Suter to the Minnesota Wild in the offseason?
Will the Predators be forced to rebuild and where will the money come from? Did Nashville make the right move also on Tuesday in announcing the re-signing of Colin Wilson and Sergei Kostitsyn? Wilson was re-signed to a three year contract worth $6 million.
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Tags: colin wilson, nashville predators, Philadelphia Flyers, sergei kostitsyn, shea weber
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Friday, July 20th, 2012
Sam Gagner (Dan Nicholas, Wikimedia Commons)
The Edmonton Oilers came to terms with restricted free agent Sam Gagner on Friday to a one year deal worth $3.2 million.
I know Gagner had a remarkable game where he set the Oilers record with eight one amazing night against the Chicago Blackhawks this season.
But after that, Gagner’s numbers could only be considered average, with 39 points in the other 74 games he played.
The Oilers have decided Gagner is now a veteran, even though he is 22 years of age, and will be used to mentor the long list of talented young guns.
But really? At $3.2 million? Wouldn’t Edmonton Oilers General Manager have been better off plying some hardball and using the money on a defenceman or gpaltender? Devan Dubnyk is not the answer.
The Gagner signing comes one day after the Philadelphia Flyers made headlines by offering all-star defenceman Shea Weber to a 14 year deal worth $110 million. The Nashville Predators now have until Wednesday to match the offer. It’s too bad nobody offered Gagner a fraction of that amount.
Tags: Edmonton Oilers, nashville predators, Philadelphia Flyers, sam gagner, shea weber
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Zach Parise (Ruby Swoon, Wikimedia Commons)
The two most coveted players during 2012 NHL free agency will be playing together this up coming season.
On Wednesday it was announced the Minnesota Wild had signed both Zach Parise from the New Jersey Devils and Ryan Suter of the Nashville Predators to 13 year contracts worth $98 million.
Parise and Suter apparently became good friends when they helped lead the United States to an Olympic Silver medal (behind Canada) at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
Parise had a rebound season in 2011-12 recording 31 goals and 38 assists in 82 games. He also had 15 postseason points in leading the Devils to the Stanley Cup Finals. In 2010-11, Parise missed 69 games due to a knee injury.
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Tags: 2010 olympic winter games, minnesota wild, nashville predators, new jersey devils, ryan suter, zach parise
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Derek Morris (Michael Wifall, Wikimedia Commons)
The Phoenix Coyotes are going to their very first Western Conference Final in franchise history.
On Monday night, the Coyotes defeated the Nashville Predators 2-1 in game five of the Western Conference Semi-Final.
Defenceman Derek Morris, a former Calgary Flame who was born in Edmonton, got the Coyotes on the board early in the second period and then over ten minutes later Martin Hanzal put the Coyotes up 2-0.
Another area where Phoenix dominated was in the faceoff circle. Antoine Vermette and Boyd Gordon went a combined 24-8.
The Coyotes continued to get good news off the ice as well. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced plans are in place to sell the team to former San Jose Sharks Chief Executive Officer Greg Jamison.
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Tags: antoine vermette, boyd gordon, brad richards, derek morris, gary bettman, greg jamison, marc staal, martian hanzal, mike smith, nashville predators, new york rangers, phoenix coyotes, ray whitney, shane doan, washington capitals, winnipeg jets
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Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Jenna Steffen (Yahoo! Images)
The Phoenix Coyotes may be leading the Nashville Predators in the Western Conference Semi-Final 3-1 after their 1-0 shutout win from Mike Smith last night.
But let’s not our kid ourselves folks. The story of the series so far was Predators’ ice girl Jenna Steffen who seemed to have picked up a live catfish off the ice in Game Three with her bare hands!
So who is this Jenna lady anyways? Well according to the Nashville Predators website, she is from northern Minnesota, and is involved in sales and marketing, loves Sushi and enjoys the television shows New Girl and Pan Am.
Another Predator Ice Girl which appeared to be Chelsea, picked up another catfish last night, but it didn’t appear this one was live.
Getting back to last night’s game, Shane Doan scored the only Coyotes goal. How will Winnipeg fans feel if the Coyotes this season win the Stanley Cup? Yikes.
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Tags: jenna steffen, mike smith, nashville predators, phoenix coyotes, shane doan
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
For the first time in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we had a legitimate marathon game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Marian Gaborik scored at 14:14 of the third overtime as the New York Rangers defeated the Washington Capitals 2-1. The teams played almost two full hockey games in one night before deciding the winner.
The Rangers outshot the Capitals 49-46. Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby made 47 saves and Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist proved why he is a Hart and Vezina Trophy nominee as he made 45 saves.
With the victory, the Rangers take a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Semi-Final.
An impressive area of the Capitals game at the moment is that the team is buying in to Head Coach Dale Hunter’s defense-first system. In a hilarious quote, Jim Hughson of CBC said in the first period, “for the first time I’m watching Alexander Ovechkin skate backwards in the neutral zone.”
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Tags: alexander ovechkin, Braden Holtby, henrik lundqvist, marian gaborik, nashville predators, new york rangers, pekka rinne, phoenix coyotes, washington capitals
Posted in NHL |
Well you can say the Edmonton Oilers are taking a deep breath today. They finally beat Niklas Backstrom in Minnesota. Backstrom, who was 17-0 against the Oilers in Minnesota prior to Friday, was pulled late in the first period, after Corey Potter put the Oilers up 3-0. Edmonton then went on to win 6-1.
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