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Weekly NHL Goalie Roundup: Monday February 18, 2013

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Weekly NHL Goalie Roundup: Monday February 18, 2013

By Amy Fetherolf (@afetherolf) Goalie stats pulled from Monday February 11, 2013 through Sunday February 17, 2013. Three Stars: 1. Ben Scrivens – After James Reimer was injured during the Leafs’ game against the Flyers, Scrivens was fantastic in relief, stopping 32 of 33 shots he faced to preserve the 5-2 win. He continued his [...]

Vezina Watch: A Look At This Season’s Best NHL Goalies

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Vezina Watch: A Look At This Season’s Best NHL Goalies

By Amy Fetherolf (@afetherolf) It’s still quite early in the season, but it’s never too soon to look at some early contenders for the NHL’s award for best goaltender. My candidates are chosen based on a small sample size, and the Vezina can be awarded based on other factors like career achievement in addition to [...]

Lightning Bolt Ahead Early in The Offseason

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Lightning Bolt Ahead Early in The Offseason

By Andrew Levengood (@bednarik602) In the 2012 offseason the only certain thing for the Tampa bay Lightning was that they had to acquire a goaltender, and before the draft or free agency started they sent backup goaltender Sebastian Caron, and two second round picks from this year’s draft and a third round choice in the [...]

TheHockeyGuys 2012 NHL Award Results

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TheHockeyGuys 2012 NHL Award Results

Since none of us here, at TheHockeyGuys.net, have the privilege to vote for the real NHL Awards, I thought it would be a great idea if all of the writers on this website made picks for each major award and I posted the results here. There’s an interesting twist in this ballot, though. The writers [...]

Motor City: Replacing a Rival

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Motor City: Replacing a Rival

By Rhys Richards (@RREsq) Last Tuesday, the Detroit Red Wings and their fans celebrated the 15th anniversary of the team’s brawl with the Colorado Avalanche at Joe Louis Arena with a 7-2 drubbing of the Columbus Blue Jackets at home. That famous bloodbath pitted Igor Larionov against Peter Forsberg, Brendan Shanahan against Adam Foote, and [...]

Devils Gearing Up for Post-Brodeur Era

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Devils Gearing Up for Post-Brodeur Era

By Mike Luciano For the first time in a very long time, the New Jersey Devils finally have goalie depth in their prospect pool. That said, most of these prospects are at least a few years away from fully maturing and are currently on a completely different plateau from the likes of elite prospects Jacob [...]

Uphill Climb for Poile, Predators Following Weber Arbitration Award

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Uphill Climb for Poile, Predators Following Weber Arbitration Award

When an independent arbitrator awarded defenseman Shea Weber a record one-year, $7.5 million salary yesterday for the 2011-12 season, it brought a harsh NHL reality to the forefront for the Nashville Predators.

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A Conversation With Pekka Rinne

by Buddy Oakes of PredsOnTheGlass A Conversation with Pekka Rinne The Nashville Predators ended their recent ‘goalie controversy” by resigning Pekka Rinne to a two-year, $6.8 million contract that will pay the big netminder $2.8 million in 2010-2011 and $4.0 million in 2011-2012. Over the last couple of months, neither Rinne or Dan Ellis has [...]