May 19th, 2009 | 1:48 AM EDT
By
Kyle Brazeau
Detroit has made it to the Western Conference Final for the second time in as many seasons. They cruised past Columbus in four games and managed to slip by Anaheim in seven. Detroit’s success thus far has come from some unlikely sources.
Johan Franzen, who played well in the playoffs last season and had his breakthrough [...]
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May 6th, 2009 | 6:45 PM EDT
By
H Dangles
Joe Thornton’s reputation of less than stellar playoff play has been well documented and, at least in the minds of San Jose fans, well deserved. Another regular season superstar could fall into the same category, if things do not turn around soon. With Ovechkin and Crosby essentially cancelling each other out on the scoreboard, Malkin [...]
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April 29th, 2009 | 1:45 AM EDT
By
cwassel
This did not quite come out of nowhere. You get that impression from Brent Sutter but I refuse to believe it. The bottom line is the New Jersey Devils came up short pretty much since Game 1. Even when they won…you were left with the feeling that it could fall apart. Tonight it did. [...]
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April 13th, 2009 | 2:31 PM EDT
By
cwassel
Time to get this started…well how did we get here?
New Jersey Devils (51-27-4) — 3rd seed.. won Atlantic!
If someone had told me, the Devils would have been without Martin Brodeur for most of the season and yet win the Atlantic….I would have said you were cuckoo! Even during our preview show in August, I [...]
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March 8th, 2009 | 3:33 PM EDT
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"Dave Schultz"
As usual, I’m a day (or more) late and a dollar (or more) short. I was supposed to write a pre-trade deadline post about what the Hurricanes could possibly do on Trade Deadline day. Part of the reason I didn’t write it is because who the heck ever knows what Jim Rutherford is going to [...]
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March 7th, 2009 | 11:11 AM EST
By
Tsani Jones
”Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you.” – Jacques Plante
Pride is good in small doses, but never something to depend on. With last [...]
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March 6th, 2009 | 1:29 PM EST
By
Tsani Jones
“Nobody can be successful if he doesn’t love his work, love his job.” – David Sarnoff
And yes, I love this job. Thanks to Alin Mateescu and staff for bringing me to RMT.
Arguably, the best fan-centric franchise in the NHL resides at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. In their fledgling nine years, as [...]
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March 5th, 2009 | 9:13 PM EST
By
cwassel
This will be easy….no really…..as easy as pie! The New Jersey Devils really went into the deadline in a very weird position. As a matter of fact, their best deadline acquisition was Martin Brodeur. But I did want to show that basically in all these deals on Wednesday…the Devils were not in [...]
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March 4th, 2009 | 9:52 AM EST
By
Matthew Boyles
The Pittsburgh Penguins have put Miroslav Satan on waivers. This move leads me to believe that they are making room and clearing space to make a deadline move today. It wouls seem that the player that will gain the most interest from other teams is young center Jordan Staal. The Pens have signed Staal to [...]
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March 1st, 2009 | 6:43 PM EST
By
cwassel
New Jersey Devils (39-19-3) — 1st, Atlantic…3rd Conf.
What got them there? Well honestly a resilient offense and timely goaltending from someone not named Martin Brodeur for most of the season is what got the Devils to this point. When Brodeur went down on November 1st…did anyone expect them to be in this position? No! Scott [...]
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February 28th, 2009 | 10:35 PM EST
By
Schenn-sational
Many supporters of Leafs Nation have been truly skeptical of the career of Nik Antropov.
It started when the Leafs took him in the first round, 10th overall, when many believed he would be an early second-rounder.
But he had a very dominant season in the second tier of the then, RSL, and so the Leafs went [...]
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February 28th, 2009 | 10:30 PM EST
By
Schenn-sational
The Following are some rumours I have been hearing…..
Guerin to the Capitals is a done deal in my books… expect an announcement tomorrow.
Leafs News:
Mayers to Detroit…
- I think Burke would love to get his 3rd RD Pick back for him
Carolina interested in Kaberle
- This is becoming more and more interesting as it appears Kaberle would love to play alongside [...]
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February 27th, 2009 | 7:20 AM EST
By
Matthew Boyles
The Pens give up on Ryan Whitney and look to make a playoff push.
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February 26th, 2009 | 12:22 PM EST
By
Matthew Boyles
The Pittsburg Penguins are a team that will take any win they can get. The New Your Islanders gave them quite the game.
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February 25th, 2009 | 11:11 PM EST
By
Carlos Sanders Velez
And so the ongoing rumour came true, The Rangers changed their coach.
Tortorella is a fiery coach, maybe that’s what the Rangers need, it’s true most of them are underperforming, but we can’t get too picky on a team that has lacked quality finishers all year long.
On the other hand Renney, is NOT a bad coach, [...]
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