There have been plenty of stories in this early season focused on the idea of the Sedin twins passing off leadership of the Vancouver Canucks to younger players. There’s certainly truth in those narratives, but it’s also correct to state that head coach Travis Green is taking a nuanced, balanced approach that’s going to make…
In acquiring defenceman Derrick Pouliot from Pittsburgh, the Vancouver Canucks have made a pretty conventional gamble by NHL standards. It’s common to see clubs bring in once-esteemed prospects whose development has stalled, and it’s easy to understand why: it generally doesn’t cost very much and the potential payoff could be enormous. What we generally don’t…
The Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves in an untenable position this week. The 2017 Stanley Cup champions had a choice to make. They could tour the White House and meet the President of the United States, as previous winners have done, thereby enraging his many vocal detractors. Alternatively, they could skip the event, provoking the same…
Markus Granlund is in what, historically, is a precarious position for an NHL player. He’s still young, but no longer inexperienced. He’s shown he can score in the majors, but not for a long enough period or at a high enough level to make him a no-questions-asked top-six forward. Site editor J.D. Burke took a…
We’ve been waiting for a while for the good names to start showing up on the waiver wire. On Monday, it happened.
Ten more players were placed on waivers on Sunday, including a pair of established NHL forwards.
Today’s edition of highlights from the waiver wire includes a recent 11th overall draft pick and a trio of intriguing depth options at centre. Let’s jump try to the players.
With each passing day, the NHL season looms ever closer, and with it the need for the league’s 30 member clubs to trim their rosters down to 23 names. Friday was, once again, a busy waiver day, with a few interesting options hitting the wire.
After yesterday’s craziness – everybody cleared, which means 30 NHL general managers are confident they have a better backup goalie than Reto Berra and a better seventh defenceman than Mark Barberio – today’s waiver wire is a little quieter. It is fairly rich in defencemen, though, including 346-game NHL veteran Clayton Stoner.
It is a particularly busy day on the NHL waiver wire, which features at least one NHL-caliber forward, defenceman and goaltender. Most teams still have a lot of bodies in training camp, but the names on today’s list have to be tempting.
The waiver wire list generally only gets better and better as training camps approach their end dates, and this year is no exception. Tuesday’s list features some extremely interesting players.
We’re still waiting for real hockey games, but there won’t be a dull day off the ice between now and the start of the NHL regular season. Monday kicks off another week and another batch of players for the waiver wire.
