2009 nhl training camp Stories - Battle of California
Training Camp Battles: 6th Defenseman
While the forwards have 4 potential jobs up for grabs, the defense only really has 1. Doughty is the number one and will most likely play with Sean O'Donnell at the start of the year. Jack Johnson and Rob Scuderi look like they will be a pairing, which should be good because Scuderi is...
Training Camp Battles: 4th Line Agitator
The Kings haven't had an agitator since Sean Avery and have missed that middleweight figher ever since. They've had an enforcer, sure, but enforcers don't really intimidate anyone because they can't get away with facewashing and all that extra-curricular stuff. The Kings should have one this...
Training Camp Battles: 4th Line Skill Player
The Kings are going to need one competent player on their 4th line that can chip in on speical teams and take faceoffs before their two idiots trip someone or whatever it is they do. This skill player is most likely to play center, since it's the position with the most defensive responsibility and...
Second Round of Roster Cuts - Akim Aliu Sent to Rockford
With the second round of roster cuts, we finally get something worth talking about. The Hawks own Nigerian Nightmare, Akim Aliu, was sent down to Rockford. I expected to see Aliu in at least a few pre-season games with the club. Instead - Aliu was sent back to the AHL club that unceremoniously...
Photos from Lightning camp sessions at the St. Pete TImes Forum
With practices being closed to the public from this point forward and the team heading out of town over the weekend for their fantastic voyage across the continent, there are plenty of fans who probably missed an opportunity to check out the team in the raw the last few days at either the Ice...
Training Camp Cuts; Roster Down To 30, Battle On Defense Down To Four
Updated 9/21: The Blues announced that they have assigned eight players to Peoria and that one more was returned to his major junior teams. This leaves the team with 17 forwards on the roster (six centers, four right wings and seven left wings), nine defensemen (not including Eric Brewer: IR) and...
Kings Training Camp Battles: "2nd" Line Wing
The Kings line-up is fairly well set in stone; unlike the last few years, when you and the family dog were in contention to become the Kings' new goaltender (your dog had a weak glove hand), the Kings really only have the peripheries of their line-up to be filled out. The most prestigious spot up...
Blackhawks Make First Round of Roster Cuts
Today the Blackhawks announced the first few cuts to the training camp rosters, dropping 9 players. Matt Keith, Maxime Tanguay, Joe Charlebois, Jean-Claude Sawyer and Joe Palmer were all assigned to the IceHogs while Byron Froese, David Gilbert and Teigan Zahn were all sent back to juniors. These...
Steve Downie's shot at the top six
....[Now] we come to the player with the most experience of the contenders for that right wing slot: Steve Downie. Downie's self-control and impulse-control issues do not permit him to be a serious contender for a top spot on the Lightning depth chart, no matter how much people admire his grit...
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