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02-02-2010
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I have a couple of trades to post about, and then I will post the scores.
The first one occured on Sunday Jan 31st. The Leafs and Flames did a big trade, and then Toronto made another trade with Anaheim. Going to Toronto: Dion Phaneuf(Cal), Fredrik Sjostrom(Cal), Keith Aulie, Jean-Sebastien Giguere(Ana). Going to Calgary: Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers, and Ian White. Going to Anaheim: Vesa Toskala and Jason Blake I hope this will help Toronto in the long run, and having Giguere may be the tonic to help the Monster develop into the good goaltender that the Toronto brass believe him to be. If Phaneuf can revert back to his good play from a couple of years ago, he will help us immensely. Whether losing so much of our goal-scoring will hurt us remains to be seen. Here is an article, from tsn.ca, talking more about the trades. --------------- --------------- FLAMES TRADE D PHANEUF TO MAPLE LEAFS IN SEVEN-PLAYER DEAL Two teams in dire need of a shakeup have done just that. The Calgary Flames have traded defenceman Dion Phaneuf, forward Fredrik Sjostrom, and prospect defenceman Keith Aulie to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for forwards Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and defenceman Ian White. The Maple Leafs and Flames have been working on the components of this blockbuster for a week to ten days, but sources say the details of the deal didn't fall into place until late last night. "[Phaneuf] is a warrior. He's got a cannon for a shot," explained Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke on Sunday. "He plays the game hard and I want players who play the game hard because they're hard to play against." The former all-star defenceman was emotional when he told reporters that he was caught off guard by news of the trade. "It was definitely a shock, but I'm very excited about going to Toronto and being a Maple Leaf. ''The toughest part is saying goodbye to your buddies,'' he said. ''It was a great four-and-a-half years in Calgary. But it's part of the business. ''It's a cliche, if Wayne Gretzky can get traded anyone can get traded," he said. "I was very surprised, but on the other hand I'm very excited to be going to the biggest hockey market in the world.'' Phaneuf and Sjostrom will arrive in Toronto on Sunday night and will skate with the team on Monday. Aulie will join the AHL Toronto Marlies on Monday. ''It's a fresh start for me now, and I'm looking forward to going to Toronto and hopefully making an impact there,'' Sjostrom said. Flames general manager Brent Sutter said that seeing both Phaneuf and Sjostrom leave town was tough, but he was looking forward to the players that were coming in. ''I have a lot of respect for Dion, but this is part of the business,'' Sutter said. ''It happens at times, and it's happened here. ''It's tough to see Freddy leaving too because he had a roll on our team, but we're getting some established players right now that bring us some needs that we can use.'' Phaneuf has two goals over his last three games and is signed through the 2013-14 season ($6.5 million per). He had 18:49 TOI last night, only the third time this month he's been under 20 minutes in a game. The big defenceman has 10 goals and 12 assists to go with a minus-3 rating over his 55 games. Sjostrom has played 46 games with one goal and five assists for Calgary this season. Aulie was drafted in the fourth round, 116th overall of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. The six-foot-six defenceman had spent this season with the Abbotsford Heat of the AHL. Hagman has 20 goals and 13 assists, while Stajan has 16 goals and 25 assists, each over 55 games this season. Both players have a minus-3 rating. Mayers had expressed interest in being traded earlier in January. He had two goals, six assists and 78 penalty minutes over his 44 games with the Maple Leafs this season. White had nine goals, 17 assists and a plus-1 rating over his 56 games. Burke admitted the loss of Stajan and Hagman would leave a hole in the Maple Leaf attack, but explained that acquiring Phaneuf was too good an opportunity to pass up. "It takes some offence out of our lineup and that's the next question ... who replaces that offence we lost today, but it puts a major weapon on the blueline and makes us much more difficult to play." Since he entered the NHL in the 2005-06 season Phaneuf is tops among defenceman with 75 goals (2nd Sheldon Souray - 68), power-play goals with 48 (2nd Zdeno Chara - 41), game-winning goals with 21 (2nd Dan Boyle - 15) and shots at 1,150 (2nd Chara - 992) over that span. In addition, Phaneuf (48) ranks second to Paul Coffey (50) in power-play goals by a defenceman over the first five seasons of their career and he is tied with Denis Potvin for game-winning goals (21) over the same span. The Flames were mired in their worst slump (0-6-3) since an 11-game losing streak in 1986 before getting on the winning side of the tracks on Saturday night with a 6-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the Battle of Alberta. The Maple Leafs are coming off a dramatic loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday evening, giving up a three-goal first period lead before falling 5-3. With the loss, coupled with Carolina's 4-2 victory over Chicago, Toronto now sits 29th in the NHL standings. The Hurricanes and Leafs are tied in points with 45 but Carolina is ahead because of more wins. The Maple Leafs also acquired veteran goaltender Jean-Sebastien from the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. In exchange, the Leafs shipped netminder Vesa Toskala and veteran forward Jason Blake to the Ducks. 
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#2
02-02-2010
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(Man, the Calgary Flames are cleaning house right now!
 )Here is another trade the Calgary Flames were involved with. They made a trade with the New York Rangers on Tuesday Feb 2nd. Going to Calgary: Chris Higgins(I wonder what Thomas Magnum would say?  ) and Ales Kotalik.Going to New York: Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust. Not as big of a blockbuster as the trade with Toronto, but it could potentially be a noteworthy one down the road. Here is the article from tsn.ca. FLAMES SEND JOKINEN, PRUST TO RANGERS FOR HIGGINS, KOTALIK While it took some time, in the end the Calgary Flames finally got their men as the 'on again, off again' trade between the Flames and New York Rangers is official after a trade call was made following Calgary's loss to the Flyers on Monday. The deal, which sees Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust heading to Manhattan in exchange for Chris Higgins and Ales Kotalik, was reportedly held up because the Flames wanted Jokinen in the lineup for Monday night's game against Philadelphia. Jokinen played just over 15 minutes, took three shots on net and finished at a minus-one. Prust skated just over seven minutes. With rumours of the trade circulating for more than 24 hours, the team on the ice appeared lethargic as they were soundly beaten by the Flyers on Monday. Jokinen said that he did not want to use the speculation as an excuse. "You've got to play hard every time you go on the ice no matter what kind of distractions that you have going on," said Jokinen. "You play for that sweater, that logo. Until they tell you you're not part of the team, and I just got the news that II'm not part of the team so I've got to turn the page." Jokinen realized his high salary mixed with low production was likely a big factor in his exit from Calgary. "It comes with the salary, you make $5 million, 11 goals isnot going to cut it," said a visibly shaken Jokinen. "It's definitely a slap in the face to get traded." Jokinen did see an upside in heading back to the Eastern Conference. "I get a chance to play with one of the better players in the league in (Marian) Gaborik." Although he was aware that a deal was likely, Prust also found it difficult to prepare for. "You're waiting to hear confirmation, pacing around for hours," Prust admitted. "I definitely didn't sleep too well" Both Jokinen and Prust will join the Rangers in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning while Higgins is currently in Los Angeles. Kotalik remains in New York after being sent home by the Rangers on Sunday after being told by the team that he would be traded. The Flames pushed back their practice on Tuesday in hopes that both players will be able to skate with their new teammates. There had also been several reports that Kotalik was not prepared to waive his no-trade clause to go to Calgary; however earlier in the day he reportedly changed his stance to accept the move. Both Jokinen and Higgins are set to become unrestricted free agent at season's end, while Prust will become a restricted free agent. Kotalik has two-years and $6 million remaining on a three-year deal he signed prior to the season with New York. Jokinen was originally acquired by Calgary from the Phoenix Coyotes at last year's trade deadline. The 31-year old veteran has 11 goals and 24 assists in 56 games with the Flames this season. Jokinen is set to represent Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. It will be his third Olympic appearance. He helped lead Finland to the silver medal at the 2006 games in Torino. The Kuopio, Finland native was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings with the third overall pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The 25-year old Prust was drafted by the Flames in the third round of the 2004 draft, and was traded to Phoenix at last year's trade deadline in the deal that brought Jokinen to Calgary. Prust was then traded back to the Flames last summer for Jim Vandermeer. The native of London, Ontario has one goal and four assists in 43 games this season in Calgary. He ranks second in the NHL in fighting majors with 18. "I'm looking forward to going to the big city and playing in Madison Square Garden so I'm looking forward to it, but I'm sad to leave again," said Prust. Kotalik, 31, has been made a healthy scratch by head coach John Tortorella in eight of the club's last nine games. In 45 games, Kotalik has eight goals and 14 assists, with a plus/minus of -18. His best offensive season was with the Buffalo Sabres in 2005-06, when he scored 25 goals and added 37 assists. Higgins, 26, is in his first season with the Rangers after he signed with New York last summer. Originally, the Montreal Canadiens had traded his rights to the Rangers prior to the July 1 free agent signing period. Starting in 2005-06, Higgins had three straight seasons in which he scored 20 or more goals with Montreal, but his production dropped to 12 last year in an injured-shortened season. This season he has six goals and eight assists in 54 games. This is the second major deal that the Flames have pulled off in as many days after shipping Dion Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjostrom and prospect Keith Aulie to the Maple Leafs on Sunday in exchange for Matt Stajan, Ian White, Niklas Hagman and Jamal Mayers. The two trades leave the Flames with a surplus of wing players, 13 in all, possibly setting up additional deals prior to the NHL's trade deadline on March 3rd.
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#3
02-03-2010
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Here are the scores from Jan 31st's games:
1. Pittsburgh beat Detroit 2-1 in the shootout. Crosby had a goal in regulation and scored the winner in the shootout. He is potting a lot more goals than he was last year, and has a chance to beat Ovechkin in that department. 2. Washington beat Tampa Bay 3-2. Speaking of Ovechkin, he had a goal and an assist in this game. He is making a run for the complete points lead this season, not content with just trying to win the scoring race. 3. Florida beat the Islanders 2-0. The Islanders are having a hard time scoring right now. 4. LA beat New Jersey 3-2. The Devils, as they have done so many times in recent games, blew the lead. They had a 2-0 lead in this one and coughed it up in the last two minutes of the game(it actually reminded me of the playoff game last season against Carolina that eliminated the Devils). LA tied it up at 18:14 of the third and won it at 19:32 of the third(on a Power Play, no less!). Andy Greene is the one wearing goat-horns for this loss. 5. Phoenix beat Dallas 4-2. Phoenix is starting to play good hockey again and this is without one of their leading scorers in Scottie Upshall. This is their 4th win in a row. 6. The Rangers beat Colorado 3-1. Gaborik got all three goals for the Rangers. I wonder how many times they would have gotten shutout this season were it not for him? Their offense is putrid for the most part, and that will be the main reason they either fail to make it to the playoffs or they get eliminated early. ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Here are the scores from Feb 1st's games: 1. Pittsburgh beat Buffalo 5-4. Sidney Crosby got a hat-trick in this one. Pittsburgh came back from down 3-1 and scored 4 unanswered goals. Crosby had the game-winner for the second straight game(that includes the shootout winner). 2. Anaheim beat Florida 3-0. What a way for Hiller to show Anaheim that he was worth the new contract that he just signed(which was the reason Giguere was available to trade). 3. Philadelphia beat Calgary 3-0. Not such a good debut for the new Flames. The Flames had a grand total of 18 shots for the entire game. You are not going to win very many games with that low of a shot total. I think the way Sutter has them play(a defensive-minded style) is one of the main reasons they stink so horribly with regards to their offense. Jennifer does the happy dance! 4. Edmonton beat Carolina 4-2. IT IS OVER!!!! Edmonton finally won a game. I will bet there were some happy guys in that locker room! About time, I say. It was looking pretty sad as the losing streak went on and on. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Here are the scores from Feb 2nd's games: 1. Washington beat Boston 4-1. Despite outshooting Washington 42-26, the Bruins took the loss. Thomas only gave up 3 goals, as the fourth goal was an empty netter(no surprise, but Ovechkin seems to like getting the empty netter to pad his stats). Things are looking quite grim in Bean Town. 2. Toronto beat New Jersey 3-0. A pretty good debut for Giguere, especially since the Devils are a very good team(recent struggles notwithstanding)! He made 30 saves for the shutout, and Phaneuf was +1 for the night, with a fight against Colin White to add to his total. While dauls is no doubt rightfully pissed off that his team lost, I am glad that Toronto played so well. They have had so many crap moments the past couple of weeks that I was getting sick and tired of it all. I am glad they made me happy again! Happy dance for ME!  3. Tampa Bay beat Atlanta 2-1. This game was so boring, Ilya Kovalchuk broke his stick in boredom at the end of the game(well, it was actually frustration, the boredom was mine )!4. Montreal beat Vancouver 3-2. This was the first game for Montreal without Mike Cammalleri(who is gone for 6 weeks. I will post an article about it after this report), and they did not buckle under the pressure. Halak was the main reason Montreal won this game as he ended up making 45 saves for the victory. Perhaps this will be the start of a winning streak for the Habs? Happy dance for Ila! 5. Phoenix beat Nashville 1-0 in the shootout. What a bore-fest! Snore! Yawn! Bleh! To top it all off the shootout went TEN rounds. Yikes! At least I got 7 points for my pool due to Bryzgalov getting the shutout and win. 6. Dallas beat Minnesota 4-2. Despite being outshot 42-18 the Stars got the victory. Forget what I said earlier about not being able to win when you only get 18 shots on net, as I was just proven wrong. What I should have said was that you shouldn't win with just 18 shots on net. 7. Colorado beat Columbus 5-1. Well, this was a close game....at least it was until Columbus gave up two(count 'em , TWO!) short-handed goals in a row. That has GOT to hurt! 8. LA beat the Rangers 2-1. Remember what I said about Gaborik being the Ranger's only source of goals? Well guess who had New York's only goal tonight? Yep. Gaborik. Big surprise, eh? 9. Detroit beat San Jose 4-2. This was a bit of a surprise to be honest. San Jose had a 2-0 lead and blew it. Joe Thornton had both goals for San Jose. The shot total was 37-34 for Detroit.
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#4
02-03-2010
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(from tsn.ca)
HABS' CAMMALLERI WON'T NEED SURGERY, BUT OUT SIX WEEKS MONTREAL - Michael Cammalleri will be out for about six weeks with a knee injury but the good news is the Montreal Canadiens' goal-scoring leader won't require surgery. Cammalleri suffered the injury during a 3-2 overtime loss Saturday in Ottawa when he fell awkwardly into the boards after being hit by Anton Volchenkov. "I've always had respect for him (Volchenkov) - he's a real honest player," Cammalleri said Tuesday. "He's a real honest player, the kind who wouldn't hit you from behind or elbowing you or anything like that. But I kinda let my guard down and never touched the puck. " The 27-year-old is one of Montreal's top offensive guns with a team-leading 26 goals and 48 points in 56 games. The Canadiens were to play without him for the first time this season Tuesday night against the visiting Vancouver Canucks.
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02-03-2010
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Now that Toskala is gone who are you going to blame now when Toronto loses? Seriously though I think Toronto made the right move and they will profit from their trade. Toskala had to go for the good of the team and Toronto can only improve with the deals that they made.
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02-03-2010
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If Jean-Sebastien Giguere has a bad night the Leafs fans will still blame Toskala for the loss. If Toskala hadn't been so bad they would never have needed to trade him to the Ducks for Giguere. Toskala is to blame if Giguere's mistakes cost Toronto a game. It's always Toskala's fault.
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02-03-2010
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02-04-2010
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Beanpot
Hey, hockey fans, I've been meaning to post this all week but didn't get around to it ... mostly because other things on the Forum have been catching my eye!
 Anyhow, I thought I'd tell you about the Beanpot Tournament. It's a great Boston tradition that goes back to 1952, and in a year like this -- when the Bruins are sucking (okay, it's mostly because of injuries, but it still feels like they suck) -- the Beanpot is even more of a treat. It started on the day after Christmas 1952, but now takes place on the first and second Monday of every February. The hockey teams of Boston College, Boston University, Harvard University, and Northeastern University (some great college hockey teams here over the years!) face off at Boston Garden for the tournament. The winners of the two games on the first Monday play on the second Monday for the championship, and the other two teams play on the second Monday in a consolation game. (Faceoff is at 5 and 8 pm, respectively.) And the best part is that everyone -- players, coaches, fans -- have a great time, no matter who wins. In 1979, a women's tournament was added on the first and second Tuesdays of February, with teams from the same four universities. (Unfortunately, they don't get to play at the Garden ... mostly because of conflicting Celtics games, there was never a serious effort by the organizers of the women's tournament to secure the Garden for two night in a row of college hockey.) I try to go every year to the men's tournament (I've caught a few of the women's), and have not missed very many men's Beanpots since I was a kid (a few while away at college, etc.). These are always great games with great rivalries based on city pride and winning "bragging rights"; they count for nothing in the NCAA standings. Locals sometime call the tournament the "Stanley Cup of Chowder." It's as big as the Frozen Four here in Boston; 17,000 fans come out!! In this year's round 1, Harvard was absolutely routed, 6-0, by BC. Boston University beat Northeastern 2-1. So, the championship game will be between BU and BC, as is often the case. I'll be there next Monday, and I can't help but think it would be a huge amount of fun to be accompanied by all of our most rabid hockey fans on the Forum.
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02-04-2010
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That sounds like an awesome hockey tournament. I watch the Maine Black Bears play hockey sometimes...I think this is the first season that they've been nationally ranked in quite some time. College hockey is fun to watch, albeit it doesn't have fighting involved.
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02-05-2010
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 Let us know how it goes. 
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