Cherepanov’s Death Due to Negligence?

We now know that the cause of death was chronic ischemia, a medical condition in which not enough blood gets to the heart or other organs.  It is unclear whether anyone knew of this condition or whether Cherepanov’s team or the Continental Hockey League should have taken precautionary measures.  From Mike Eckel of the AP:
Moscow [...]

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Video: Alexei Cherepanov’s Last Shift and the Aftermath.

The 1st video is Cherepanov’s last shift, which was pretty uneventful.  FYI, Cherepanov is wearing #7.
The 2nd video is his last minutes on the bench. Warning: the 2nd video is disturbing. RIP Alexei.

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NHL and Continental Hockey League reach agreement on player transfers

The NHL and the newly formed Russian Continental Hockey League (abbreviated KHL) agreed today at a meeting in Zurich to respect the validity of player contracts across all borders.
The immediate impact of the agreement will be to put an end to KHL teams offering big money to NHL players if they walk out on the remaining years [...]

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2008 Free Agent Day!

5:43 Brian Campbell just signed an 8 year, $56.8 million deal with the Chicago Blackhawks.  According to TSN that puts them about $5-$6 mil over the cap.  I see a goaltender leaving Chicago in the near future.  Nikolai Khabibulin to the Lightning for Mike Smith maybe?
4:14 The Rangers sign forward Aaron Voros.  Voros played for [...]

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Martin Straka Czeching out?

According to Dubi over at Blueshirt Bulletin, Martin Straka had officially announced his decision to leave the NHL and play in the Czech Republic next season. Supposedly, he signed a deal with his hometown team in Plzen where he would also be a team manager.
TSN.ca later carried a story in which Straka’s agent denied [...]

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Flyers Still Alive

The Philadelphia Flyers showed they were still very much alive last night when they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 to stave off elimination. The Penguins now lead the series 3-1. The Flyers scored three goals in the first period to jump out to a 3-0 lead heading into the first intermission. Things [...]

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NHL to Change Schedule for 2008-2009 Season

Starting next season, the NHL will revert back to the system used before the lockout.  Each team will play the other four teams in their division six times (3 home games and 3 road games) and play the other 10 teams in their conference four times (2 home games and 2 road games).  The remaining [...]

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Rangers lose this game on the Power Play

Folks, the Rangers were still in this one until the start of the third period. They looked dead right from the start of the third. They couldn’t get the puck deep and when they actually kept the puck in the Penguins’ zone, they couldn’t get shots through to the net.
Then there’s the Power [...]

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Caps lose in OT; Rangers to play Penguins

After the refs swallowed their wistles for the second half of the second period and all of the third, who else but Tom Poti would get called for tripping in OT? That’s just what happened and the Flyers scored a Power Play goal just 9 seconds before the penalty was over. Oh well.
Now [...]

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Henrik and Brodeur (and Nabokov) Square Off Again

Henrik Lundqvist, along with Martin Brodeur and Evgeni Nabokov, has been named as a finalist for the Vezina Trophy. The Vezina goes to the NHL’s top goaltender during the Regular Season.
Evgeni Nabokov finished the regular season with a 46-21-8 record, a 2.14 GAA, a .910 SV% and 6 shutouts. This is Nabokov’s first [...]

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