NHL Hot Stove

[Regs]

Osgood to the Blues

Rob Niedermayer to the Ducks

Janne Niinimaa to the Islanders (in return for Brad Isbister & Raffi Torres [Freddy's little bro? )

Anson Carter & Ales Pisa to the Rangers (in return for Cory Cross & Radek Dvorak)

Bates Battaglia to the Aves (in return for Radim Vrbata)

Lots of trades!!!!

~Regs.

 

[Yoda]

Inevitable

You had to know that the Blues would trade for a goalie.
That is a pretty good pickup for them, he's got some playoff experience behind him as opposed to their current goalies who only have pucks behind them.

 

[Yoda]

Rumour Mill

Apparently the Canucks were about to make a big trade but it fell through at the last minute.

I think a small deal was made though. For Selanne or something.

 

[Regs]

According to TSN the Nuck's have reaquired Brad May for a 2nd or 3rd rounder

~Regs.

 

[Yoda]

What?

No Selanne?


On a side note, what person in their right mind would give this idiot a website of his own.


Website for Ryan Walter

 

[knvb]

Originally posted by Regs
According to TSN the Nuck's have reaquired Brad May for a 2nd or 3rd rounder

~Regs.

And the 2nd or 3rd time isn't it? Wasn't he a Keenan pick up?

 

[TheRob]

What idiot would first search for it, and then visit it?

 

[Demolition]

Rangers are out

You've got to love this. Especially if you remember when Sather was with the Oilers bitching about the money all the big clubs throw at players. Now with all this cash at his disposal, he still can't buy a team to get into the playoffs

Devils eliminate Rangers
It was win or go home Friday night for the New York Rangers, who needed to pick up a "W" versus the first-place New Jersey Devils. The task proved to be too tough as the Devils skated away with a 2-1 victory. The Blueshirts will end their season without a playoff berth for the sixth straight year.

 

[zenga]

Speaking of the Blueshirts

Anyody see Barnabys cracker of a goal???

Nolook back hand to the top corner, should make the plays of the year.

Too bad it was in his own net.

 

[sensei_hanson]

Re: Speaking of the Blueshirts

by Jon A. Dolezar, NHL writer for SI.com

Foppa shows the most Hart: Forsberg's stellar all-around play makes him 2002-03 MVP

The fight for the 2003 Hart Trophy really turned into a battle to decide who is the best player from Ornskoldsvik, Sweden. After Mario Lemieux and the Penguins faded in the second half, childhood friends Peter Forsberg and Markus Naslund shot to the top of the list.

No Swede has ever won the Hart, and either of these two would become just the fourth European-born player to take the MVP award, joining Dominik Hasek, Sergei Fedorov and Stan Mikita.

Five of the seven major awards are voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association on a 10-7-5-3-1 points system for five candidates. The Vezina Trophy is selected by the general managers, while the Jack Adams Award is voted on by the NHL Broadcasters Association. The GMs and broadcasters vote for just three candidates on a 5-3-1 points system.

As the 2002-03 regular season draws to a close, here are 10 candidates for each of the seven major awards, with a brief comment on the top five following each list.

Hart Trophy
1. Peter Forsberg, Colorado
2. Markus Naslund, Vancouver
3. Todd Bertuzzi, Vancouver
4. Joe Thornton, Boston
5. Mike Modano, Dallas
6. Milan Hejduk, Colorado
7. Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh
8. Sergei Fedorov, Detroit
9. Paul Kariya, Anaheim
10. Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa

While Naslund and Bertuzzi both have had incredible seasons, it's hard to ignore what Forsberg did for the Avalanche, especially while Joe Sakic was out. Forsberg raised his game and made both Hejduk and Alex Tanguay better players after the trio paired up in December. Forsberg's incredible plus-49 rating overwhelms Naslund's plus-8 and Bertuzzi's plus-4, more than offsetting the advantage in goals the two Canucks have on him. Forsberg has 13 more assists than second-place Thornton, who looks as if he is progressing nicely toward winning his first Hart Trophy within the next two or three seasons. Modano had another consistent season, but his numbers aren't flashy enough to win the MVP. As an associate captain on the top team in the West, Modano would much rather hoist a second Cup than his first Hart.

Vezina Trophy
1. Martin Brodeur, New Jersey
2. Ed Belfour, Toronto
3. Patrick Lalime, Ottawa
4. Dwayne Roloson, Minnesota
5. Marty Turco, Dallas
6. Tomas Vokoun, Nashville
7. J.S. Giguere, Anaheim
8. Roman Cechmanek, Philadelphia
9. Olaf Kolzig, Washington
10. Patrick Roy, Colorado

Turco's sprained ankle in early February probably opened the door for Brodeur to finally claim his first Vezina. Brodeur recorded his NHL record fourth 40-win season this year. Belfour turned back the clock and looked like his late-90s self from Dallas, proving the Stars management wrong in thinking he was washed up. Lalime had the most dominant season of his career, leading the Sens to the top of the Eastern Conference with his steady play. And finally, Roloson has been one of the best stories of the season, going from career journeyman to dominant netminder on a surprise playoff team.

Norris Trophy
1. Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit
2. Al MacInnis, St. Louis
3. Sergei Zubov, Dallas
4. Rob Blake, Colorado
5. Zdeno Chara, Ottawa
6. Adam Foote, Colorado
7. Sergei Gonchar, Washington
8. Wade Redden, Ottawa
9. Derian Hatcher, Dallas
10. Dan Boyle, Tampa Bay

Despite a stiff challenge from the ageless MacInnis, Lidstrom deserves his third Norris in a row for his steady play and all-around excellence. MacInnis' late-career revival is nothing short of astounding, but Lidstrom is just a bit more dynamic in most aspects of the game. It should be a very close vote, though. Zubov and Blake have both had impressive two-way seasons, with Zubov using his puck-moving skills and Blake his hard shot from the point to dominate on the power play for their teams. Only the fast-emerging Chara prevents the top five from being a Western Conference sweep.

Calder Trophy
1. Barret Jackman, St. Louis
2. Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit
3. Ales Kotalik, Buffalo
4. Rick Nash, Columbus
5. Niko Kapanen, Dallas
6. Jay Bouwmeester, Florida
7. Tyler Arnason, Chicago
8. Anton Volchenkov, Ottawa
9. Adam Hall, Nashville
10. Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles

Throwback defensive defenseman Jackman was steady enough throughout the season to hold off a late charge from the flashy Zetterberg in what is a weak rookie class overall. Kotalik gets credit for scoring 19 goals in 65 games, compared to 22 in 76 for Zetterberg who also played with a much more talented supporting cast. Nash has had an impressive debut season, especially for an 18-year-old, but his minus-28 shows his defense has a long ways to go. Kapanen has been a pleasant surprise, but has had the advantage of playing with established players like Jere Lehtinen and Brenden Morrow for much of his rookie campaign.

Jack Adams Award
1. Jacques Lemaire, Minnesota
2. Mike Bab****, Anaheim
3. Joel Quenneville, St. Louis
4. Jacques Martin, Ottawa
5. John Tortorella, Tampa Bay
6. Dave Tippett, Dallas
7. Tony Granato, Colorado
8. Marc Crawford, Vancouver
9. Ken Hitch****, Philadelphia
10. Dave Lewis, Detroit

Lemaire took a roster full of role players and made them the toughest team in the league to play. With brilliant skating and fierce forechecking on all four lines, the Wild never stray from the system Lemaire preaches. Players love to play for him because of the winning attitude he brings to the locker room, even if he is a tough guy who can ride his players hard to raise their game to a new level. Bab**** turned around the floundering Ducks in one season with his fiery attitude and ever-positive demeanor. Quenneville led the Blues through one of the most abysmal injury situations in recent memory and kept his team in contention with Detroit in the Central until the final two weeks. Martin has seemlessly blended in young talent each season without his team missing a beat, but the Sens' playoff failures unfortunately hang over his head a bit. Tortorella helped diffuse a huge controversy after the Lightning considered trading Vincent Lecavalier a year ago, and he got a career year from Lecavalier, as well as Brad Richards, Martin St. Louis and Vaclav Prospal.

Lady Byng Trophy
1. Ron Francis, Carolina
2. Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit
3. Paul Kariya, Anaheim
4. Mike York, Edmonton
5. Brad Richards, Tampa Bay
6. Alex Tanguay, Colorado
7. Brendan Morrison, Vancouver
8. Jay Bouwmeester, Florida
9. Alexei Yashin, N.Y. Islanders
10. Marian Hossa, Ottawa

The qualifications for the Lady Byng state the award should go "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability." So instantly throw out any of the knuckleheads who have earned suspensions this season or players like Sean Avery, Matthew Barnaby, Rick DiPietro, Denis Gauthier, Darius Kasparaitis, Bryan McCabe, Jarko Ruuttu, Shaun Van Allen, Tyler Wright and Dainus Zubrus who have been fined and branded with the scarlet letter "D" for diving. So as long as you don't get suspended, don't dive or don't pull a Marty McSorley/Tie Domi by doing something stupid that gets replayed on television 14,762 times, you remain eligible for the Lady Byng. Having said that, the classy Francis (a three-time winner) should edge Lidstrom (a three-time runner-up) and Kariya (a two-time winner). York and Richards are two of the best young skill players who rarely take penalties and rarely mix it up with needless extracurricular activity.

Selke Trophy
1. Jere Lehtinen, Dallas
2. Michael Peca, N.Y. Islanders
3. Wes Walz, Minnesota
4. John Madden, New Jersey
5. Peter Forsberg, Colorado
6. Matt Cooke, Vancouver
7. Todd Marchant, Edmonton
8. Curtis Brown, Buffalo
9. Kirk Maltby, Detroit
10. Mike Modano, Dallas

Lehtinen enjoyed his finest all-around season by scoring a career-high 31 goals in addition to playing his usual great defense. The 29-year-old Finn also has a career-best plus-38 rating and is the favorite to win his third Selke in six seasons. Peca gave the Islanders a huge boost after his full-time return to the lineup, but his Hart Trophy campaign derailed when his offense stalled a bit in the second half. That didn't affect his defense, though, and Peca could challenge for his second straight Selke, and third in seven years. Walz has emerged as the star forechecker in Lemaire's frantic skating system in Minnesota and could be a darkhorse candidate to reward the Wild's tremendous team play with an individual award. Madden won the award in 2001 and has two short-handed goals and a plus-14. Forsberg proved that offense isn't his only trick, continuing his amazing two-way play by coming back into his own zone to dominate defensively this season as well.

 

[TheRob]

Report: Roy will retire

TSN.ca Staff

5/27/2003

A published report out of Colorado says Patrick Roy has decided to retire after 18 seasons.

The Boulder Daily Camera quotes sources outside of the Avalanche organization who say an official announcement could be made as early as today.

The 37 year old Roy said recently he is "90 percent" sure of his future plans, but would wait until after the NHL playoffs are over before announcing his decision.

He also told the Denver Post that this week would be a critical one on his way to making a final decision about retirement.

Roy is the career leader in goaltending victories and won the Conn Smythe Trophy - awarded to the most valuable player of the playoffs - three times. Roy has also won four Stanley Cup rings, two with Montreal and two with Colorado.

"Every year I come in, I don't know how many more I have," Roy said on the eve of this year's first-round playoff matchup with Minnesota. "The last three, four years, I say, 'That could be the last one.'"

The Avalanche let a 3-1 series lead against the Wild evaporate, losing in a seventh and deciding game last month.

Too good to be true, but if it is, who will the Avs' go for? Potvin? Osgood?

 

[Regs]

Too good to be true, but if it is, who will the Avs' go for? Potvin? Osgood?

Alex Auld

~Regs.

 

[downtown]

Bye Pat Wurraw

Hopefully the Avs will try for Cechmanek - no Auld please - he is the future.........

 

[TheRob]

Cechmanek traded to Kings

TSN.ca Staff

5/28/2003

PHILADELPHIA (CP) - The Philadelphia Flyers traded goaltender Roman Cechmanek to the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2004 NHL draft.

The move didn't exactly come as a surprise after Flyers general manager Bob Clarke said after his team's second-round playoff loss to Ottawa that it would be "very difficult to bring Roman back."

"Although he never asked to be traded this season, he did ask after last season," Clarke said in a statement Wednesday. "We just thought that it was time for us to go in a different direction."

Clarke has said Cechmanek is inconsistent.

"He shuts a team out one night, but when you get down to the nitty gritty and you let a soft goal in, it takes a lot out of your team emotionally," Clarke said after the Flyers' playoff exit.

Cechmanek signed a three-year, $10-million US contract in January 2002. He's to earn $3 million next season and $3.5 million the following season.

He was 33-15-10 with a 1.83 goals-against average last season. He has a 1.96 GAA in three seasons, lowest among goaltenders with at least 150 regular-season games since 1943-44.

The Kings may be in need of a starting netminder with Felix Potvin eligble to become an unrestricted free agent July 1. Potvin made $3.55 million this season.

Cechmanek, 32, did have two shutouts against the Senators but played poorly in the final two games of the Eastern Conference series, allowing nine goals on 46 shots.

Fans booed Cechmanek after Mike Fisher's long slap shot slipped between his legs for a short-handed goal that gave the Senators a 2-0 lead in Game 6.

Cechmanek, whose unconventional style sometimes left him vulnerable to rebounds, has had ups and downs since becoming Philadelphia's starter in 2001.

In the 2003 playoffs, he won his first playoff series in three tries by shutting down Toronto, giving up only four goals in the last three games.

With the possibility of Potvin signing elsewhere over the summer, the Kings' goaltending situation was a priority.

``After looking at all the options we had available, we felt that making a trade and acquiring Roman Cechmanek in particular was our best course of action,'' Kings GM Dave Taylor said in a release. ``Roman will help stabilize this position for the Kings as he has proven to be one of the NHL's top goaltenders for the past three seasons.''

Won't have to worry about the Kings for awhile.

 

[striker14]

I agree with TheRob...can you believe it??

Roman Czechmanek is a "has been" and his head got far too big this year...Philly did not do well because of him...well, Philly did not do well PERIOD

L.A. deserves him

 

[MILLSY]

Hasek gone crazy?

Heard a clip on CKNW today about Dominik Hasek beating some guy up in an inline hockey game. The player apparrently suffered a broken jaw and ended up in hospital. Hasek has received a year suspension from what league I don't know though. Curious to know if anyone has heard more and what league is "The Dominator" playing inline hockey in?

 

[Regs]

Millsy,

That was in the paper last week I think... the league was in Czeckaslovakia (or however the fcuk you spell it)

Cheers,

~Regs.

 

[TheRob]

They get the newspapers a week late in Mission. I think it's right beside England isn't it Fasty?

 

[striker14]

Re: Hasek gone crazy?

Originally posted by MILLSY
Curious to know if anyone has heard more and what league is "The Dominator" playing inline hockey in?

W H Y ?????? He is a washed up BUM!!

 

[Fastshow]

They get the newspapers a week late in Mission.

Closer to Maple Ridge isn't it? Do more drugs.