Welcome aboard everyone to The NHL Arena’s first annual coverage of the NHL Entry Draft. The 2007 draft always provides a litany of surprises. This year will be no exception as the stuff that flies before and during the draft behind the scenes is usually more entertaining than the actual picks. Our NHL Arena posters […]

It is a happy time for Ducks fans! Jean Sebastien Giguere signed a $24 million 4 year extension contract on Thursday. Giguere was due to become an unrestricted free agent on 1st July. The deal will pay $5.5 million for the next two seasons and then $6 million in the third year and $7 million […]

Kimmo Timonen — prized UFA defenseman There was the Roenick signing…..a 5 year 25 million dollar deal that raised eyebrows for how it was done. Then there was the offer sheet to Kessler last year…that infuriated the Canucks. Now, Paul Holmgren has fired the first shot or shots in the free agency wars by trading […]

The Ducks signed both Travis Moen and George Parros to two year contracts on 12th June. Moen will be paid $900,000 next season and then $925,000 in the 2008-2009 season. Moen was drafted in the 5th round by the Calgary Flames and his salary this season was $475,000. Parros will be paid $525,000 next season […]

Father’s Day is the one day of the year that you really take time to reflect on all the things that your dad has done for you. All those drives to hockey practice or the time he picked you up after you fell off your bike. The little things…the things that really matter is what […]

Enough is enough Mr. Bettman!!! Because of work, I had to DVR the NHL Awards. So when I came home for my dinner break…low and behold….no NHL Awards. Why, you may ask? Some rocket scientist at VS. caused a computer glitch…so the show was tape delayed and didn’t air on the West Coast till 8PM. […]

Just a quick prediction on tonight’s awards, for I haven’t got much time. Well,… more like who I’d be picking since I rarely agree with the winners. Calder Trophy ~ Despite Stastny’s incredible point scoring streak and Stael’s phenomenal play for an 18 year old, Malkin was far too strong throughout the season to be […]

Well now….TSN and Sports-net are reporting a bit of a whopper for flames fans. The apparent Demoting of Head coach Jim Playfair, after only One season, and signing of Mike Keenan to replace him.Soo, lets take a gander at the situation shall we? Playfair..One season as an NHL Head coach carried his team to 96 […]

This is just a bit of a mini-rant about agents and negotiating tactics which was brought on by my displeasure at some comments made by Roland Thompson (Jeff Cowan’s agent) as quoted in the article linked below. http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/hockey/canucksprovincestory.html?id=f2fc4a5e-03bc-4132-b709-73772a032b6c&k=15501 Here’s my two cents on the issue. Agents are jerks. Maybe I just don’t like them. I […]

It has taken Mats Sundin several years to warm up to the fans of Toronto. But he has managed to do it. Just as he has managed to surpass other prominent men that dawned the Leaf jersey before him, in various records and individual statistics. He has been a class act in every one of […]

And now we head to the last few awards…some of the big marquis ones…the ones that will get the water coolers going at the very least. This year the Vezina Trophy even has four candidates…talk about a rarity….well here it goes…. Vezina Trophy (Best Goalie) Martin Brodeur (Devils), Roberto Luongo (Canucks), Mikka Kiprusoff (Flames), Henrik […]

When Baseball went on strike in ’95 it took YEARS before it came back fully. And the World Series still gets low ratings. It takes time. So EVERYONE RELAX. Hockey is too bad ass to die! Period. People are already starting to come around to it. And it’s not that Gary Bettman’s doing a damn […]

Good morning hockey fans!!! The NHL Awards are on Thursday and will be televised on CBC and VS. More than likely VS. will have the CBC feed and HNIC’s Ron MacLean will be hosting. He is hosting for the 13th year in the row and yes, that is not a misprint. We will break this […]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of civil war. Rebel fanatics, striking from a hidden online Arena, have won their first victory against the evil Bettman Empire. During the battle, 32 Rebel scouts managed to steal a secret cure to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the ‘Instigator Penalty’, […]

Too many fans are saying that the Stars have no offense, need a complete overhaul, get rid of name players and go young. I think these are all good points but one thing is if the Stars do a complete overhaul then don’t expect them to be a contender for the Stanley Cup for the […]