Category Archives: Rumors
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Jonathan Toews Somehow Missing From Selke Award Finalists
On Tuesday morning, the NHL announced the finalists for the Selke Award: Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk, Pittsburgh’s Jordan Staal and Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler. The Frank J. Selke Trophy that is presented annually “to the forward who best excels in the defensive … Continue reading
Dancing with the Stars: Blackhawks Lock Up (At Least) 2nd Seed
Antti Niemi was solid again, the Blackhawks received scoring from all over the roster as they rolled the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Tuesday night. The win was the team’s 50th of the season, setting a franchise record. Colin Fraser scored … Continue reading
Alexander Ovechkin’s Nomination Mocks Values of the Messier Leadership Award
On Monday, the NHL announced the three finalists for the Mark Messier Leadership Award: Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo, Los Angeles forward Dustin Brown and Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin. Luongo and Brown are both deserving nominees; Ovechkin makes a mockery of … Continue reading
Brian Campbell’s Season Over
NHL league sources are reporting that Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell has broken a collarbone and rib and will likely miss the rest of the season, including playoffs, after a cheap shot from Alexander Ovechkin in Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the … Continue reading
The Great Debate: Salary Dump vs. Consistency
Elliott Friedman of CBC has an intriguing couple bullet points in his latest blog. He says: “… Strongly believe there was one, possibly two teams who were willing to take Cristobal Huet from Chicago. (Should clarify: I’m more certain about … Continue reading
Scotty Bowman Speaks
On Wednesday morning, Scotty Bowman appeared on 590Fanand talked about the trade deadline. He shared a few things about the Blackhawks that were fairly surprising, and contradict the popular rumors of the past few weeks. First, Bowman indicated that the … Continue reading
Blackhawks Stockpiling Defensemen
In the last three weeks, the Blackhawks have made a couple very subtle moves that certainly look like the team is loading up the blueline in Rockford for a bigger move. Nick Boynton was acquired from Anaheim on Tuesday afternoon … Continue reading
Blackhawks Trade Rumors: Who is Jeff Finger?
The hottest trade rumor surrounding the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday morning is that there are discussions taking place a trade between the Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs that would send goalie Cristobal Huet and some other pieces, likely prospects or … Continue reading
2010 NHL Trade Deadline Updates
On this post we’ll keep you updated on all the latest player movement around the NHL as the trade deadline approaches. With only two-plus days to make deals before the mid-afternoon deadline on Wednesday, March 3, teams could be burning … Continue reading



