AGRI Biz

This may seem like an odd and random topic to start writing about, but given the fact that the New York Rangers and Phoenix Coyotes have made several trades with each other since the lockout, I thought it's appropriate since there are sure to be transactions coming up this week that may or may not involve the two parties dealing with each other. One of these ...

For the final question in the five-part series about what you would do if you were the Habs' GM, I asked fans a question that brought a lot of hate-mail on me. Well, "hate-mail" is the wrong term, but the question really got a lot of people in a bother and, to be honest, I completely understand why! This is a tired topic that most fans thought they'd ...

Now that Tyler Seguin is officially a Boston Bruin, that's it. Someone has to be shipped out of Boston, because there are just two many centres and not enough ice time to go around. There must be another trade coming. It must be for Marc Savard. It had to be to the Toronto Maple Leafs. After all, if one million people believe it, it must be true right? Until July 1, Savard ...

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are two of the players that have helped shape the Pittsburgh Penguins into one of the most dynamic franchises in the NHL today. They follow in the footsteps of other players before them such as Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, and Ron Francis who were part of some of the greatest years in Penguins history. Where do Crosby and Malkin stand among some of the legendary players ...

Rick Dudley and newly-hired head coach Craig Ramsay have the unenviable task of leading a struggling franchise back from the brink. The reason the franchise is ailing is largely in part to lack of success of the on-ice product. Several recent trades may help bring things back, but the best way to do so is through the draft. The Thrashers had nine selections in the 2010 draft, and they drafted all over ...

I am getting really tired of people treating Tyler Seguin like the second coming of Steve Yzerman. Don't get me wrong—by all accounts this kid is going to be a fantastic hockey player, and he may indeed be special like Steve Y. But all I hear day in and day out from the media and Leaf haters alike is how disastrous the Phil Kessel deal was and how it's set the ...

The rumor mill makes its way through the NHL like clockwork, and it finds its way to the Boston Bruins with talks that an imminent trade is in the works for centerman Marc Savard. Savard, who turns 33 in the upcoming season, just recently acquired a long term, cap-friendly contract with the intent to potentially play out his career in Beantown. Savard has a limited no-trade clause that allows him to go ...

posted by Rocket All Habs Jarred Tinordi, the 17-year-old intimidating defenseman with NHL bloodlines, is now a member of the Montreal Canadiens' organization. Canadiens' GM Pierre Gauthier was impressed enough to pay handsomely to move up in the draft to get him. "He's a big strong defenceman like that with a lot of character and leadership, that's something that every team would ...

When my grandmother left the tiny northwestern Swiss hamlet of Niederbipp in 1899, she had a much more difficult journey than Nino Niederreiter did when he left his southeastern Swiss hometown of Chur 110 years later. Whereas Nino was 17 when he left home, my grandmother was not yet 4 and she faced a journey of several weeks after which she would never see her homeland or family again. For all that, ...

July 1st in New York always brings excitement for Ranger fans. Aside from opening night in October, it is the best day of the year for hockey fans in the Big Apple. A big-ticket free agent coming to the Rangers is like clockwork.  The target this summer for many Ranger fans is Ilya Kovalchuck, arguably the best pure goal scorer in the NHL. Imagine him playing alongside sniper Marian Gaborik on the ...