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The St Louis Blues organization was busy today making two trades in the hopes to improve their team. Here is an overview of them: St. Louis sends: F Lars Eller F Ian Schultz Montreal sends: G Jaroslav Halak I'm personally surprised that Halak is on the move instead of possibly Price because of the way Halak played in the playoffs. St. Louis gave up a fair bit in Eller and Schultz, but ...

After making a blockbuster trade for Montreal goaltender Jaroslav Halak, the Blues sent forward Julian Talbot to Colorado in exchange for forward T.J. Hensick. Talbot, 25, was never drafted and has spent the past four seasons in the American Hockey League, mostly with the Peoria Rivermen. The 2009-2010 season saw Talbot collect 17 goals and 15 assists. Hensick, 24, split the last three seasons between the Avalanche and their American Hockey league ...

While picking between Cary Price and Jaroslav Halak would seem like an easy decision after the team’s Cinderella playoff run, the Canadiens pulled a surprise by trading Halak to the St. Louis Blues for two young players. Halak was an important part of the Canadiens’ defense when it came to beating the two East Conference giants of the playoffs, Washington and Pittsburgh.  He did not have a good series against the ...

Each year every hockey fan hopes their team can make it to the playoffs, then make a long run and, if possible, win the Stanley Cup. Sadly, only one team can win it all, which leaves 29 other sets of fans holding out hope that their first round draft pick will change the landscape of their beloved hockey team for the better. For those who follow the NHL Entry Draft it is ...

In what has the makings of a very interesting offseason, GM Lou Lamoriello continues to keep people guessing.  With rumors swirling around that the coaching search is down to Mike Haviland and Michel Therrien courtesy of the Newark Star-Ledger, there are reports now out, courtesy of Tom Gulitti's Fire & Ice Blog , that as of Monday, the Devils had yet to contact Haviland.  This, after ...

There has been much speculation over the past year pertaining to the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring Patrick Sharp via trade. Most think that Sharp could be shipped to Toronto using Kaberle as the main trade bait, or possibly by taking on a bad contract which would partially relieve the train wreck that is the Chicago Blackhawks current 2010-2011 salary total. I am a firm believer that Stan Bowman will have little to ...

Give the new Thrashers GM a lot of credit. Rick Dudley is already displaying his savvy management ability in the early stages of his tenure.  In negotiations with forward Maxim Afinogenov, Dudley has shown considerable shrewdness in offering a short-term one-year contract for over one million dollars.   Afinogenov is rumored to have received a raise from his $800,000 last year after his 24-goal performance in the 2010 season. The Thrashers seem ...

The Match-Up. We all remember this from grammar school don't we? It's how we learned our synonyms and antonyms, how we discovered that the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and whole host of other things. You have a list of things in Column A, another list in Column B and you draw a line to match the two things that best compliment each other. In the end, you've got this spider web ...

There's rumors a-plenty as we approach the NHL Entry Draft and upcoming free agency window, so let's take a quick look. Pierre Lebrun (someone who isn’t full of it) has reported that the Maple Leafs will not be in the Kovalchuk sweepstakes come July 1st. “We won’t take part in that race” said Burke. I’ll take his word on it this time, but I always keep in mind that Burke said reports of ...