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I won't pretend I have no biases. I'm a Ryan Carter fan. The guy was extremely underrated and in typical Randy Carlyle fashion, underused and unappreciated. I'm not going to pretend that he was the guy to make or break a team, and by no means would he score 30, 20, even 10 goals in a season, but he was more than that. Starting off the 2009-2010 season, he was by ...

After winning the lottery for the No. 1 pick in this year’s NHL Draft, Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini’s mood went from rejoice to deep thought. He became firmly entrenched in the Taylor Hall vs. Tyler Sequin dilemma, as he had to choose between the two talented players. What a tough decision, both are projected to become franchise players and their impact in hockey should be felt for ...

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Los Angeles Kings are now officially out of the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. The Kings are said to have sat down with Kovalchuk on Wednesday in hopes of revisiting contract talks and coming to some sort of deal. Unfortunately, it appears as if Kovalchuk’s demands are just too high, which has resulted in King’s general manager Dean Lombardi pulling the plug on a deal. The reality ...

Everybody's waiting for him to sign. It's assumed that Ilya Kovalchuk could very well become the biggest acquisition ever made by any team in free agency. Then again, we hear that every year. We also see huge shockers and enormous busts around this time of year. Every so often there's also a good contract mixed in as well. So, while Kovalchuk stands to be the biggest price of this year's free agency ...

The Maple Leafs shocked hockey fans the day before free agency began by taking a different route to improving their team. Rather than signing a big name free agent, they completed a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks that saw Kris Versteeg and prospect Bill Sweatt come to Toronto in exchange for Swedish winger Viktor Stalberg (as well as prospects Chris DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis). Versteeg, who is coming off of a 20 goal season, ...

As over 30 young prospects came to Philadelphia Flyers’ Prospect Camp at the Flyers Skate Zone on Wednesday, careers were started and paths to the NHL were cleared. Those paths may be long and winding, but each of these players has a unique opportunity to one day play for a major league team in the best league in the world. "It's an education for these kids," said Chris Pryor, director of ...

Well, the story is unprecedented.  The drama doesn't seem to want to end.  Is this another article about LeBron James?  No.  This is a hockey article about Ilya Kovalchuk and the drama surrounding his unrestricted free agency. When will Ilya make his final decision?  It's the $1,000,000 question right now, as many hockey fans stand by on Twitter and other places on the internet trying to get any glimpse or nugget ...

Ilya Kovalchuk is a rare talent. There have been only a handful of players in the history of the NHL who could be counted on to score 40 or more goals every season. He is one of those few. But I do NOT want him on my team. My team is the New York Islanders. As you should know by now, if you have not been stranded on Gilligan's Island, the Islanders ...

Less than a week ago many Los Angeles Kings' fans were falling all over themselves in anticipation of landing prized free agent sniper Ilya Kovalchuk.For L.A. Fans, the hype was short lived as Kings general manager Dean Lombardi recently told reporters that despite his best efforts, he was unable to get Kovalchuk to commit to Tinseltown. With the addition of Kovalchuk the L.A. Kings would have been one of the ...

After years of youngsters growing up watching their hockey heroes play, they had two things in mind: I want to play in the NHL and make a lot of money... Before the insanity that is greed crept into the NHL, there were kids that were saying, "I want to play in the NHL and be like my hockey hero." Now before people start jumping on me, saying, "Live in the now," let me ...