Archive for the 'Front Office' Category

5 Coaches On The Brink

Insane, isn’t it? The season hasn’t even started – hell, training camp either – and here’s PTH already jumping the gun on which coaches may be thrown overboard if they don’t get their ship pointing in the right direction (i.e.: away from Port Suckage). In the last few years we saw the Leafs, Senators, Thrashers […]

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Dog Days of Summer: August 27

In keeping with our dog-day posts, here is a round-up of the latest in the hockey world.
Heeeeeere’s Bert! — Todd Bertuzzi was introduced to the Calgary media yesterday and as you’d expect it was quite the scrum. Canadian hockey fans are starved for news, and Big Bert talking to them was like finding Alessandra Ambrosio […]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Oilers Add GM, Maturity

Also notable in last week’s paltry news cycle was some front office shuffling by the Edmonton Oilers. In a rather surprising move, the Oilers moved current GM Kevin Lowe to the position of President of Hockey Operations, and hired old-glove Steve Tambelini. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s always been a kinda background […]

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Blackhawks Get Yoda

Let’s keep with the Hawks for today…
This offseason has been nothing short of spectacular for Chicago Blackhak fans. On UFA day they land netminder Cristobal Huet, and ultra-coveted D-man Brian Campbell,  they sign a couple of other players, then they name budding star Jonathan Toews as captain. But there’s more! The Hawks hold a very […]

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Salary Cap? Whatever…

While perusing on of our favorite sites NHL Numbers (thanks Johnny!), we started going over each team’s salary hit and how much room they have left to make deals. Some teams, because of their recent activity find themselves over the $56.7 million cap. Teams like the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks are over […]

Thursday, July 17th, 2008