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The Vancouver Canucks’ 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 21st September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the Vancouver Canucks, which play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. During the off-season, the Canucks had two goals that they desperately wanted to accomplish.  ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 19th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the Toronto Maple Leafs, which play in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference. When Brian Burke was hired as the new General Manager of the Toronto ...

Message To Hollywood; You Just Witnessed Hockey’s Version Of Rudy

Posted: 18th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
On Sept. 17, 2009, over 10 years after Theo Fleury was traded to the Colorado Avalanche, the littlest superstar in NHL history made his comeback to the game, on the same ice that his career began 20 years ago. With his demons and the allegations of his past, Fleury became a 1,000 points man in the NHL and won a Stanley Cup in 1989.  Most experts said that Fleury would never play ...

Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 17th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the Tampa Bay Lightning, which play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The only difference between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Tampa Bay Lightning during ...

St. Louis Blues’ 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 14th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the St. Louis Blues, which play in the Central Division of the Western Conference. Not again.  I am sure those thoughts ran through the minds of President ...

San Jose Sharks 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 14th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I'll be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the San Jose Sharks, which play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Last season, the Sharks changed their head coach.  Gone are Ron Wilson and his ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 13th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the Pittsburgh Penguins, who play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings accomplished something that hasn’t happened in ...

Heatley’s Wish is Granted: Senator is Now a Shark

Posted: 12th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
Dany Heatley finally got a deal he was willing to accept.  It was announced this morning, shortly after he showed up at Senators' Training Camp, that the former two-time 50 goal scorer has been traded, along with a 2010 fifth round pick to the San Jose Sharks for Jonathan Cheechoo, Milan Michalek and a 2010 second round pick.  At the end of the 2008–09 season, Heatley requested a trade from the Ottawa ...

The Phoenix Coyotes’ 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 12th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the Phoenix Coyotes, which play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. I wanted to wait until today to write this review because it was supposed ...

Philadelphia Flyers’ 2009-10 Season Preview

Posted: 9th September 2009 by Fraser Elliott in NHL
I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 campaign.  Let's get a move on with the Philadelphia Flyers, which play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. This maybe the biggest, nastiest version of the Broad Street Bullies since back in ...