http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?blogger_id=89Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:34:54 -0500 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=13293 According to John Dellapina of the NY Daily News , the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist have agreed on a six-year deal worth around $6.5 million per season, which may make second in annual salary among goaltenders just behind Roberto Luongo and first in total salary package. The question is this a smart signing or not? Lundqvist, who signed a one-year, $4.25 million deal this summer - which at the tim Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:34:54 -0500rangers lundqvist montoya valiquette sather http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=12152 This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every positive and negative on each team nor meant to include every player - though it might seem that way - but is more of an overview of the teams with several of the more salient points and players included. Thanks to the fellow bloggers who provided their feedback and suggestions. (Warning – blog is long so give yourself time to read it or print Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:08:37 -0500rangers islanders devils http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=10880 In keeping with our theme (Part I and Part II) of how the three Metropolitan coaches reacted after getting blasted on October 27, after discussing Tom Renney and Brent Sutter, we now cover Ted Nolan. The Islanders loss to Carolina was in a large part due to their six-day layoff, and for those of you who don’t believe repetition, a set schedule and constant games are a good thing, see what hap Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:22:32 -0500hunter fedotenko comrie dipietro nolan guerin arbour http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=10847 In keeping with our theme (http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=10769) – sorry for the delay in providing the Devils and Islanders parts of the articles as real life interceded (sorry 19inarow and C.J.) – of how the three Metropolitan (thanks for the correction Fologino334) coaches reacted after getting blasted on October 27, we now cover Brent Sutter. The Devils and Sutter followed Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:51:35 -0500devils sutter gionta parise zajac brodeur clarkson pandolfo madden zubrus elias http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=10769 All three NY locals lost last Saturday, looking bad while doing it, as the Rangers were dumped 4-1 by Toronto, the Devils were blasted in the home opener at the Rock 4-1 and the Islanders - coming off an six-day layoff - were blasted 8-3 by Carolina. Following games like these is where coaches earn their money. Do they make radical changes or just stick with the status quo? In the case of the R Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:48:09 -0400rangers devils islanders jagr shanahan drury gomez renney lundqvist avery dawes prucha http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=10562 No the title is not a misprint, the Rangers finally ended their goal-scoring schneid at 126 minutes, scoring 57 seconds into their contest with New Jersey Thursday, and winning the game 2-0. The Garden faithful, rather than booing the home team from the get-go, bathed the Red, White and Blue in cheers and were rewarded when Nigel Dawes lit the lamp after a poor change and turnover by New Jersey Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:22:01 -0400rangers devils dawes prucha lundqvist drury girardi dubinsky gomez http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=10484 Heading into the season, most casual hockey fans would have assumed that the Devils’ play would be similar to that of years past, where they would struggle on offense but keep games close due to their strong defensive system and Martin Brodeur in net. That theory is somewhat off base as new coach Brent Sutter brought more of a puck-control, free-wheeling style to the Meadowlands – soon to be P Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:51:32 -0400devils brodeur sutter lamoriello asham clarkson bergfors white rafalski madden parise zajac elias martin weekes http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=10429 Through the first six games of the season, the Rangers had scored 13 goals while surrendering only 15, which is a stark contrast from the prior year, when in the same amount of contests, the team had scored 25 goals and given up 25. Just like 2006-07, the Rangers scored the same of goals - zero - in Game Seven, but this it was against Manny Fernandez, who had given up 10 goals his prior two games Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:35:01 -0400tim thomas many fernandez tomas vokoun Gomez drury jagr renney marcel hossa sather shanahan lundqvist cullen dubinsky callahan malik prucha scatchard dawes bourret http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=9502 Sorry for the lack of posts lately, real life interceded. Will post a Devils preview when I can but here are a few quick fantasy tidbits heading into pools: - The non-displaced fracture to Mathieu Schneider's left ankle is expected to sideline him until mid-October, though he will remain on crutches for two more weeks. He is to undergo an MRI in early October, and there is a good chance he will Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:44:30 -0400pogge bernier price rask zajac parise brylin clarkson langenbrunner salo bieksa beauchemin niedermayer schneider irving helenius schwarz montoya harding http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=9020 For those of you who missed my Introductory blog and Part I of the NY Metropolitan preview, here is the link: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=8984 On the Island, the Islanders were aggressive last year at the trading deadline, dealing away Nilsson, O’Marra and a #1 pick for Ryan Smyth, which helped them make the playoffs, added more respectability to the organization and resulted Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:56:07 -0400Islanders O'Marra Nilsson Smyth Nolan Snow Blake Poti Zednik Kozlov Fedotenko Sim Comrie Yashin Guerin Hunter Campoli Vasicek