Cory Sarich hoping for one last shot at NHL following bike accident Cory Sarich last played an NHL game on April 1, 2014. He didn’t finish the final seven regular season games for the Colorado Avalanche nor did he play in their seven-game first-round series against the Minnesota Wild. Nearly a year and a half later, the 37-year old defenseman is hoping to make a comeback after a severe bike … [Read more...]

Bryce Salvador announces retirement after 14 NHL seasons New Jersey Devils captain Bryce Salvador played 15 games last season, missing the glut of the campaign with a bulging disc in his back. That’s after playing just 40 in the previous season.  On Wednesday, Salvador announced his retirement from the NHL in a article on The Players' Tribune. Today, I am retiring from the National Hockey … [Read more...]

Anze Kopitar, LA Kings significantly apart on contract talks Hopefully Los Angeles Kings general manager Dean Lombardi has an electric foot massager or one of those lavender scented happy eye pillows, because the stress on this guy just keeps increasing.  On top of the Slava Voynov decision, on top of his decision to terminate Mike Richards’ contract and the NHLPA fighting it, on top of … [Read more...]

Cashing out on Dustin Byfuglien (Trending Topics) It's every Winnipeg columnist's dream: a Jets team minus All-Star defenseman Dustin Byfuglien.  And it could be a reality sooner than later. Byfuglien is entering the final season of his current contract — a five-year deal that pays him at a $5.2 million AAV, and the actual dollar value trending up to this coming season's $6 million — and is … [Read more...]

Tyler Seguin called out by ex-Leafs CEO for 6 a.m. parties We’ve written about a lot of shocking stories here, but perhaps none more confounding as what you’re about to read. OK, deep breath: A 23-year-old, who gets his summers off work, is having parties until 6 a.m. in August and failing to properly clean up his trash. And that’s why we have capital punishment, people. The true patriot who … [Read more...]

Milan Lucic dreams of playing for Canucks (after LA Kings Cup run) Milan Lucic has yet to play his first game as a member of the Los Angeles Kings, and already his thoughts are drifting to where he’ll play next.  OK, that’s the pitiless summary of what Lucic said on “The Bro Jake Show” on TSN 1040 during Monday’s interview, but it captures the spirit of the thing: Lucic, a Vancouver native, … [Read more...]

Can Phil Kessel break 40 goals with Pittsburgh Penguins? There’s an expectation that Phil Kessel is going to reach new and exciting offensive heights with the Pittsburgh Penguins. His career best numbers were achieved in 2011-12: 37 goals and 45 assists for 82 points in 82 games. (Although he had a higher points-per-game average of 1.08 in 2012-13 and a higher goals per game average in … [Read more...]