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   Forward Martin Havlat has announced his retirement from the NHL after 14 seasons. He played 2 games in 2016 with the St. Louis Blues, his last in the league. In the offseason and during the season, Havlat fought for a contract offer from a team, but never received one. The 35 year old played for the OttawaContinue reading “NHL news: Havlat calls it a career”

   The Boston Bruins are part of the teams that are fighting for the 2nd wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, but have missed the playoffs by 1 point in the last 2 years. They are tied for third in the Atlantic Division with the Toronto Maple Leafs with 58 points, but the LeafsContinue reading “Around the NHL: Bruins fire Julien; Flyers\’ Konecny out with injury”

   One of the aspects of being a solid NHL team is having an outstanding goaltender and an okay backup goalie. 2 teams, the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning have goalies to deal to teams with that need.   The Isles had 3 goalies coming into this season in Thomas Greiss, Jaroslav Halak and JF Berube. ManagementContinue reading “NHL trade outlook: goalies Bishop, Halak can be shopped by teams”

     The St. Louis Blues are 4th in the Central Division with 55 points, and are 2 points out of the 2nd wild card spot in the Western Conference, and recently fired head coach Ken Hitchock, replacing him with Mike Yeo. So you can tell a lot was going on for them. Another hugeContinue reading “Around the NHL: Blues\’ Fabbri will miss rest of season with injury”

Fiddler (left) with Predators earlier in his career   The Nashville Predators have acquired F Vernon Fiddler from the New Jersey Devils for a 4th round draft pick in the 2017 NHL draft. Here\’s why the trade happened.   The Devils have 14 forwards on their roster, not including Fiddler, so there was a lot of competitionContinue reading “NHL trade review: Devils deal Fiddler to Nashville”