Rule 32.2 As there is a human factor involved in blowing the whistle to stop play, the Referee may deem the play to be stopped slightly prior to..
..the whistle actually being blown. The fact that the puck may come loose or cross the goal line prior to the sound of the whistle has no bearing..
In what is nearly universally believed to be the most anticipated signing of Free Agency 2010, the New York Rangers have secured the services of forward Tim Kennedy. Yes, THAT Tim Kennedy. Kennedy, the much-balleyhooed winger who was totally NOT waived and then bought out by the Buffalo Sabres earlier this summer – where’d you [...]
The National Hockey League at long last approved a 15-year contract that would send Ilya Kovalchuk to the New Jersey Devils Monday, only to have Kovalchuk retire immediately afterwards at the age of 42. “It was really exciting to hear we had finally gotten it done. It’s been a long process,” Kovalchuk said after receiving [...]
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday evening that the New Jersey Devils continued insistence on signing Ilya Kovalchuk remains the one major roadblock to the summer-long saga being over. As it was widely reported, the Devils made a second effort towards signing Kovalchuk earlier this week, only to be rebuffed when the framework of the [...]
In an announcement that shocked few, if anyone, across the hockey world Tuesday night, unsigned center Kyle Wellwood announced at a press conference that he is willing to take a job with any team that offers food as compensation. Wellwood, a serviceable center at 27 years old, is one of many low-to-mid level free agents [...]
The New Jersey Devils announced this morning that Ilya Kovalchuk has signed the exact same 17-year $102 million contract that was rejected by the NHL two weeks ago, and are submitting it to the league along with a recently discovered birth certificate that claims the Russian is 23, not 27. “It was our bad really,” [...]
Ok, Ok, I know I’ve been promising to do this for weeks again and haven’t. But we’ve been busy! Honest! It’s that time of year when the wind stops blowing, the world stops turning and October actually seems farther away than it did in June. But there are still people out there rocking some good, [...]
The National Hockey League is trying out some radical ideas at its research and development camp to make the game more appealing and successful to the masses this week, including adding quarterbacks, changing the ice to turf and calling itself the NFL. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league is open to any and all [...]
Yeah, so it’s totally mid August, and even Tomas Kaberle can’t keep us in business this week. We’re in the process of putting together a season preview package, but in the meantime, uh, August sucks. Especially if you’re a freaking Mets fan. We’re seriously cursing every day that the New York Mets don’t have a [...]
Peter Forsberg sent shockwaves across the hockey world this weekend when he told any media organization who would listen that his foot still hurts and he is still sad about it. “I just wanted to let everyone know that I wasn’t able to help my friend Bjorn move this weekend because my foot is still [...]
After months of speculation, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a blockbuster deal that will send the Leafs’ next 13 first round draft picks to other teams in the Northeast division on a rotating schedule. Speculation has run rampant this summer that Kaberle, who has a brief [...]