Update: 2:19 pm. — In a whirlwind of activity, sources tell ItB that Taro Tsujimoto has been traded back to the Buffalo Sabres for the trademark rights to the Sabres “electric slug” logo. “After we got pegged with the angry tree during the Guardian Project we made the decision to switch things up,” Burke said. [...]
The latest seven-year agreement between the National Hockey League and Molson Canadian is only the tip of the iceberg as the league looks to increase sponsorship revenues. “We’ve bounced a few ideas around,” said John Collins, NHL Chief Operating Officer. “And we really liked it when McDonald’s sponsored the Calgary Flames’ Heritage Classic jerseys so [...]
In what some are already calling the steal of the NHL trading season, the Ottawa Senators fleeced the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 7th round pick for healthy-scratch enthusiast Alexei Kovalev today. As word of the trade spread, people were stunned to hear Kovalev, who many thought had retired five years ago but apparently occasionally played [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle is ready to elevate his game. Kaberle’s agent, Rick Curran, said the always-rumored-to-be-traded rearguard has engineered plans to have the most infuriating, mind-bendingly complex set of trade deadline rumors in the history of the NHL. “Let’s face it, the summer was disappointing. Tomas’ name only appeared in trade rumors [...]
Mario Lemieux longs for the good old days. The superstar-turned-owner continued his tirade against the state of the league today, telling reporters that the NHL was held in much higher regard when he was playing and its standing was publicly being trashed by its most dominant player: him. “I just don’t know how anyone could [...]
Hours after the NHL handed out its ruling on the Penguins and Islanders game that saw a total of 346 penalty minutes handed out, Islanders owner Charles Wang issued a press release stating that because the team could not afford to pay the $100,000 fine the league had imposed on them, they will be holding [...]
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Brent Johnson revealed this morning that he convinced Egyptian President Honsi Mubarak to step down by shaking his fist at him before flying back to fight the Islanders for the second time in days. Mubarak left office following nearly three weeks of protest in the northern African country, but Johnson said it [...]
NHL Disciplinarian Colin Campbell said today he suspended Pittsburgh Penguins enforcer Matt Cooke because he didn’t knock Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Fedor Tyutin unconscious. “I agree with Roenick, it was a chicken shit hit,” Campbell said today. “If you’re going to hit someone like that at least make them woozy. Tyutin got right back up. [...]
Ottawa, Ontario — Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson will be out indefinitely with a back injury that is thought to be stemmed from attempting to carry his entire team for almost three full seasons. “It’s tough to see Alfie go down like that,” said the dude who hangs out behind the Ottawa bench, Cory Clouston. “I [...]
Researchers at the University of Toronto have announced that they will be launching a massive twelve-year study with the hopes of answering one of hockey’s oldest in-arena questions: “Why can’t I have the bottle cap to my beer when the asshole next to me can freely wield a drumstick and a cowbell at their leisure?” [...]
