Posts Tagged ‘New York Islanders’

The Hat Trick: Who Is Passing Out Valentines

Monday, February 14th, 2011 Written by:

Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day, but no so much in the NHL these days. After a fight filled week of Bruins-Canadiens, Islanders-Penguins and Wild-Blues, suspensions, tempers and emotions are running at a high in the NHL. Even one of the greats of the league is not happy at what is happening around [...]

NHL Hat Trick: Holiday Shopping For Some NHL Teams

Monday, December 6th, 2010 Written by:

Holiday shopping has begun and as mall parking lots become a hazard zone people search high and low for that perfect gift for their special someone. So in the spirit of the holiday shopping in this week’s Pucking Awesome Hat Trick we will take a look at what is on some teams wish lists.  The [...]

Between the Pipes NHL Recap and Analysis Week 7

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of Week 7 in the 2010-11 NHL Season. Including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Quotes of the Week, Numbers Numbers and Rankings.

The Hat Trick: We Are Going Streaking!

Monday, November 22nd, 2010 Written by:

This week we said goodbye to a hockey legend as Pat Burns finally lost his battle to cancer at the age of 58. The three-time NHL coach of the year and Stanley Cup winner with the Devils in 2003 touched the lives of many owners, coaches and players of today. He will be missed by [...]

The Hat Trick: What Should You Be Watching For This Week in the NHL

Monday, October 25th, 2010 Written by:

What a weekend of hockey with six hat tricks in two days.  Friday saw Steven Stamkos, Rene Bourque and Daniel Alfredsson light the lamp three times. That was only to be followed Saturday by Alexander Semin, Brad Richardson and John Tavares first hat trick of his NHL career.  Alfredsson eight career hat trick also led [...]

Fantasy Focus: Worth It Or Not? Some NHL Waiver Wire Advice After Week 1

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 Written by:

One week into the season and you are either loving your draft a top the standings or scouring the waiver wire trying to reconfigure a new team to compete. Either way the waiver wire and your current roster is full of hits and misses so lets break the forwards down Pucking Awesome style. Pick Up [...]

Fantasy Focus: Weekend Warriors

Friday, October 15th, 2010 Written by:

The season is still in the development phase, and so is your fantasy team.  Waiver wire moves are important but equal is making the decision on whom to make active on a day like Saturday, when 24 teams are in action. So let’s break down the weekend warriors of fantasy studs to watch out for. [...]

Fantasy Focus: Right & Left Wing Draft Rankings

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 Written by:

With Fantasy Hockey draft prep coming soon, Pucking Awesome Fantasy Focus would like to help out with our position by position fantasy draft rankings.  We will also give out some sleepers to watch out for while drafting. Next up the deep position of Left Wing and the sleeper filled position of Right Wing Fantasy LW [...]

The Hat Trick – Free Agent Edition

Monday, July 5th, 2010 Written by:

Happy 4th of July all of our Pucking Awesome readers, and now that we are all full of hot dogs, hamburgers and fireworks we will look back at the fireworks that occurred in the first three days of free agency in this weeks Pucking Awesome Hat Trick. The riches contract was given out before July [...]

FANTASY FOCUS: Waiver Wire Team

Monday, January 18th, 2010 Written by:

The Olympic break is slowly creeping up on Fantasy owners.  As the break hits, this will be a good measuring stick, as teams stuff games into a short time period, to see how your team stacks up.  So to help owners out, we will look at some of the best Waiver Wire pickups to gather [...]

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 15

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 15 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 14

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 14 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 12

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Written by:

Recap of week 12 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 10

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Written by:

Recap of week 10 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

FANTASY FOCUS: Second Season Boom or Bust?

Monday, December 7th, 2009 Written by:

The second season in an NHL player’s career can be a make or break one.  One could have a tremendous rookie and follow that up with a sophomore slump and never regain the magic touch, or just get their feet wet getting use to the speed and break out as a fantasy star.  This week [...]