Originally cross posted at Goon's World. NHL Fanhouse blogger Bruce Ciskie has an interesting blog post about former Gopher Paul Martin and his free agency status. You would have to wonder if the Minnesota Wild wouldn’t entertain signing him to appease the State of Hockey. What do you think? Would he fit into the Wild’s plans? The Minnesota Wild need two t op-nine forwards and have $11.5 million in free cap space to spend. The Minnesota Wild have 19 players signed so far. ...
Niklas Backstrom got his first win in three weeks, and the Minnesota Wild scored three power-play goals against Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo, sending him to the bench early in a 6-2 victory over the Canucks on Sunday ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Wild coach Todd Richards, an assistant with the San Jose Sharks last season, wasn't exactly savoring the idea of his team facing the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night ...
MONTREAL – Canadiens General manager Bob Gainey announced Tuesday that the Club agreed to a one-year contract with defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron. As per Club policy, financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed ... Source: http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=501230 ... A native of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Bergeron played in 72 of the Minnesota Wild 82 regular-season games in 2008-09 recording 32 points (14 goals including seven on the power-play, and 18 assists), served 30
Editor's note: Wamsley is a contributor for the "Habs Eyes on the Prize" blog and is also editor of the Fantasy Sense Hockey site. He offered to provide a fantasy preview for the Hurricanes and we were thrilled to oblige! The fantasy expert has already previewed the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Buffalo Sabres. Good luck to him in completing all 30 teams before October! ... By the way, we will be starting a Hockey Wilderness Fantasy Hockey league on Yahoo within the next
Today on NHL Home Ice (XM channel 204 / Sirius 208) at 4pm Central the Power Play show will be talking to Todd Richards and reviewing "5 Burning Questions" with regard to the Wild's upcoming 2009-10 season ... If you don't have a current subscription to XM / Sirius, you can sign up for a free trial to listen online here: https://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio ... Sorry for the late notice, I only found out about it when I tuned in at 3pm ...
Martin Havlat saw the writing on the wall in Chicago when they signed winger Marian Hossa to a 12-year contract earlier in the day. The Wild jumped on the chance at grabbing the free-agent winger ... ''We are excited to add the speed and scoring of Martin Havlat to our lineup,'' Wild GM Chuck Fletcher said late Wednesday night. ''He is a terrific two-way player.'' ... Havlat had some serious injury problems in his 3-season tenure with the Blackhawks, but managed to stay healthy throughout all