NEWS AND NOTES

The story of the week page has been updated!!!

the story is about if Sam Gagner will make the Edmonton Oilers. its by Terry Jones of The Edmonton Sun 

 HOPE YOU CHECK IT OUT,

SCOTTY

Hey guys sorry no other updates yesterday. Here is a rumor by Hockeybuzz.com's "EKLUND": After Habs rookie Goalie Carey price had a good night against the Ottawa Senators stopping 8 of 10 shots.(the goals were not his fault). The rumors are now coming up that Jaroslav Halak will be traded. Eklund believes to Edmonton or San Jose. He says the deal could go down in the next 24-48 hours!!! In MY Opinion:If it's not to San Jose or Edmonton it will be to the Columbus Blue Jackets and we would pick up Nikolai Zherdev.

Anyways so far that is it I will put this in the rumor page to!,

SCOTTY 

In an amzing turn of events the Chicago Blackhawks have signed d-man Brent Sopel who was in a try-out with the Red Wings. He travelled with the Wings to Toronto yesterday afternoon and was scheduled to play. He then notified the Wings thath e was in serious contract talks. the deal is done. (PER TSN FOR THIS WHOLE STORY)

I may not have many updates today I might be taking in The Presidents Cup which is being held in my home town of Montreal!

Have A Great Day

Finally it has been updated

SORRY FOR YESTERDAY

Maybe an update tonight late around 10:30 dont completely expect it though,

SCOTTY

P.S. STORY OF THE WEEK UPDATED SUNDAY!!! 

Hey guys the rumors blog has been updated a bit im really running low with bloggers please send me an e-mail so i can get more people!!! Also please leave comments on the "WHAT DO YOU THINK" page.

Thanks You,

Scotty 

The Calgary Flames finally won a pre season game as Kipper stole the show. The Flames fell behind 2-0 in the first 1:04 in the first period with goals from Marleau and Rissmiller. Juice came back with two goals to tie the game. the Flames were outshot 34-20.

There are still a lot concern here in Calgary they have not played a full good game yet. Kipper stole the game and juice played his best game of the pre season.

Hey guys sorry to finally get back to you just now. there will not be an update today sadly not much has gone on but from tomorrow morning to tomorrow night there should be plenty of updates!!!Have a great night.

IM STILL LOOKING FOR BLOGGERS my e-mail is on HOME PAGE.

PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS ON THE "WHAT DO YOU THINK PAGE",

Scotty 

Some Juicy stuff check it out please. And please sign the "WHAT DO YOU THINK PAGE"

Thank you,

Scotty 

Hey guys i'd like to apologize about me not posting yesterday. I was a little under the weather but I know i should have  left a little post to tell you guys.

ONCE AGAIN SORRY,

Scotty 

Thanks to RDS.CA and Eklund from Hockeybuzz for these names of people put on waivers TODAY:

NAMES IN BLUE ARE MORE NOTABLE NAMES

Penguins
Deryk Engelland

Hurricanes
Wade Brookbank
Tim Conboy
David Gove
Brandon Nolan

Blue Jackets
Dan Smith
Andrew Murray

Thrashers
Kevin Doell
Jesse Schultz

Capitals
Jason Morgan

Islanders
Steve Regier
Tim Jackman
Kip Brennan
Matthew Spiller
Drew Fata
Joey MacDonald

Ducks
Joe Callahan
Mike Hoffman
Matt Keith
Dan Lacouture

Kings
Brendan Buckley
Petr Kanko
Oleg Tverdovsky
Cloutier, Dan

Stars
Trevor Byrne
Marius Holtet
Toby Petersen

This list not to surprising except that means Krys Kolanos must of been offered a contract also pretty much mean that Adam Pardy is being considered on this team of the Flames.


Gord Baldwin (D)
Kris Chucko (RW)
Brad Cole (D)
Cam Cunning (LW)
Ryan Donally (LW)
Matt Keetley (G)
Krys Kolanos (C)
Kevin Lalande (G)
Tomi Maki (LW)
Matt Pelech (D)
Tim Ramholt (D)
Dan Ryder (C)
Aki Seitsonen (RW)

Please if you come to this site PLEASE sign  the YOUR THOUGHTS PAGE GUESTBOOK i need to know what is wrong or right or what i have to improve.I know the POP-Ups im trying to get that figured out i believe you have to pay i am not at that stage yet. IM SORRY IF YOU EXPECTED MORE,

SCOTTY

ALSO I AM IN NEED OF A LOT MORE BLOGGERS PLEASE E-MAIL ME THE ADDRESS IS ON THE HOME PAGE! 

Hey guys i know you guys have waited a while there is something really wrong with my computer. Anyway a couple things I saw at the Habs practice sunday!:

They have great solid young players that can do a lot. Some are not ready and need another year in Hamilton or with there junior teams.Anyway I heard Pierre Mcguire say that there recent draft pick Ryan Mcdonagh has about 1 year and a half to 2 years.They have a great chance at winning the cup in about 2-5 years!!!

 Anyway i am hearing from Yahoo Sports that The Ottawa Senators have had a couple discussions with goalie Curtis Joseph and also ex-leaf Jeff O'neil. Also hearing from THE PROVINCE which is a Vancouver paper that this might be Naslunds last year as Swedish Elite League team MODO has shown lots of interest!

ANYWAY thats it for now,maybe another update tonight,

SCOTTY 

Here on my notes from the first day at Calgary Flames camp

ROOKIES

Dustin Boyd played like a monster by far the best skater was great     today(http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00071963)

Tim Ramholt best day in camp played the best defenisively he has was 10 times better today than the rookie camp Tim showed up today(http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00062804)

Leland Irving Played very well today didn't look rusty at all did a better job controlling his rebounds.(http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00077285)

Matt Keetly. Matt was a super star made some terrific saves but sometimes made it harder than it made to be gave up some rebounds but I think he is the best Flames prospect in goal.(http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00077295)

Kris Chucko Second best forward did some nice hits needs to improve on his skating and build up will be a good one but still a little ways away.(http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00076352)


Tomi Maki needs to finish but he has tons of grit love his determination to grab the puck.(http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=56756)

Veterans

Alex Tanguay
Wow Scored a great goal in the shoot out and five on five he has the best forward on the ice this man can skate.

Matthew Lombardi
Still the fastest player on the team scored two goals three on three this kid is going...

Canes questions heading in to the season

Camp begins shortly and the first pre-season game in on Sunday. (Quick note to make all other fans jealous, the game is free to all. Season ticket holders get their seats for the game and the remaining tickets are given out on a first come first served basis.) This is as good a time as any to talk about the questions surrounding the Hurricanes as the season starts. I’ll do the offense today and the defense and goalies in a few days.

Area 1 – Offense

The question on offense this season isn’t where is the scoring going to come from or will there be enough balance. The question is who dresses and who sits. Matt Cullen left after the Stanley Cup victory and neither Letwoski, Bellanger nor Vasicek were able to fill the void he left. After Cullen signed with the Rangers I initially thought, like many Canes fans, thought that as much as Id like to have Cullen here the price was too high and it was money better spent elsewhere. We were all wrong. Cullen brought grit, depth and versatility to the forward lines. He’s a natural center but can...

For a minute here im gonna go a little off topic and give my thoughts and prayers to all people who lost there family or friends in the September 11th incident.

GOD BLESS AMERICA,

SCOTTY 

We got a new blogger he is gonna blog for the avs this is the story of how he became an Avalanche fan!!!

My name is Josh. I grew up watching the Flyers since we didn't have hockey in Colorado until 1995. When the Avs came to Denver my dad tried to buy season tickets but couldn't reserve 4 seats together so we were stuck watching games on TV. As the season progressed, we became less of Flyers fans and more of Avs fans. They had really taken the city by storm around January and by the playoffs, Denver was going nuts. I remember Adam Foote's comment during the Avs parade after winning the cup; he said, "I had no idea that many people lived in Denver." I knew that Denver had become a hockey town and I've been a fan ever since.

For HOCKEYGURU'S first post he decided to do a head-to-head with the toronto goalies Vesa Toskala vs Andrew Raycroft here it is...

Vesa Toskala:

38 games played
2,141 minutes played
26-10-1 record
84 GA
914 shots against
4 Shutouts
2.35 GAA
.908 save %

Andrew Raycroft

72 games played
4,108 minutes played
37-25-9 record
205 goals against
1,931 shots against
2 shutouts
2.99 GAA
.894 Save %

The tale of tape is quite clear if you ask me. I mean if there is any battle in goal for the Leafs you have to believe it will be a short one.

Vesa is the obvious choice for many reason. He is quicker and sharper, has better reflexes and a nicer mask!!!! Anyways here is a quick link to Vesa 1st practice as a Leaf.

http://www2.sportsnet.ca/...0906_Toskala_takes_to_ice


While Andrew had a Leaf record in wins he just isn't what the Leafs needed last year. He let in bad goals and couldn't steal one when the Leafs needed him to the most.

Anyways this blog will be short. Next week will look at what Canadian team has the best captain.

HockeyGuru!

Our first blogger to my new site will be a Carolina Hurricanes blogger here is his story on how he became a Canes' FAN!!!

Life story, in a nut shell.

As with most people in the Raleigh area I'm a transplant. I'm originally from Normal, Illinois. I was actually born in Bloomington but who wouldn't want to say there from Normal? It's truly an ice breaker.

Normal is in mid-state Illinois. Almost half way between Chicago and St. Louis. Blackhawk and Cubs territory. The Blues were big in Peoria who has the Rivermen, and I think that's the reason Bloomington/Normal was Blackhawk territory. Bloomington/Normal and Peoria are rivals on the order of the Leafs and the Canadiens.

My first true taste of hockey came when my cousin, who was from Chicago and whose family had much more money than ours (his dad, my mom's brother actually owned the apartment building we were living in at the time) started playing hockey. Needless to say I was beyond jealous. Bloomington/Normal had no ice rink. Ice Skating only happened when the ice on the lake was 10 inches thick. Something that never happened when I lived in Illinois. Skating, let alone playing...