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October 25, 2010
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
STAR PLAYERS GET RELIEF
The league has dropped its annual all-star game, saying too many games are being played by its top players, but at the same time is considering an outdoor contest. “When the NHL brings the Winter Classic into an Ontario marketplace, that would be the obvious time we would seize that opportunity,” said commissioner David Branch, using the example of the WHL playing an outdoor game on the same site as this year’s Winter Classic, McMahon Stadium in Calgary, home of the CFL Stampeders. Branch said fatigue was the main factor in abandoning the all-star game. “It just gets to a point where we’re taxing some of our key players far too much and the issue of the number of times we call upon those players was our leading factor.”…
SUMMER STORM
WHEN RILEY SHEAHAN and recruit Jarred Tinordi were both taken in the first round of the 2010 draft, it looked like a pretty good night for Notre Dame hockey. But while Sheahan is returning for a second season in South Bend, Ind., Tinordi won’t be joining him – the Habs first-rounder switched allegiances to the Ontario League’s London Knights. “I talked to him quite a bit when I came to Notre Dame to train,” Sheahan said. “But each person has to make their own decision.” This summer, it seemed like most of those decisions went against the NCAA. Along with Tinordi, the college game lost stars such as Brandon Pirri and Jerry D’Amigo (RPI), Tyler Pitlick (MSU-Mankato) and Nick Leddy, who jumped straight from the University of Minnesota to the Chicago Blackhawks blueline. Losing recruits…
RETRO-FITTING THE CAP
DREW DOUGHTY, STEVEN STAMKOS AND ZACH BOGOSIAN, our cover story principals in this issue, are sublime young talents with dazzling futures. They’re also filthy rich kids who combined, with bonuses, could earn more money this season than the entire roster of the ’91-92 Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins. The correlation? The Pens squad is one of the top 25 ranked teams in NHL history (No. 9, to be precise) as identified by The Hockey News in our recently released book, We are the Champions: The Greatest Hockey Teams of All-Time. It’s also our second-highest placed champ since salaries started being disclosed in 1989-90. When researching the teams that qualified in our top 25, a common theme emerged: they don’t, or can’t, build ’em like that any more. “We had spectacular players,” said Pierre McGuire, an…
SPARE CHANGE FOR 2010-11
THIS IS OUR ANNUAL BUCKS & PUCKS issue, which deals with all things money-related. Of course, when you put money and the NHL together, things rarely make any sense. To wit, here are some financially related things this season that make a person go ‘Hmmmm’ • The guy making the most money for the New York Islanders is being paid $4.76 million to not play hockey for them this season. Hint: It’s Alexei Yashin. And if his recent history holds up, their second-highest paid player, Rick DiPietro, will make $4.5 million to not play this season. • The Nashville Predators could have had Shane O’Brien for nothing on waivers, but instead traded a decent young asset in defenseman Ryan Parent and cleared the decks of his whopping $850,000 salary to make room…
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