NHL
Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Harrison Mooney) —
The Phoenix Coyotes are used to difficult offseasons, but this one looked even trickier. On top of looking for an owner, as usual, the club ran the risk of looking for a new General Manager and head coach as well, as the contracts of both Dave Tippett and Don Maloney were set to expire on June 30. There was some talk that neither would receive a new deal until the Coyotes had found an owner....
NBCSports.com: ProHockeyTalk (Jason Brough) —
"The NHL remains committed to securing the Coyotes' future in Glendale under new ownership, and we believe Don's long-term agreement evidences that he is equally committed," said the deputy commish.
Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Sean Leahy) —
Entering Game 5 Friday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins are looking to do something they've yet to accomplish under head coach Dan Bylsma: close out a playoff series on home ice. "I'm aware," Bylsma told reporters Friday about that little blip on his NHL resume. Since Bylsma replaced Michel Therrien in Feb. 2009, the Penguins have had six chances to initiate a handshake line on the ice at...
NBCSports.com: ProHockeyTalk (Jason Brough) —
Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish is actively shopping his team’s seventh overall draft pick. “We’ve talked to a number of teams about that seventh pick and moving that pick in either direction,” MacTavish told season-ticket holders Thursday evening, per 630 CHED. “I think that’s something that we’re very amenable to. “If we do move...
Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Harrison Mooney) —
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Detroit Lions' defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh discovers the difference between the NHL and the NFL in his fair city., At football games, people throw flags. At hockey games, they throw cephalopods. • Don Cherry...
Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) —
Based on the last two seasons, we’re working on a theory about the Los Angeles Kings: Their success in the postseason is in direct proportion with the amount of incredible gaffes and bloopers the local media makes about the team and its players. For example: Liz Habib is a sports reporter for FOX 11 in Los Angeles. She occasionally does LA Kings highlights. In the playoffs, they tend to go...