Morning Skate: Divisional review

...has been just fine with Jagr, while Gomez has found his way on a line with Brendan Shanahan and Sean Avery. Good thinking, coach. The Rangers host the rival Islanders on Monday. Northeast Despite...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2007

The Souray chase

...could deal a roster player (Matt Cullen?) and/or offer less money to their own UFA Brendan Shanahan to create the cap space for another major addition. Fourth, Souray might be waiting to sign...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 06, 2007

Bad traffic, good Sabres

So, I tried to make it home before the start of tonight's second round. There is a two-lane road that leads you away from the ESPN "campus" (sorry, al...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 25, 2007

Presidents' Trophy curse?

...Conference top seed, Ottawa. But Detroit would not go far in the playoffs. With Pavel Datsyuk, Brendan Shanahan and Tomas Holmstrom combining for just two goals in the entire series, the eighth-seeded Oilers...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 05, 2007

Curmudgeon's Week 17 Six Pack

...Week 17: Monday: Detroit over New York Rangers. Let's all cry a melancholy tear as Brendan Shanahan faces his old teammates. He left Detroit to live in New York for $4 mil? Oh...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 03, 2007

My top moments from Big D

...8226; Early in the game, East coach Lindy Ruff opted to put Rangers veteran winger Brendan Shanahan on a line with super-kids Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. Shanahan, who turned 38 on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2007

Weekend Rewind

The most interesting news of the weekend broke Friday evening, when Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie, reportedly not happy with some of the terms an...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2006

Summer Report: New York Rangers

...little later in the summer. On July 9, the club signed another three-time Cup winner, Brendan Shanahan. The 37-year-old left winger, who signed a one-year, $4 million deal, scored 40...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 28, 2006

Summer Report: New York Rangers

...little later in the summer. On July 9, the club signed another three-time Cup winner, Brendan Shanahan. The 37-year-old left winger, who signed a one-year, $4 million deal, scored 40...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 28, 2006

Summer Report: Red Wings

Red Wings GM Ken Holland spent the first half of the summer pondering his goaltending situation. He decided last year's starter, Manny Legace, just wa...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 31, 2006

My five least favorites

...a playoff warrior, why does he wear those Garth Snow-sized shoulder pads? You should see Brendan Shanahan's shoulder pads; they look like they've been borrowed from Eddie Shore. Now that's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2006

Defending the gold

...be any worse off? I don't think so. In fact, Gretzky & Co. could have named Brendan Shanahan, Brenden Morrow, Paul Kariya, Sidney Crosby or any number of other Canadian stars instead of Bertuzzi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 21, 2005

Gretzky's Olympians In Place

...Ryan Smyth. The final spot on the left side could go to one of the following: Brendan Shanahan, Brenden Morrow, Sidney Crosby, Eric Staal or Rick Nash. If Gretzky feels he needs a little...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2005

...as Blues GM, Keenan acquired a then-unproven Pronger from Hartford for St. Louis fan favorite Brendan Shanahan in the summer of 1995. In his new post in South Florida, Keenan has the cap...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2005

...Toronto. The committee is chaired by NHL vice president Colin Campbell and includes players Trevor Linden, Brendan Shanahan, Rob Blake and Jarome Iginla, general managers Bob Gainey, Kevin Lowe, David Poile and Don Waddell...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 19, 2005