37 Results for chris hope

Your rants: Leafs fans want intelligent moves

Pierre LeBrun

Oh boy, we've got some disgruntled puck heads out there again this week. I'll do my best to help you out, my friends. Here's 10 rants and my take on t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

A safer helmet: An idea whose time has come

Pierre LeBrun

...come back and we make adjustments that we hope will rectify and improve the safety and durability...making every single hit to the head illegal. Chris Neil's thunderous but clean hit on Victor...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Wrapping up Day 1 of the GM meetings

Pierre LeBrun

...at the same Toronto hotel where the NHL's 30 GMs were also meeting. • Is Chris Chelios on the verge of coming back to the NHL? Phoenix Coyotes GM Don Maloney dropped the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Kovy's other option, Hawks talks, latest with union

Pierre LeBrun

...until Oct. 31 to elect their new reps. Still representing Detroit on Sunday's call will be Chris Chelios, and you can expect he'll once again be railing against interim executive director Ian Penny...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2009

Weekend wrap: Gonchar talks, equipment rules

Pierre LeBrun

...each individual goalie, instead of a uniform maximum pad size as they are now. The league still hopes to see the rules change go into effect next season. The point of all this, of course...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009

Sure, it's early, but tonight's Hawks-Wings clash still carries weight for both sides

Pierre LeBrun

...Louis Arena. The Red Wings are trying to avoid an 0-3-0 start, while the Blackhawks hope to make an early statement in their bid to wrestle away the Central Division crown. It's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009

Report from Helsinki: Blackhawks shouldn't be too disappointed by season-opening loss

Pierre LeBrun

...by 55 shots." Lots of shots, but not enough finish, and that's what coach Joel Quenneville hopes to see more of Saturday. "There were a lot of loose pucks in the last part of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Agent for Toews, Kane meets with Hawks; NHL still looking into Pronger, Hossa, Luongo deals

Pierre LeBrun

...t mean the NHL has backed off on its objections over the contracts signed by Marian Hossa, Chris Pronger and, more recently, Roberto Luongo. A source told ESPN.com this weekend that the league is...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2009

U.S. camp report: Modano lone mainstay from Team USA's glory days

Pierre LeBrun

...of these players here this week were pups in September 1996, when Modano, Mike Richter, Keith Tkachuk, Chris Chelios, Tony Amonte et al. delivered the most important hockey victory in this country since the 1980...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 17, 2009

Koivu said he didn't want to get in brother's way; update on Sergei Zubov's future

Pierre LeBrun

NHL Rumor Central Get all the latest trade talk and free-agency buzz right here at Rumor Central. • NHL Rumor Central For the record,...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 08, 2009

Wonder why Red Wings are so quiet this July? It was all part of Detroit's plan

Pierre LeBrun

...get Jiri Hudler done and you can add in a significant number for him," said Holland, who hopes to settle on an agreement with Hudler before the forward's salary arbitration case. "Then the rest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 06, 2009

Goalie Brian Boucher leaves one pressure cooker (San Jose) for another (Philly)

Pierre LeBrun

...good team right now. The East is tough, but I think Philly is a team now with [Chris] Pronger and [Kimmo] Timonen on the back end. Those are two of the most solid D-men...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2009

Day 2 draft buzz: Teams calling Detroit about Hossa; latest on Sedin twins, Khabibulin

Pierre LeBrun

...better than what we offered." Another pending UFA is veteran forward Mikael Samuelsson, and there's still hope on that front. "I talked to Samuelsson's agent a couple of days ago, and we're...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2009

Niedermayer will play next season

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

Veteran star defenseman Scott Niedermayer has decided to return for the 2009-10 NHL season, according to his agent.

Story | Conversation | June 26, 2009

Part of Pens' plan out of Ducks' book

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

The Penguins have climbed back into these Cup finals, and they've done so in part by stealing a page out of the Anaheim Ducks' playbook: hit any Red Wings player that moves.

Story | Conversation | June 05, 2009