51 Results for chris pronger

Wrap-up from BOG meetings

Pierre LeBrun

...the so-called "cheat deals" and its continued investigation of the contracts signed by Marian Hossa, Chris Pronger, Roberto Luongo and, more recently, Marc Savard -- deals the league believes (but may not be able...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009

Your rants, my answers

Pierre LeBrun

I need a ventilator from all your venting. OK, that wasn't that funny. Let's look at the vents I enjoyed the most from this week: jacobsaltiel: Dea...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009

FA talks, Vinny's future and those 'cheat' deals

Pierre LeBrun

...of times this season on the league's investigations of the contracts signed by Marian Hossa, Chris Pronger and Roberto Luongo, the so-called "cheat" deals that bring down the average salary-cap hit...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009

Briere: 'We know we can be better'

Pierre LeBrun

...in Pennsylvania was supposed to have silver spring dreams. The Flyers loaded up with stud blueliner Chris Pronger and were going for it. The young star core led by captain Mike Richards and sniper...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Your rants, my answers

Pierre LeBrun

...seems to me Holmgren has mismanaged the team in relation to the salary cap, causing trouble. [Chris] Pronger was a great player to go out and get, but some of the other moves we...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2009

A little Heatley perspective for Oil Nation

Pierre LeBrun

Luckily for Dany Heatley, Joe Thornton does most of the puck carrying. In fact, the puck usually touches Heatley's stick for about a millisecond befor...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 27, 2009

Critical juncture begins for Ducks

Pierre LeBrun

...either; the Ducks are 27th in the NHL in goals against per game. The losses of Chris Pronger and Francois Beauchemin are being felt. "But as bad as we've played, we're still...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Handing out our quarter-pole winners

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

How about that Nash kid (no, not Steve)? The Blue Jackets' Rick Nash is our MVP through a quarter of the season. Care to see our other winners?

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

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

...clear on another thing: They aren't looking at making every single hit to the head illegal. Chris Neil's thunderous but clean hit on Victor Hedman was a popular example. That was not a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Group to study issue, report in March

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

The NHL's 30 GMs agreed Wednesday to study the idea of making blindside hits to the head illegal next season.

Story | 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

Latest on Isles' goalies, Foppa, GMs meeting

Pierre LeBrun

...down the average cap hit. The league investigations, by the way, continue for the Roberto Luongo, Chris Pronger and Marian Hossa contracts. • In the wake of Don Sanderson's tragic death in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

You vented ... I'm answering

Pierre LeBrun

...couple of years took too strong a hit with the loss of the checking line and Chris Pronger. It seems very clear that Carlyle would be great for a team like Philly that needs...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009

Letang says Hartnell bit him, and Hartnell 'can't say what happened' ... more fuel for the rivalry

Pierre LeBrun

...2 seconds left in the game. Letang and Hartnell then got entangled; so did Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger and Penguins forward Chris Kunitz (both later received 10-minute misconducts). Letang and Hartnell scuffled and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009