A little Heatley perspective for Oil Nation
Pierre LeBrunLuckily 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, 2009You vented ... I'm answering
Pierre LeBrunGripe, gripe, gripe ... that's all you guys do. Oh, wait a minute, I keep asking you every week to do just that! Here's a look at the ones I liked the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009A safer helmet: An idea whose time has come
Pierre LeBrunTORONTO -- Somewhere along the line, the mood in the room shifted. It was gradual, it took a long time, but after years of discussing head shots at t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009Caps' future and our Ducks-Leafs trade advice
Pierre LeBrunJust who is running the ghost ship that is the office of the NHL Players' Association? Well, for now, it's Mike Ouellet and Rolland Lee. Sources conf...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009Penner 'staying classy' in Edmonton
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comDustin Penner's time in Edmonton has been filled with controversy since the Oilers signed him two years ago. But thanks to humor ("Anchorman"!) and, yes, better fitness, the power winger is finding his way.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Ovechkin's fine, Shanny's future and more
Pierre LeBrunAs always, people around the league were theorizing this week that perhaps there's a double standard when it comes to league discipline and star playe...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2009Caps get spark from Ovie-Morrison-Knuble line
Pierre LeBrun...He's a bargain at one year, $1.5 million, and he needed to be with Michael Nylander spending his days in the press box at a $4.875 million cap hit (the Caps...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009Weekend wrap: Gonchar talks, equipment rules
Pierre LeBrun...shooters more open space. Nylander and the Caps The Washington Capitals, I'm told, have been close a couple of times over the past few weeks in loaning veteran center Michael Nylander to a KHL...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009Chatter, chatter, chatter ... GMs in town for draft, trade buzz is up
Pierre LeBrunMONTREAL -- An NHL GM turned to me Wednesday and had the look of a 10-year-old about to go to Disney World. "The next few days are always fun," he sa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 24, 2009Pressure? What pressure? Rangers, Capitals prepare for big Game 7
Pierre LeBrunARLINGTON, Va./WASHINGTON -- I took a looksie at the New York Rangers bench this morning. Seems to me like the gaps between the glass panels were smal...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 28, 2009Varlamov, Brashear in, Nylander out for Capitals
Pierre LeBrun...in the lineup for the first time in the series, at the expense of veteran center Michael Nylander. That's $5.5 million sitting in the press box. No changes for the Rangers. We...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 20, 2009Good morning from Caps practice! Washington skating pretty healthy lineup
Pierre LeBrun...Nicklas Backstrom-Viktor Kozlov • Brooks Laich-Sergei Fedorov-Alexander Semin • Tomas Fleischmann-Michael Nylander-Eric Fehr • Brashear-Dave Steckel-Matt Bradley/Gordon Defenseman Tom Poti skated. He nursed...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2009Good morning from Caps practice! Washington skating pretty healthy lineup
Pierre LeBrun...Nicklas Backstrom-Viktor Kozlov • Brooks Laich-Sergei Fedorov-Alexander Semin • Tomas Fleischmann-Michael Nylander-Eric Fehr • Brashear-Dave Steckel-Matt Bradley/Gordon Defenseman Tom Poti skated. He nursed...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2009QOTW answers: Which player gets your MVP vote?
Pierre LeBrunWell, well! Thank you, ESPN.com puckheads, for setting a record for responses in the Question of the Week. Who knew you felt so strongly about the Har...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009Sunday roundup: 2009-10 Euro openers in jeopardy; Nylander staying in D.C.?
Pierre LeBrun...to 10 days in what one source called a "critical, critical meeting." And elsewhere ... Caps center Michael Nylander has been on the trade block almost all season, but word out of Washington is that...
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