Welcome Patrick Lalime!
Jul 1, 2008 NHL
Patrick Lalime has signed a 2 year, 2 million dollar deal with the Buffalo Sabres, giving Ryan Miller a new backup goalie. Lalime played for the Blackhawks last year, going 16-12-2 with a 2.82 GAA. He performed well when asked last year, including a 4 game winning streak. He was on WGR earlier this afternoon, and said he had talked about playing 15-20 games. Right where it should be, letting Miller rest on those 3 games in 4 nights, back to back travel games.
No other players on their way to Buffalo yet, although a bunch are off the market. Check the live blog at Mirtle for the full measure. Too much for me to keep up with, what with the 3 month old on my lap. Sabres fans’ dream guy Brooks Orpik is still out there, though, so hope springs yet.
Tags: buffalo, Hockey, lalime, mirtle, NHL, orpik, sabres, signing
Raising the Cup
May 22, 2008 NHL
The NHL’s newest commercial, and a cool one at that. Via Mirtle, who got it via Wyshynski.
Tags: commercial, Hockey, mirtle, NHL, stanley cup, wyshynski
Man-Games Lost to Injury
Mar 18, 2008 NHL
If you were wondering just how many games have been lost due to injury for your favorite team this year, James Mirtle has compiled the list (from data at one of the NHL’s sites) here. You can see that teams like Boston and Carolina do have a leg to stand on with their playing of the injury card, though it doesn’t take into account how important certain players would be. Games lost by Michael Ryan count the same as games lost by Jaro Spacek.
Tags: B-Lo Sports, boston, bruins, Carolina, Hockey, Hurricanes, mirtle, NHL, ryan, sabres, Spacek
Roy, Pommers Stepping It Up
As you can see from the latest Top 30 in 30 at Mirtle’s blog, Derek Roy and Jason Pominville have been top 5 forwards for the past month. They’ve combined for 39 points in the 8 games during that stretch. I wasn’t sure about Pominville and the captaincy, but these past couple of games have especially seemed pretty positive for him as a leader. Here’s hoping they keep it up for the stretch run.
Tags: B-Lo Sports, captain, Hockey, mirtle, NHL, pominville, roy, sabres
