It’s that time of year when a pile of trade rumours are in the wind. There’s a lot of talk about key players being shifted from team to team with the trade deadline fast approaching. As always, we’ll have your up-to-the-minute trade deadline coverage when that magical day arrives; in fact, we’re going to start [...]

At the risk of annoying some less-than-compassionate readers, there’s more news on the Sidney Crosby front. It turns out that the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar has a soft-tissue neck injury. The injury is causing swelling in his two top vertebrae and went undiagnosed for weeks, maybe months. A few days ago, it was reported that Crosby [...]

Team Alfredsson may have picked up the win at the NHL All-Star skills competition on Saturday, but Team Chara wound up getting the last laugh with the win in the All-Star Game itself. Chara’s squad went on to a 12-9 win. Marian Gaborik led the way with a hat trick for his team, while Joffrey [...]

Sidney Crosby’s latest setback has come thanks to a neck injury. That’s the word coming from Pat Brisson, Crosby’s agent, and the Pittsburgh Penguins organization. Crosby has a goal to play this season, Brisson said, but there’s still no timetable for his return. “(The diagnosis] gives him a bit more of a direction,” Brisson said. [...]

As Team Chara and Team Alfredsson faced off on Saturday evening at Scotiabank Place, fun was in the air. Alfredsson’s team wound up winning the All-Star skills competition, much to the delight of the hometown crowd, but it was Zdeno Chara who put up the big number to wow everyone in attendance. Chara, perhaps to [...]

The teams have been selected for the All-Star weekend and the battles lines have been drawn. Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara were drawn as captains and the crowd on hand for the selection in Ottawa was digging it every step of the way. Chara won the first selection and went with Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk for [...]