Trade Deadline: Guerin Shipped Out

With the trade deadline approaching, the Quebec GM has been testing the water on what the interest has been for veteran Bill Geurin. The General Manager of the Nordiques was quoted in saying, "Although we received some fairly decent offers, nothing really tempted us to deal him. We were prepared to hold onto him another year as he provides a good leadership role for the rookies." But that seemed to have changed as in the early hours of Wednesday, as Bill Guerin has been dealt to the Vancouver Canucks. On the way back to Quebec, the Nordiques receive Juraj Kolnik, Ryan Craig, and a 2007 Atlanta Rnd 3 draft pick. Quebec now adds yet another pick to a cupboard already full of good draft picks, including four 1st rounders. However, while this bolsters a Canuck roster, it all seems over for Quebec this season as the biggest event it seems Quebecers have to look forward to is this years Entry Draft. With this move, Vancouver plans to make a push for the Stanley Cup this year and becomes a better team for that push, and a harder team to play against. This trade will benefit both teams and address the needs of each and Quebecers wish nothing but the best for the playoff hopes of Billy Guerin.

Quebec's Hauser Thriving

Quebec Nordiques' farm team from Chicago continues to dominate in the AHL mostly due to the fact that their goalie Adam Hauser is having a career year down there. In 31 games this year, he has posted a 1.94 GAA record which is the league leading GAA at the time of this article. Make no mistake though, Hauser has been at the top for several weeks though so do not this is just a hot streak. Hauser mainly credits his good stats to his defence and team overall. "You know, the defence have been helping me with the rebounds, the forwards are coming back too, we just play a tight game, plus it doesn't hurt when our blue line helps with scoring too", Hauser replied when asked about their success so far this season.

Even with no forwards within the top 30 scorers of the league, Quebec's farm team sits second in the East with 59 points at the moment. Their record so far is 49GP, 25W, 15L, and 9T, giving them a .602 winning percentage.

The future is bright for Quebec's younger players in the AHL and in only a couple more seasons could you see the big team with a similar record. They will be a contender for seasons to come just after a little more development.

Flames Introduce Third Jersey

Due to lagging attendance, the Flames management on March 4th revealed thier new third jersey in a match against the Ottawa Senators. Yellow in color, seen here in the team gear store, they were brought in to bring in more money and hopefully more fans to the stands. When interviewed, Flames chief executive of public relations, Kent Daniels said the color and design was chosen because it was assumed to be the best looking, affordable, and unique to the rest of the league. "I think the fans will really like this," says Daniels. " We think the yellow color goes great with the fire logo, and we know the fans are in for a real treat." The important thing will just be if the team can win when wearing it." The team, currently last in the conference will be expected to look for many more gimics to bring fans to the stands to see the struggling team. Some things that have been tossed around are free beer Fridays, no pants necessary Tuesdays, and half price ticket Wednesdays. Something still not thought of is putting a good team on the ice.

Quebec busy on the trade market

In a flurry of trades on thursday Quebec saw many familiar faces leave the city in order to secure a better future for the franchise. Olaf Kolzig was shipped off to Seattle in light of their goaltending troubles they have been happening there. The Seattle GM was quoted in saying "Kolzig brings a lot of experience and leadership to our club and we hope to make a push for the playoffs now we a one-two punch in net." In return Quebec gets a 2nd rounder in the 2007 draft and helps dump some salary for future free agent signings in the summer. This will give Micheal Garnett a good opportunity to get some NHL experience as he has proven to be capable on the Chicago farm team in the AHL.

Only a couple hours later did Quebec trade again, this time with Edmonton. With a lot of depth at the right wing, and Edmonton needing a right winger, it only made sense. In return for sending Mike Johnson and Seattle's 2007 2nd round pick, Quebec receives the nimble and offensive, young center Michael Cammalleri. "Mike Johnson will be missed on the penalty kill but felt it was a necessary sacrifice to make in oder to receive such a capable offensive force for our second line" the Quebec GM was quoted earlier today. This leaves a little more room at center for Quebec and look for one of the younger centers to be sent down to the baby Nordiques in order to develop.

There have been rumors that there is a pending trade with Boston concerning Quebec sending Pavel Kubina plus a young center for a young defenceman and picks in return but the proper papers have not been sent in yet.

The future is looking bright for Quebec, and we can only look forward to this years draft.

Culver scrambling after top star seriously injured

Colby Armstrong hurt, where is the justice?


The City Wings season had been running along fairly smoothly until ...

D. CLEARY San (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 05:54

Cleary's 14 minutes in penalties and deliberate hooking with intent to injure, ended up with Colby being out of action for a very long time. He currently sits with a CD of under 60, and is reduced to sitting and signing autographs


He is unable to do much else, and with current league rules, Culver cannot do much else either. There is no recourse for a suspension appeal at this time. Surely, this is a poor message to send out to the league, that your young stars can be viciously attacked without worry of retribution.

Culver was close to making a trade which would have seen them land Dman Wade Redden, and Jason Blake moving to Montreal, however with Army out , someone has to step in and pick up the slack, namely Blake. So, the City Wings have their hands tied and will have to focus at winning without Colby. I highly doubt the team will go out and hire a goon just to play this dirty little game.

The question GMs should ask themselves is who's next? What star will be on a team's radar to take out?

Oh Sidney, you might want to keep your head up!

Vancouver Rolling Along as Fluery Continues to Shine

Vancouver comes back home tonight to play the Cleveland Barons after a lengthy 8 game road trip wich saw them take 5 of 8 including an 8-1 drubbing over Seattle and a couple of Shutouts against Toronto and Boston. Much of their sucess comes from the stellar play of their young netminder Marc-Andre Fleury. In his last 5 games he has a 5-0 record with a 1.96 GAA and a .931 SP along with 2 Shutouts. His record for the season now stands at 9-2.
"He's been playing very well " says Canucks Captain Chris Drury. "He's kept us in the close games and allowed us to win. We have to give him more support up front".
At the begining of the season when it was announced that Fleury would be the Canucks netminder, there was alot of skeptisisim on how well the Canucks would do. "We knew we would have a bright future with Fleury in net for us but we never knew that it would come this early" says GM Kevin Bamford. "In the dressing room the guys are all excited with their recent play and have hopes of making it to the big dance".
While it's still very early into the season, Marc Andre Fleury shows no signs of slowing down and that is a very good thing for the Vancouver Canucks and their fans. Only time will tell if they have what it takes to win the cup.

Regular season woes, and Québec acquires Kolzig

After a strong pre-season the Québec Nordiques seem to be suffering from the highly feared pre-season curse. At first their top line (Frolov – Boyes – Cheechoo) was not producing but after the first couple games things have started to click for this young super line. Now with secondary scoring support from the other lines it seems like the only problem Québec seems to be suffering from is keeping the puck out of their own net. Ryan Miller has done an admirable job so far and seems to be picking up steam as the season moves forward.

Michael Garnett has done well for his age and skill level but the GM felt in order for this team to be competitive they needed a better backup. The GM was quoted in saying “We just didn’t feel like we were competitive with Garnett in net”. Once Olaf Kolzig was placed on waivers by the Edmonton Oilers it was a no-brainer. With ample cap space Quebec can easily fit his large salary in our payroll. Kolzig becomes the new backup and Garnett will be sent down to their AHL affiliate to gain experience and be called up when he matures a little more.

Hopefully the worst is behind Québec as they look forward into the season.

Culver City Wings GM labeled as whore due to rash of sell offs

Its one thing to to be accused of , how can i put it nicely, "deflowering" a gm, but its another to be labeled as a gm who trades and treats his players as if they were being pimped out for quick cash.

The City Wings' owner, seen here(aka Shitty Wings for those South Park fans), screemed at his GM to make 3 deals in less than an hour involving 3 players and 4 draft picks. This was due to the Commissioner's flip flopping of his stance on the salary cap total. At one point it had been raised to 55 million, so the City GM had bid accordingly on FA players to fill out some depth on their roster. Little did they know he would change it back to 50 million and as you can see, was forced into shedding salary fast.

To be fair, the players involved had less use than a 70 year old hooker standing on a corner. So the City GM, Pimp daddy Stevie V, shuffled his feet a few times, moved 1 RW and 2 Dmen, and voila, cap issued solved, and no one hurt, except perhaps the KC gm left crying after he had finished his first deal in the league.

From what we know, Jason must have expected something more "special" and "meaningful" for his first time. Stevie V did reassure him though that he "will have much BIGGER deals for him later on, so he had better get used to this", whatever that means.

When all the dust had settled, the City Wings had signed 2 vetran FA players in Recchi and Bondra, who for now will see 3rd and 4th line duties only. They didnt seem to pleased with that, but all I can tell them is , get used to it, its the City Wings, boys.

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