Brooks Laich re-signs with the Caps!

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NHL Draft Day Trades

Looking back at the NHL Draft, there were a lot of youngsters drafted that could end up in the NHL, however, the biggest news were all the trades leading up to and during the course of the draft. Whether you disapprove or approve of how your team conducted business this past weekend, I'll break down who went where and why.

NHL Divisional realignment

So the Atlanta Thrashers are now officially the Winnipeg Jets. The NHL has decided not to re-align the divisions this year, which will result in three trips to Winnipeg for the Caps. However, should the NHL decide to re-align, how would it look? Here's some potential ideas being thrown around.

Thoughts on the Caps Free Agency

Head over to the Was/Bal site to read up on it, or just click here

So it's been a while....

Well, it's been a tumultuous few weeks for myself, as you may have noticed, the site has not been maintained properly, but that's about to change. I've had some family issues and as a result, been unable to do as much as I'd like, but I'm back and ready to keep this running. I've got a few articles already planned out for the end of the month and will also be taking care of my fantasy baseball rankings starting on June 28th. NHL Free Agency will start July 1st, so you'll see something about that before it starts, there's also going to be a few articles on the Caps, Nats, and O's! So be prepared folks!

-Suny

EDIT: Post on the Washington Capitals schedule next season

Caps Schedule

Bruins Canucks Update

The Bruins have evened the series at 2 games a piece after beating Vancouver 4-0 Wednesday night in Boston. For the first time this series, the Bruins scored in the first period on a five-hole shot delivered by Rich Peverley, filling in for Horton on the first line. Despite outshooting the Bruins 12-6, Vancouver went into the first intermission trailing 1-0 on the scoreboard.

About midway through the second Michael Ryder made it 2-0, beating Luongo gloveside with a shot from the top of the left circle. Five minutes later Krejci took a feed at the top of the crease and put it by Luongo to make it 3-0. The final tally of the game came in the third period. With a nifty move on the right boards, Lucic beat his defender and slid a pass to the front of the net, where it went first off Luongo's blade and then bounced off of Peverley's leg and into the net.

Tyler Seguin returned to the line up after being a healthy scratch for game 3. Skating on the third line with Ryder and Kelly, Seguin notched an assist on Ryder's goal in the second.

Tim Thomas had his second-straight remarkable game, stopping all 37 shots he faced to go 77-78 on shots faced in Boston this series. Keep on reading for a summary of Game 3, and stay tuned for Game 5 Friday night in Vancouver.

The devastating hit on Nathan Horton and Aaron Rome's suspension

While many of us were watching the game last night, we saw one of the ugliest hits this post-season. Aaron Rome took off and drilled Nathan Horton, as shown below.

Stanley Cup Finals Game 2

The Vancouver Canucks topped the Boston Bruins by a score of 3-2 Saturday night in Vancouver. Alex Burrows potted the game-winning goal just 11 seconds into the first overtime period on a quick wrap around, beating a sliding Tim Thomas and a lackluster show of defense by B's captain Zdeno Chara.

After going down 1-0 in the first, the Bruins were able to rally in the second off of goals from Mark Recchi (the oldest player to ever have a goal in the Finals) and Milan Lucic. Recchi's goal was also significant for coming while the Bruins were on the man advantage, their first PP goal after going 0-6 in game 1.

Both goalies made few mistakes, with Luongo stopping 28 of 30 shots and Thomas letting in three goals on 31 shots.

The Bruins now face a 2 game deficit heading back to Boston for game 3 Monday night at 7:30.

Stanley Cup Preview

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Boston Bruins vs Vancouver Canucks

I could throw out numbers and stats for all of you to look at, but I'd rather do this qualitatively than quantitatively.

So long ATL, hello Winnipeg!

It's finally happened, Winnipeg tentatively has a team once again. The move is not official until the sale and relocation has been approved by the owners, but I'm pretty sure it's going to happen. They will most likely be renamed the Jets since the NHL owns the name and would probably give it to them if they asked. In this case, the Phoenix Coyotes and relocated Atlanta Thrashers would share the history, much like how the present day Baltimore Ravens pay tribute to the Colts who left the city as well as several other teams in other sports. I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'll probably come back tomorrow and post some. In any case, right now the division alignments are screwed. The NHL is not going to change the divisions for the upcoming season, and as a result, my Washington Capitals are going to Winnipeg (about 1500 miles) 3 times a year, while the Jets are going to be traveling into the Southeast division for a total of 12 games. Now, obviously, this doesn't make any sense. Why won't the NHL re-align? Well, the problem is that the Phoenix Coyotes are also at risk to be moved out of the south. As a result, re-aligning the divisions in back to back years would be a mess and make the NHL look bad. Although our fans might be upset, it actually looks kind of ridiculous if teams are swapping divisions every year. With Winnipeg taking the Coyotes, odds are Phoenix might end up moving to Ontario or Quebec or some random city that used to have a hockey team (Kansas City anyone?) Regardless, here's how it looks now and how it probably will look after the 2011-2012 season.