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Bill Meltzer: Quick Hits: Kotkaniemi, Kupari, Combine, Flyers Radio 24/7 and More

June 2, 2018 - 7:53 AM ET

...e jets are there, but currently aren't turned on except when he really needs it. Kupari is a player whose speed is his number one weapon, but his FEET currently work faster than his reads on plays off the rush. He could actually stand to be a little more methodical at times, ala Frost. However, ...

Sheng Peng: Eller Steps Back to Step Up; How Caps Suffocated Knights

May 31, 2018 - 7:23 PM ET

...iod. The team with the one-goal lead had six. In fact, there was a 10:20 stretch where Vegas did not record a shot. "We were checking with our FEET. We had numbers, we had good sticks. We were hard on the puck," noted Barry Trotz. "We kept pushing it north, if you will, making good decisions ...

Sheng Peng: Caps Might Regret Loss; On Wilson's Calculated Hit, Perron Leaving Bench

May 29, 2018 - 1:40 PM ET

... It was also very, very calculated. Marchessault was vulnerable; Wilson could've hit him harder. Also, there was no head contact, stayed on his FEET, shoulder to shoulder. Wilson knew what he doing and who he was hitting. I don't think he would've minded injuring Marchessault -- but that...

Eklund: Should The Goal Have Counted? Welcome BD Gallof, Trevor Shackles

May 29, 2018 - 12:18 PM ET

...e didn't know all of this...and especially knew that Ryan Reaves was the one pushing on him from behind...He also surely saw the referee less than 10 FEET away staring right at the battle. And John Carlson isn't exactly fragile on his skates either. This is big man who has been in a more than a ...

Paul Stewart: Caps Goalie Holtby Broke 2 NHL Rules in Game 1

May 29, 2018 - 12:06 PM ET

...- and fined -- but the goal counts. Also, teams cannot challenge a stick after an overtime goal is scored. What about centers who "cheat with the FEET" on faceoffs? People get upset if linesmen spend too much time telling both players to keep their FEET north and sticks in the proper position, t...

Bill Meltzer: Quick Hits: Samuelsson and Sutter, '87 and 2010 Cup Finals

May 29, 2018 - 9:22 AM ET

...his goals from near the crease on deflections, rebounds/loose pucks and tap-ins. He is also underrated at periodically stationing himself about 25-30 FEET and getting high tips with his hand-eye coordination. Among Sutter's 25 goals this season, nine came on the power play. Five of his goals wer...

Sheng Peng: McPhee on Not Outplaying Jets, Caps Beating Pens; Gallant on Yzerman

May 22, 2018 - 4:27 PM ET

...hose penalties happen. The last game, I think we had 4 penalties against us, 3 of them were just unfortunate situations where the stick goes into the FEET, guy trips over it. That's not about preaching discipline, that's about making sure we're not reaching with our sticks. Gallant, on Yzerman: ...

GARTH'S CORNER: Do You Know The Way To Evand-Jose?

May 21, 2018 - 7:48 PM ET

...Canucks have big money to invest in Vancouver native Evander Kane. Calgary considered trading for Kane as a rental at the trade deadline but got cold FEET. Wilson is not about to let Evander Kane skate away from Adan Jose. Kane is talking about hockey right now. He's decompressing and t...

Sheng Peng: 8 Minutes That Silenced the Loudest Fans in Hockey

May 20, 2018 - 11:15 PM ET

...a possibly-fatigued Morrissey's pass, possibly with his skate, which Tuch gathers into his wheelhouse. The Golden Knights weren't done. Here's 200 FEET of quality hockey from the fourth line against Winnipeg's top trio. All-out hustle from Nosek, who forces an attacking Joe Morrow into a n...

Sheng Peng: How This Underrated Defensive Play Grounded Jets

May 19, 2018 - 2:23 PM ET

...tes left, Winnipeg desperate for a goal to tie, Vegas completed this play three times in a row. The effect? The Jets had to go up the ice 200 FEET to gain the zone. And the Golden Knights made that 200 FEET as difficult as possible, as they were able to change and deploy fresh skaters to swa...

Anthony Travalgia: Writing is on the wall: Cam Neely wants a left-handed defenseman

May 19, 2018 - 8:43 AM ET

...e Lightning slowed down the Bruins with a healthy dose of Victor Hedman, followed by Ryan McDonagh. Two left shot defensemen who both hover above six FEET. The Bruins have tried to address this issue in recent drafts. Jakub Zboril, (2015) Emil Johansson, (2014) Jeremy Lauzon, (2015) and Urho Vaak...

Sheng Peng: What VGK Must Improve Tonight; Eakin on Luring Wheeler; Nosek on Big Buff

May 18, 2018 - 4:39 PM ET

...ted that this desperate period -- capped off by Marc-Andre Fleury's remarkable stops on Mark Scheifele -- was the result of the team not moving their FEET. Bellemare observed, "It's kind of an endless circuit. We're not skating. We're taking one stride less; they're taking one stride harder. Sudd...

Peter Tessier: Attention to detail(s) key to Jets winning in Vegas

May 16, 2018 - 10:43 AM ET

...oning has to be better as do the passes and that goes hand in hand, one affects the other. H Here's a variable that few talk about, Vegas is 2100 FEET above sea level. It's a bit like Calgary-ight which is 3400 FEET above sea level. I think that has a factor in how the teams feel in that arena...

Rick Sadowski: Two more years for Barberio

May 15, 2018 - 4:15 PM ET

...e had a career-high 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) with 31 penalty minutes and a plus-6 rating. He had one assist in six playoff games. The 6-FEET-1, 207-pound Barberio was claimed off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 2, 2017. He had nine points (two goals, seven assists) in 34 ga...

Bob Duff: Fulcher off to Memorial Cup

May 14, 2018 - 12:20 PM ET

...fered from a bad habit of surrendering the occasional soft goal. “He’s a tall, rangy, sort of wiry build, really athletic, really good on his FEET, quick,” Wings assistant general manager Ryan Martin said. “He needs to continue to work on his consistency. “He’s the kind of goali...

Bill Meltzer: All CHL Finals End in 6, Two Flyers prospects to Memorial Cup

May 14, 2018 - 10:10 AM ET

...e wrong side of the fine line between surgically patient and playing a little too slowly. There were times in the playoffs when he stopped moving his FEET, and was vulnerable to losing battles. In the playoffs, Frost was minus-four. This was not solely on him, of course. The Greyhounds' bluelin...

: Impressions of, and questions concerning--D, Casey Nelson

May 13, 2018 - 1:49 PM ET

...ked because of injuries to Buffalo's top-six but the NHL smacked him down and after some rough games he was sent to Rochester. Nelson got back on his FEET after stumbling early with the Amerks but finished the 2016-17 season strong with long-time Amerks broadcaster Don Stevens telling me that Nelson...

Sam Hitchcock: Capitals Profit from Lightning's Sloppiness

May 12, 2018 - 11:28 AM ET

...he target. But Palat was sleepy at chasing after the puck. And Evgeny Kuznetsov collected it with ease. When Kuznetsov dropped the puck at Kempny’s FEET, there was basically no challenge by Palat to close on him, and Kempny had multiple Mississippi’s to let the screeners eclipse the sightline of...

Aivis Kalnins: IIHF World Hockey championships - Day 7 recap

May 10, 2018 - 5:27 PM ET

...d Krejci. These guys collected a grand total of 7 points between them. After the game David Krejci apologised to the media and stressed that his FEET are hurting very badly and that he wants to get to the dressing room asap. Pastrnak ends Russia to win it 4:3 in OT for the Brui... Czech Repu...

Rick Sadowski: Alt signed to two-year contract; Hejduk puts $5.2 mansion for sale

May 10, 2018 - 4:57 PM ET

The Avalanche on Thursday they’ve signed defenseman Mark Alt to a two-year contract through the 2019-20 season. The 6-FEET-4, 201-pound Alt, 26, was claimed on waivers from Philadelphia on Feb. 26. He played in seven eight regular-season games with the Avalanche averaged 12:26 in ice time. B...

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