Tim Cup
Led by Tim Thomas and his Conn Smythe performance, the Bruins ended their 39-year Stanley Cup drought with a 4-0 win over the Canucks in Game 7.
Nick Cotsonika at Game 7
Puck Daddy's coverage
Led by Tim Thomas and his Conn Smythe performance, the Bruins ended their 39-year Stanley Cup drought with a 4-0 win over the Canucks in Game 7.
Nick Cotsonika at Game 7
Puck Daddy's coverage
Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished.
Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal Canadiens, 7:30 p.m. ET
This will be Jaroslav Spacek's first return to Montreal since he was traded for Tomas Kaberle earlier this season. That's... interesting... Hey! Remember when the Catholic Church took out an ad urging Montrealers to pray for their team? The Habs are undefeated since then and Scott Gomez has scored. The unbeaten streak predates the prayer, mind you -- the Canadiens have won 4 straight, outscoring opponents 15-4 over that stretch. They're rolling.
Preview: San Jose Sharks at Washington Capitals, 7:30 p.m. ET
After clawing their way back into contention in the Southeast (which may not be challenging enough for the verb clawing", but I digress), the Capitals have fallen off, going 3-4-3 in their last 10. They'll be in tough to turn things around versus the Sharks, who have taken 15 of the last 16 contests between the two clubs. On the plus side, the Capitals may be getting Tomas Vokoun back, and his record versus San Jose is much better: he's 10-1-1 with a 2.29 GAA in his last 12.

Dobber checks in every Monday to force-feed you the latest fantasy hockey trends. The founder of DobberHockey.com and a columnist for The Hockey News website, he long ago immersed himself into this rollercoaster world and is unable to escape.
What a year it's been for rookies. So many good ones, yet we may not see a 50-point forward, a 15-win goaltender, or a 25-point defenseman!
The last time something like this happened, the Calder went to blueliner Barret Jackman for his 19 points and plus-23. So if you look at the plus/minus category, then it would seem that Gabriel Landeskog could walk away the winner here. He'll likely finish the season with 40 or 45 points and a plus-20 rating.
If Ryan Nugent-Hopkins returns healthy and regains his pre-injury form, then Calder voters will be saved from a tough decision.
At any rate, there is a preseason Calder favorite who has really emerged on the scene — Brayden Schenn. In pulling the latest Frozen Pool data, Schenn cracks the Top 15 roto players of the last two weeks (includes Sunday's games).

Studs...
These fellas are wielding a hot stick. Take that into consideration when you go after them in trade talks...
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks (5-4-1-5, plus-3, 10 PIM, 25 SOG, 3 PPP) — Hey look, it's that guy who had 19 goals in the last 16 games of 2010-11.

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.
We've been told that we're in an age where advanced hockey stats are becoming the norm.
There have been a ton of articles about how many teams throughout the League are pursuing the use of this information, which gives you so much more information about players and their true value than we had even five years ago; and how that data is being used to reshape not only the thinking in the front office, but behind the bench and on the ice as well.
For example, we know that no one in the League starts more of their shifts in the offensive zone than the Sedin twins (Daniel at 78.7, Henrik at 77.4). We know that this means that, as good as they are offensively, they're incredibly sheltered as well. This type of stat, your Corsi and Fenwick and QualComp, also give us a better understanding of players that are great at driving possession.
Having all this information available is great. And if a team uses it correctly, they're getting a competitive advantage against those foolish few that still rely on conventional player evaluation methods in the pursuit of free agents, trade targets or prospects, as well as in maximizing their chances to win every night.
One such team that apparently does not subscribe to the use of advanced statistics as a means of bolstering their on-ice success, apparently, is the Washington Capitals.
Or at least their coach doesn't.
Dale Hunter made the decision on Thursday night to sit Mike Knuble, the first time the 39-year-old now-defensive specialist has been a healthy scratch since 2002-03. On Saturday, the reason why Hunter made the decision was revealed.
"He told me I wasn't going to play and just kind of said, 'You haven't scored in a while and bad plus-minus,'" Knuble told reporters.
That's enough to make even the least-geeky stat geek take a long, hot shower curled into the fetal position. It's the equivalent of benching a baseball player because he doesn't have enough RBI.
(Coming Up: Jonathan Toews on the Blackhawks' spiral; the Kings' offense stinks; Dion Phaneuf gets turn-stiled by Lars Eller; two struggling goalies have great performances; the Bruins want to trade for everyone; Malkin's pretty good; safe to say Luke Adam's not winning the Calder; Clemmensen owns the Devils; the Flames are hurtin' bad; the Islanders are delusional; Walsh speaks out on the Moore; Nicklas Backstrom health update; and the Flyers hear it from Timonen and see Bobrovsky become a sieve.)
i guess the rock and roll falcon was right, it's good to be back in boston....yeah
I still want to congratulate the BOSTON BRUINS 2011 Stanley Cup Champions.
On thevother hand, I'm so happy the Canucks didn't get the Cup. Very happy!!!
Dear Boston Bruins!!! You are truely the well deserved 2011 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!!
I will come and cheer you up when you guys come to San Jose to play my Sharks.
Way to go!!!!!!!
SuperiorForce, Just an FYI, the Bruins BEAT all the best teams in the league this year. They dismantled the Pens WITH Crosby and Malkin in their own building by coming back after BEING DOWN!! It is amazinfg how the morons who post trash refuse to see hard cold facts. At the end of the day THE BEST TEAM WON. Get over it. And I will guarantee if Boston played Detroit in the Cup, they would have beat them too. WHY?!?!? NO GOALTENDING. The only team Boston faced that had comparable goaltending was Montreal, NOT Vancouver. Luongo has NEVER gotten it done when it counted most and don't tell me Detroit has good goaltending because they don't; everyone else in front is good...but old and they would have been run in to the ice by Boston as they did to EVERY team this playoffs. THE BEST TEAM WON!!!!!!!
Have the Irish retards in Boston finished drinking beer yet? What a complete loser of a city-exhorbitant costs for their 2 museums, road-show Broadway hits. high-priced restaurants, and ignorant people who call it the HUB-of what? Been there, done it-over and out. (classy looking women too-)
Anybody who complains that a series had to go to 7 games doesn't know hockey. 7 Games doesn't mean they didn't play well. In fact, against Vancouver, yes it went 7 games, but they outscored Vancouver 23 goals to 8 in the series. I saw a writer say that the Bruins came closer to a 7 game sweep than Vancouver did to winning the cup. Congratualtions Bruins! 2011 Stanley Cup Champions! You highly deserved it!
Ike........Since you took the high road with your last post, I will do the same. Thank you for a very classy post and including congrats to me as well. ......I know you don't agree with most of my posts but try to keep in mind there are people who don't agree with yours either. That's what makes this country great.
@ The Hated Habs Our Nation.....Thanks for your support. Cheers my friend.
If there's a team you can't beat in 7 games, you don't deserve to win the Cup.
Boston took care of most of its foes in 7 games. Doesn't matter if it takes 4 or all 7: wins are wins and losses are losses. Deal with it.
Congratulations to the whole Boston Bruins organization and fans!! You represented the east like true Champions!! (that even goes for B4E, there I said it). Honestly, at first I was kind of rooting for the Nucks but as the series went on, I found it impossible to root for them. Only reason I did was due to B4E...LOL. They reminded me of a Red Wings B or C team. Plus Burrows it a punk and Lapierre (however you spell it) is a total dbag. Luongo?? Sidney couldn't save you this time! Tim Thomas was a man among boys!!
Bottom LIne - Boston Bruins SC Champions 2010-11
Pittsburgh Penguins 2011-12 Stanley Cup Champions!!!
They are the best team. The Best Team won.. While they may not have as much individual talent as Vancouver they played as a better team. Claude Julian was the better coach too. Alain V. is a joke , look at the way his talent acted . Each team took on the personality of its coach. Vancouver played the fool.After Boston stated to act like Vancouver Claude told them to Knock it off ( the fingers in the mouth crap and such) the game is bigger than those shenanigans,.. Vancouver wins the Talent Contest TOO BAD YOU DO NOT GET A CUP FOR IT..
Congratulations to the Boston Bruins and their fans. Officially the best team of 2010-11 and the Stanley Cup championships. A special praise to Timmy Thomas whose play and Heart led the team.
Sorry I could not post sooner as I was away camping and had no computer with me.
For all the fans here, Bruins, Canucks and otherwise keep it classy. The season is over and the Bruins and their fans have earned the right to enjoy and bask in the glow of winning, but trash talk from anyone is not needed nor wanted!
This is truly what hockey is about ... to enjoy the victory for the winner and to wait for next year for the rest. In between at least we can all be civilized and enjoy talking hockey ... the greatest sport in the world!
I never dreamed that they would win the cup. They play as a TEAM, very important. The team that usually has the hottest goalie in the post season, almost always comes out on top.
The team played so well together and Timmy was on fire.
GREAT JOB BRUINS.
Congrats to the Bruins, been a fan for 50+ years, and this seems a very fine team, deserving the recognition they will now get well beyond Boston. As for Vancouver, it's a spectacular city, which I have had the pleasure of visiting several times. I understand their disappointment, as I suspect many Boston fans do, but the rioters sadly stain a great city's reputation. To play and take the series to seven games was an achievement unduely marred be the riot. Of course, Bostonians who remember the Boston riots of 45 years ago or so would tell Vancouver-ites involved the riot was wrong, but they will recover, just as Boston did. Go Bruins!
congrats to the 2011 stanley cup champions BOSTON BRUINS you played with heart , streghth, and will and TEAMS that play like that, can win when everyone says they have no shot.
Ahh, it feels sooooo good to be a fan of the BEST TEAM IN THE NHL and 2011 STANLEY CUP CHAMPION BOSTON BRUINS!
Congrats to the Bruins and the Boston fans. Glad to see a caanadien team didn't win it again.
I hear Vancouver fans rioted after the loss.....SWEET. Go Boston. Great season. Detroit would have been more interesting than Vancouver though. The Canucks weren't doing anything dominating in the series....except giving up numerous goals. Use to be a Luongo fan until they showed all his press on ESPN. What a blow hard. Congrats Tim Thomas and the Bruins organization.
How sweet it is to be stanley cup champions !!!!!!!!!!!
"... And the winner(s) of the 2010-2011 Roberto Luongo Choker Award are, the Sedin Sisters and Ryan Kesler"
The sign in the stands at game seven read" Hockey is Canada's Game." The Stanley Cup has been to Sweden, more often than to British Columbia.
There are just some longtime veterans out there who DESERVE to win Stanley Cups i.e.:
- Chara
- Recchi
- Kaberle
- Even Thomas
If can't think of a SINGLE Canucks player who DESERVES this honor. If you think otherwise, please tell me WHO and WHY?
Blah, blah, blah, blah. A team doesn't win a cup with "no talent". Everthing you say means nothing. That was this year. No one knows what will happen next year. So you're just wasting your time and mine with your nonsense.
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