Battle Of Hudson

Patricia Greuter of 2-man Advantage will be joining me for the liveblogging action tomorrow!

The 2-man (which is now kind of 3-man) awesomeness combining with ours will be some show!

Follow up that awesome news with some awesome rumors!

RUMORS ROUNDUP (From TFP): Adrian Aucoin to Calgary, little in return but the riddance of his 4 million dollar salary…Minnesota has received as many as 4 offers for Manny Fernandez…The Kings may make a deal…The Panthers are looking into Ilya Bryzgalov and Chris Mason.

Goodnight all!

J.S. Giguere re-signs with the Ducks, 4 Years, 24 Mill:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=211485&hubname=

Nathan Hortan gets 6 years, 24 Mill from the Panthers:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=211469&hubname=

Ray Emery undergoes Succesful wrist surgery:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=211451&hubname=

DRAFT RUMORS: Right now, the Lightning, Panthers, Canucks and Ducks look to be the most looking to deal on Draft night…The Caps will pick Karl Alzner if he’s available at #5.

Battle of New York will be liveblogging the VERSUS (aka the simulcast of TSN) coverage of the NHL draft this Friday from 6:00 – 10:00 PM. I will be digging around the web, with the assistance of many, on the hunt for truth and rumors, and I hope you will join me!

Enjoy the ceremony tonight at 7 on VERSUS.

Hart Trophy (MVP)
Steve: Brodeur
Derek: Luongo
WINNER: CROSBY

Pearson Award (Players’ MVP)
Steve: Lecavalier
Derek: Crosby
WINNER: CROSBY

Calder Trophy (Rookie of the Year)
Steve: Malkin
Derek: Malkin
WINNER: MALKIN

Selke Trophy (Best Defensive Forward)
Steve: Pandolfo
Derek: Pahlsson
WINNER: Brind’Amour

Jack Adams Award (Coach of the Year)
Steve: Vinneagault
Derek: Therrien
WINNER: Vinnegault

Lady Byng Trophy (Most Gentlemanly Player)
Steve: Sakic
Derek: Sakic
WINNER: DATSYUK

Vezina Trophy (Best Goalie)
Steve: Brodeur
Derek: Brodeur
WINNER: Brodeur

Enjoy the show!

That’s it. Ducks Win. 6-2. Great stuff at the end is always.

Head to the NHL Fanhouse for words and VERSUS.com for vids.

The Isles have finally, finally bought out the contract of Alexei Yashin, who didn’t come close to a point a game in his bloated, overpaid, dramafilled tenure with NYI. The Isles will take a 2.2 Million cap hit for the next four years, but should return some goodwill from their fans, who have hated Yashin since the day he got here.

In the scams and flams dep’t. someone needs to get Andy Greene a better agent. He re-signed with the Devs for 2 years at $600,000 a year. Really? For a guy who was solid enough to get decent ice time in every playoff game? That’s it? This reeks of kool-aid.

Game 5 tonight. NBC. Ducks with a chance to bring home Lord Stanley’s Cup. This is what it’s all about. I don’t think Ottawa will bring it back to the Skank.

But for hockey’s sake, let’s hope for more games, eh?

Maybe this’ll end up being one of those shocking 5-0 road wins that you sometimes see in Game 5’s. Eh, maybe not. It’s been fun anyway. Enjoy your hockey.

NBC, 8 PM. Enjoy the Game Chris Pronger.

Sens take Game 3 5-3.

What a fantastic game filled with offensive scoring chances and fights and rough play. All the stuff that makes me proud to be a hockey fan.

Ducks lead 2-0. The series shifts to Ottawa and NBC. Doc, Eddie and Pierre with the call. Bill, Ray and Brett live in Ottawa for the pre-game, intermissions and post.

LIVE PRE-GAME AND POST-GAME is at NBCSPORTS.com, plus a streaming interactive feature all night long.

Chris Kunitz is in the lineup tonight for the Ducks, in a shocking turn of events as he makes his way back from a broken hand.

Enjoy it at 8PM.

Since the NHL season could be over as soon as Wednesday, let’s give you an update as to where the site will be over Summer Vacation.

We, of course, will be doing Awards coverage June 13-June 15.

June 17-June 22, I will be revealing #’s 30-1 of my NHL First Round Mock Draft. Derek will have his analysis as well, and we will likely liveblog as much of the draft as VERSUS broadcasts, if there is no Devs draft party.

June 23 we will be keeping an eye on Day 2 of the Draft.

June 25 – June 30 We will preview UFA day.

July 1 We will be liveblogging UFA Activity.

July 2 – July 8 We will keep you posted on UFA activity as it happens. Press Conferences and such.

On July 9th or until all the Devs and Rags UFAs are signed (As late as July 30th), Battle of New York will go on a long-deserved and long in length hiatus, as long as Scott Gomez has signed by then.

I cannot promise that all 3 of us will be back next season, but I can tell you that Battle of New York will return on September 1st once the hiatus begins.

Until all of this, Enjoy the hockey!