Has the Salary Cap Changed the NHL? After .the lockout ended in 2005, the new salary cap that was implemented was supposed to create more equity amongst teams and keep salaries to a reasonable cost.  But has it done what it was intended to do? For the 2005-2006 season, the salary cap was set at a maximum of $39 million per team.  As revenue has risen, so have the salary cap numbers.  The cap went up to $44 million, then $50.3 million and this season, the cap maximum is $56.7 million.   While there is a maximum dollar figure, ther.Anaheim Ducks VS Chicago Blackhawks NHL Tickets.

Top Goalies In The West Tickets, from Dan Rosen of NHL.com, Each conference has their share of supremely talented goalies, but some consistently separate themselves from the rest. What follows.NHL.com?s list of the top five goalies from the Western Conference entering this season. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Anaheim Ducks?When you talk about consistent goalies, Giguere belongs near the top of the list. He has won at least 30 games in each of the past three seasons while never playing in more than 60. His GAA and save percen.

All Smiles Anaheim Ducks VS Chicago Blackhawks Tickets, For Mats Sundin, whose latest press conference revealed no new information about his hockey career. The Swede is still contemplating offers from as many as 6 teams, and potentially be the stumbling block of all the trades that would've been made already. Sundin now says that he will not make a decision before the NHL [.].

Anaheim Ducks Season Preview Training camps are just around the corner and that means it is time to take a look at the upcoming season for the Anaheim Ducks.   Last year the Ducks experienced the proverbial Stanley Cup hangover as well as other distractions that proved tiring by the time the playoffs rolled around.  The Ducks started the season in London, England, they missed key players recovering from late summer surgeries in Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Sami Pahlsson, and most importantly they had to suffer the indecision. Cheap Anaheim Ducks VS Chicago Blackhawks Tickets.

T minus one month: Penguins try to avoid Cup hangover NHL, Three months ago today, the Pittsburgh Penguins watched the Detroit Red Wings skate around their rink with the Stanley Cup.  Some of the images etched into our minds include the now-departed Marian Hossa sitting on the ice exhausted after the valiant try to score the tying goal in the waning seconds, as well as the young Penguins giving emotional interviews to the press. One month from today, the Pittsburgh Penguins will attempt to defend their Eastern Conference championship when they play.

Anaheim's All-Time Team: Let's Back Up Giguere Well, time to move on to Part 3 of this All-Time Team exercise for the Ducks. You can still chime in on who gets to play #1 center and the #5 and #6 defensemen, though. I'm accepting input on all of these up to the moment of unveiling Sleek's Anaheim Sometimes-Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Today's theme: Back-Up Goalie.To start, I should ask a bit of a pseudo-philosophical question: Ideally, when constructing an All-Time Team, what makes for the better choice for back-up goalie - the second-best. Anaheim Ducks VS Chicago Blackhawks.

I Love the Salary Cap Buried in Puck Daddy's live chat yesterday was this quote by David Pagnotta, in reference to where Mathieu Schneider might be heading:Ducks and Kings have spoken about it. Just spoke to a source early today and the Ducks are trying to move him to LA before the Hawks ship Khabby there.I hope this becomes an annual thing, where teams fight each other to make trades that make their teams worse. Honda Center (Hockey).

Prepping for the return of the 2008-2009 Vancouver Canucks johnbollwitt/2008/09/03/prepping-for-the-return-of-the-2008-2009-vancouver-canucks/. As cool as the weather has been in the lower mainland in the past week or so, it makes me think about one thing: the coming 2008-2009 hockey season for the Vancouver Canucks. To help get you and me both prepared for this, I figured I'd go back on some key points from the end of last season while looking ahead to this next one. Of course, these are the things that stick out the most to me, so feel. Anaheim.

Random Pacific Questions: Who Has the Best Goalie? He looks like the dog at the end of those Honda Element commercials.".Hey, what's going on back there.".I'm not good at captions.The Kings, right? No? Okay, someone else then.Marty Turco- 62 GP, 32 wins, 24.9 shots/game, 2.31 GAA.909 SV%Ilya Bryzgalov- 64 GP, 38 wins, 28.6 shots/game, 2.44 GAA.920 SV%Jean-Sebastien Giguere- 58 GP, 35 wins, 26 shots/game, 2.12 GAA.922 SV%Evgeni Nabokov- 77 GP, 46 wins, 23.4 shots/game, 2.14 GAA.910 SV%I'd put it Bryzgalov-Giguere-Nabokov-Turco. CA.

No indecision for Selanne A year ago, less than three months removed from the first Stanley Cup championship in his glorious career, Teemu Selanne had no idea whether he wanted to endure the grind of a 15th NHL season. It took Selanne until January to decide on a return to hockey, and he didn't make his season debut until Feb. 5. Now, just more than two weeks before the Ducks are scheduled to open training camp, Selanne remains an unrestricted free agent, and no one knows exactly how this latest situation will be resol. Honda Center (Hockey) Tickets.