THN's Adam Proteau the news and issues around the NHL and the world of hockey
by Adam Proteau - February 2, 2012 3:07 PM EST
Every NHL team has something to be sorry for so Adam Proteau does it for them in this week's column.
The Montreal Canadiens raised eyebrows around the hockey world after issuing an apology for hiring a unilingual head coach to replace the fired Jacques Martin.
by Adam Proteau - January 28, 2012 4:47 PM EST
After the board of governors meeting, Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr both spoke to the media about CBA talks.
OTTAWA – After the NHL Board of Governors meetings finished up late Saturday morning, league commissioner Gary Bettman was more than willing to share the good news – namely, that the league is heading toward record revenues and attendance and that the city of Columbus was awarded hosting duties for the 2013 All-Star Game – but was less willing to talk pessimistically or aggressively when it came to some of his business’ tender areas.
by Adam Proteau - January 25, 2012 2:47 PM EST
Adam Proteau sat down with Donald Fehr for a story in a recent issue of THN and we present the interview in its entirety.
After a year on the job as executive director of the NHL Players’ Association, Donald Fehr is as calm as he ever was during his 26 years running Major League Baseball’s players union.
by Adam Proteau - January 19, 2012 1:30 PM EST
Putting the All-Star Game outdoors would create a new buzz around the event that currently doesn't mean much to most hockey fans.
There’s a lot to like about the NHL’s massively successful Winter Classic experiment. There’s not as much to like about the NHL’s All-Star Game weekend.
by Adam Proteau - January 12, 2012 1:45 PM EST
While a coach has many hockey people over his head that determine his fate, the GM is in more control.
When Scott Arniel was made to walk the Blue Jackets’ plank Monday, some felt it was unfair GM Scott Howson didn’t join his now-former coach wearing the latest in sandwich board couture on the unemployment lines.
by Adam Proteau - January 9, 2012 4:30 PM EST
With injuries, suspensions and many other problems getting in the way, the Blue Jackets, and their coach, never stood a chance.
It’s hard for him to see at the moment, but Scott Arniel’s luck got a lot better with his dismissal as Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Monday.
by Adam Proteau - January 5, 2012 2:35 PM EST
Brendan Shanahan was supposed to usher in a new era of justice, but as the season has moved along, it has proven to be the same as it ever was.
When the NHL replaced chief disciplinarian Colin Campbell with Brendan Shanahan last spring and gave him the reassuring title of senior vice-president, player safety, I really wanted to believe things were going to change.
by Adam Proteau - December 28, 2011 10:19 AM EST
It's been a year to remember with plenty of eye-opening moments. Here's a handful of them, ranked into convenient top fives for your reading pleasure!
The end of the calendar year always brings with it the temptation to write best-of type lists and this year I’m offering no defense when facing that temptation.
by Adam Proteau - December 22, 2011 12:59 PM EST
After hopping on Washington's wagon in the summer, this writer thinks a new team has taken charge of the NHL.
When The Hockey News editorial team gathered last summer and picked the Washington Capitals as our choice for this season’s Stanley Cup winner, I was fully on board with the selection.
by Adam Proteau - December 15, 2011 2:01 PM EST
Instead of going back to the old coaching well, teams in search of help should explore the Marlies coach as an option.
Seventeen years ago, the Quebec Nordiques, a year away from becoming the Colorado Avalanche, had a tough decision to make. The organization, which was chock-full of emerging young stars, had just fired veteran coach Pierre Page and very easily could have replaced him with any number of experienced bench bosses.
by Adam Proteau - December 8, 2011 11:17 AM EST
Before the lockout, rookies and sophomores faced reasonable expectations. Now they enter the pro ranks with unprecedented security.
When the Sedin twins arrived in the NHL in 2000, they were hailed as the future of Vancouver’s Stanley Cup hopes. However, it took many years, many more defeats and countless stalls and sideway lurches for them to ascend to the pinnacle of the hockey world (and even then, they and their teammates fell one game short of a championship last season).
by Adam Proteau - December 1, 2011 12:54 PM EST
When you have the coaching resume the new Ducks boss has, it doesn't usually take long to find another job.
In approximately 67 hours, Bruce Boudreau went from being a dead duck in Washington to the head Duck in Anaheim. Boudreau’s transition from team-to-team is the quickest in NHL history and proves that if you do solid work behind a bench in the league and haven’t been riding the coaching carousel for decades, some team will be in sufficiently dire straights to snap you up quickly enough.
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"Right when I hit the deck, I knew there was no way I was getting up and I was yelling, 'Heads, heads, heads.’ I knew he had his back turned to me and that ended up happening…I think we're lucky it wasn't worse than it really is."
- Buffalo defenseman Jordan Leopold on his accident during practice with coach Lindy Ruff, who sustained three broken ribs.
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