Cristobal Huet

Just six months ago, on a rainy Philadelphia night, the Chicago Blackhawks hoisted Lord Stanley’s cup for the first time in 49 years. What a difference six months makes.

Six months ago, the city of Chicago threw their hockey heroes a massive party, as two million plus crammed their way onto Michigan Avenue to bask in the glory of their title. It was a majestic scene, as an entire city came together behind their beloved Blackhawks. After the parade, it appeared as if it might take the city six months to clean up the mess created that day on Michigan Avenue.

In the spirit of Halloween, it appears there is a former Blackhawk goaltender haunting his former team; The Man from France.

Cristobal Huet, on loan to Fribourg-Gotteron of the Swiss-A League, appears to have left a dubious imprint on the Chicago net. The biggest issue Huet had on the West side was his penchant for giving up the soft goal. Huet had some nights where the puck found his pads, and others where it eluded him.

Sound eerily familiar?

The New Jersey Devils are one of the most respected professional sports franchises in North America.

They have solid ownership, own their own arena and a dedicated fan base that stretches pass the state limits of New Jersey.

They have quality people who run the day-to-day affairs of the the hockey club, they also have some great athletes who preform on one of North Americas biggest sports stages.

Sheldon Souray will not be dealt to Columbus for the Mike Commodore straight up, the Oilers will have to throw in a pick, or possibly a prospect. This seems logical but since Commodore has more years left on his contract this would be a bad trade for Edmonton unless the draft pick is really low. However, I do not expect Columbus to accept a low draft pick so this deal will probably not be done.

The NHL season will soon be upon us.

The teams will need to clear cap space before the season begins. There are lots of teams with massive amounts of cap space but this slideshow will focus on the teams with not only no cap space, but negative cap space. These are the teams that need to make a move before the season begins in order to get under the cap.

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To win the ultimate prize in any sport is something special to behold and cherish. But, it means an extra something to win the Stanley Cup.

By most it is considered the hardest trophy to win in competitive North American team sports, and is regarded by many to be the most prestigious trophy an athlete can attain.

Some players never get a chance to hoist the Cup despite long and successful careers. And, for some it takes years and years to accomplish such as Ray Bourque and countless others.

Ilya Kovalchuk

According to ESPN, Kovalchuk's agent, Jay Grossman, Devils chairman/managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek, and Devil's GM Lou Lamoriello met at the NHL's office in NYC yestersday.

News is floating around that Chicago Blackhawks goalie Cristobal Huet will sign with a Swiss League team in the near future, and will leave North America.

A Swiss news site, 20 Minutes Online, has reported that Chicago Blackhawk goaltender Cristobal Huet will play in Switzerland next season. He has been loaned to Fribourg-Gotteron, a team in the Swiss league under a one-year contract.

Oh Dale Tallon, haven’t you infuriated the hockey world enough?

This is the slightest bit of all Tallon’s tragedy, but he started up again this week.

ESPN NHL Rumors has declared that Tallon is interested in signing Antti Niemi.

The Florida Panthers have numerous goalie options within the organization so why bother with Niemi?

The Panthers do have approximately $8.3 million left in cap space, which I would not anticipate Tallon to leave unoccupied.