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mercredi 7 octobre 2015

Montreal Canadiens - Paul Byron



Source : hockeysfuture.com

History
2006-07: Paul Byron’s first season in the QMJHL was spent with the Gatineau Olympiques, a 68 game campaign that resulted in 21 goals and 44 points total.
2007-08: In 52 games with Gatineau, Byron potted 37 goals and 68 points in 52 games. He excels in the postseason as he proved by netting 21 goals and 32 points in 19 playoff games on his way to the QMJHL title.
2008-09: The Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) center netted 33 goals and 99 points in 64 games, his highest totals to date. He was nominated to the QMJHL All-Star second team this season. Expect to see him make the AHL jump and appear with Portland for 2009-10.
2009-10: After signing a contract with Buffalo, Byron entered his rookie season with Portland. A fair amount of success followed the undersized center with 14 goals and 33 points.
2010-11: Byron had an excellent sophomore year for the AHL Portland Pirates while being called up on two occasions late in the season to the Buffalo Sabres where he scored his first NHL goal with an assist in eight games. The 22-year-old centerman also scored 26 goals (ten on the power play) along with 27 assists and an even rating in 67 AHL games in Portland. He contributed two goals along with five assists and an even rating in the 12 AHL playoff games.
2011-12: Obtained by Calgary in a June 2011 trade with Buffalo, Byron appeared in 22 games for the Flames and skated for Calgary's AHL affiliate in his third pro season. After opening the season with Abbotsford, he made his debut with the Flames in early November and had four call-ups during the year. He scored 3 goals with 2 assists and was plus-three with 2 penalty minutes with the Flames. Byron scored 7 goals with 14 assists and was an even plus/minus with 40 penalty minutes in 39 games for Abbotsford. The Heat finished second in the West Division and reached the second round of the playoffs. Byron scored 1 goal with 3 assists and was plus-one with 2 penalty minutes in eight playoff games.
Talent Analysis
Byron plays a solid two-way game with playmaking offensive skills and quick acceleration to get to the open ice. The small, speedy centerman does not play scared but his size could make it difficult with his defensive zone coverage at the NHL level.

Future
Byron will start the season with the Abbottsford Heat at the AHL level but will need play on one of the top two forward lines and show improved offensive numbers. If the speedy forward can get good results early in the season, he may have the chance to play in Calgary again this year should the NHL lockout get settled in time for the 2012-13 season.

jeudi 17 juillet 2014

New Canuck Vey needed Vancouver as much as Vancouver needs him



source : faceoff.com

It’s silly to think now but Linden Vey’s second career NHL game in early November was then the Canucks’ lowest point of the season.

As Los Angeles was putting baby in the corner yet again on Nov. 9, dominating the Canucks in a 5-1 win, Vey, playing for the Kings then, orchestrated one of the more humiliating goals endured by the Canucks and their fans this past season.

As Dan Hamhuis crumpled over a puck like lit kindling, Vey accelerated by him and the Canucks defence as though they were rocking themselves to sleep in a nursing home. He feathered a pass — to himself — between Brad Richardson’s skates, and set up Jordan Nolan for a tap-in.

It was this flash of speed, youth, creativity and skill, none of which was seen often in a Canucks uniform last season.

“It was my second (NHL) game and a lot of my family was down (in L.A.) to watch,” Vey said. “My brother, my girlfriend were there. You always remember your first point and that was mine.

“It was a pretty special moment for me.”

Vey turns 23 Thursday, three weeks after the Canucks traded for him — and he needed Vancouver as much as Vancouver needs him.

It took Vey four long years to play for the Kings in a game after they drafted him in 2009. It says more about L.A.’s ridiculous depth down the middle then it does about Vey.

He did his part. He lit the CHL ablaze, finishing first in points with 116 in 2010-11. He then centred the best line in the AHL, playing between Tanner Pearson and Tyler Toffoli. He put up 158 points in 191 AHL games. Heck, he was second on Manchester (New Hampshire) in points last year and he only played 56 per cent of its games.

What he hasn’t done yet is anything in the NHL, other than orchestrating a pair of pretty great goals in two games against the Canucks.

The Canucks are betting, rather heavily, that is about to change.

Forget the two-way, $735,000 qualifying offer Vey signed, because you can’t put a dollar sign on the opportunity the Canucks are about to hand him.

And that’s something Vey thinks about daily back on his family grain farm in Wakaw, Sask., his hometown of about 1,000 people.

“There are times when you wake up and you’re tired and sore,” Vey said. “It makes it a lot easier knowing you’re going to get a good opportunity. It’s up to me to make the most of it.”

You can’t measure the pressure coming his way.

Aside from Zack Kassian, the youngest player to score at least 10 goals for the Canucks last year was Jannik Hansen and he’s 27 years old. When you search for Canucks in their early 20s it’s like a lost generation. Vancouver needs Vey to change that.

Can he?

Well, Canucks GM Jim Benning scouted him, and believes he’s ready to be a third-line centre. And the new general manager should probably still be getting the benefit of the doubt in that talent-
evaluation area.

But it’s coach Willie Desjardins who knows Vey best.

He coached him for three years in Medicine Hat and Vey became critical to his uptempo attack. That just may happen again here for the Canucks, because if they don’t have a third line that can score, this is going to be another a long, long season.

The coach left for the NHL the off-season before Vey blew up for his 116 points. But even though Desjardins was moving on to be an associate coach for the Dallas Stars, he didn’t forget Vey.

“The funny thing is, even though he wasn’t my coach any more he was still very impactful that year,” Vey said.

“I spent a lot of time with him that summer. He sat me down and told me that was the year I had to really focus on training.

“It was probably the first year that I actually dedicated to working out.”
Watching Vey in Manchester, Benning believed he was the one driving the play when he was on a line with Toffoli and Pearson.

This is probably the most compelling evidence that Vey is ready to succeed in the NHL. Both Pearson and Toffoli had massive post-seasons and were integral to the Kings’ Stanley Cup run.

“It was exciting to watch them and see them get that opportunity,” Vey said. “I played with them for two years and it shows me that I could probably contribute the same way.”

The Canucks sure hope so.

mercredi 30 avril 2014

Coyotes GM Don Maloney: Brad Treliving ready to shine for Flames



Source : faceoff.com

This fit, says Don Maloney, made the most sense.

His trusty sidekick Brad Treliving had already interviewed for the vacant Buffalo Sabres managerial post and recently Maloney had received a request from another NHL team to talk to his assistant GM.
But only when Brian Burke’s voice boomed over the long-distance telephone line, did he feel he might actually wind up losing his second-in-command.

“When I look at Calgary with Brian Burke,” said the Phoenix Coyotes’ general manager on Tuesday, “I look at that as a good thing for a young manager coming into the league. Brian is very loyal to his people. My first job as a manager was with the Islanders a hundred years ago and Bill Torrey was placed in an advisory role for a year. That was excellent. He left after a year, which I thought was a real loss.

“So for somebody like Brad, who’s certainly enthusiastic, the idea is to have somebody who’s seen it all, done it all, to go to. It’s invaluable as far as I’m concerned. For Brad’s sake in Calgary, I thought it was a great opportunity to get himself established.”

After seven seasons prepping, Brad Treliving struck out on his own, hired by the Flames to run their front office. The man who groomed him more than anyone understands what this franchise is getting, and what his is losing.

“I’ve probably spent as much time with him as with my wife the last seven years.”
Maloney paused.

“I mean, I’m not sure that’s such a good thing.

“But he’s bright, articulate, as I’m sure you saw at (Monday)’s press conference. Now it’s his turn in the driver’s seat. Success creates opportunities and for us to have survived our ownership saga and have some relative success on the ice, certainly people start looking at the organization and say ‘OK, who’s there, who’s doing what and can they help us.’ In Brad’s case, he’s done the work and been an important part in us surviving in the desert here which certainly makes him attractive to other teams.
“I give Brian credit. He got ahead of it early.

“It’s an interesting time in the league for managers now. Obviously there’s been changes, and Brad is one of those up-and-coming, hungry guys. Now what he does with the role is up to him. But he’s more than ready for his chance.”

From a Coyotes’ standpoint moving forward it was important that a decision from Burke and Treliving on such a valuable organizational asset be made in acceptable time. Hence the 10-day window Burke spoke at Monday’s media conference to get a deal done.

“When Brian approached me that Monday, he mentioned he was prepared to wait until after the draft, but I just felt that at that stage with us, if Brad was going to leave us let’s get on with us, let’s do it sooner than later.

“Brad was involved in all aspects of the organization. It wasn’t a situation where we’d talk on a daily basis, we talked probably on an hourly basis. Losing a confidant, a guy that’s exposed to everything, doesn’t exactly make my day but on the other hand we’re very proud and happy for him and his family.

“To work as hard as he did, he deserves an opportunity to run an NHL club.

“It’s good for the Flames, good for Brad and it creates new possibilities for us.”

mardi 18 juin 2013

LNH : Un lucratif contrat

Source : Rds.ca

Alain Vigneault sera nommé entraîneur-chef des Rangers et on connaît maintenant l'entente qui le liera à la formation new-yorkaise.

Selon TSN, le Québécois a signé une entente de cinq saisons qui lui rapportera 10 millions $.

Samedi, notre informateur hockey Renaud Lavoie nous apprenait qu'Alain Vigneault serait le prochain entraîneur-chef des Blue Shirts. Les joueurs auraient eu leur mot à dire dans l'embauche.

Vigneault dirigeait les Canucks de Vancouver depuis 2006. Il a été remercié après l'élimination hâtive de l'équipe en première ronde aux mains des Sharks de San Jose.

dimanche 17 mars 2013

Canadiens vs Devils : Tinordi fait sentir sa présence




Source : Rds.ca

Jarred Tinordi n’a pas mis de temps à se faire aimer à Montréal alors qu’il a préparé le but vainqueur et le Canadien reprend l'exclusivité du premier rang de l’Association Est.

Tomas Plekanec a fait dévier le tir du défenseur format géant en troisième période et le Tricolore a défait les Devils du New Jersey 2-1, samedi soir.
Sommaire du match

Choix de premier tour en 2010, 22e au total, Tinordi disputait un premier match dans le circuit Bettman. Le géant de six pieds six pouces et 205 livres a bien fait aux côtés du vétéran Francis

Bouillon et il a terminé sa soirée de travail avec un différentiel de plus-2.

Sur le jeu qui a mené au but gagnant, Tinordi a profité d'une rondelle envoyée à l'aveuglette en direction de la ligne bleue pour décocher un boulet de canon. Plekanec a habilement dévié la rondelle derrière le gardien Johan Hedberg à 6:49 en troisième période.

« Tinordi a été très solide défensivement, a déclaré l'entraîneur-chef du Canadien, Michel Therrien. Il a pris un bon lancer que Plekanec a dévié. Je suis très heureux de sa performance. »

Colby Armstrong, avec son premier dans l'uniforme bleu-blanc-rouge et un premier depuis le 25 février 2012, a été l'autre buteur du côté du Canadien. Carey Price a stoppé 32 lancers et le Tricolore a signé une cinquième victoire d'affilée. Montréal a aussi un dossier de 13-1-3 depuis la fameuse défaite de 6-0 face aux Maple Leafs de Toronto, le 9 février dernier.

« Colby Armstrong fait plus que ce que les gens réalisent, a mentionné Therrien. Ce soir (samedi), il a marqué. C'est certain que ça lui enlève beaucoup de pression.Je pense que tout le monde était très heureux pour lui sur le banc. »

Peter Harrold, avec lui aussi son premier cette saison, s'est chargé de la réplique du côté des Devils, qui ont un dossier de 3-7-2 depuis que Martin Brodeur est sur la touche. Johan Hedberg a effectué 20 arrêts.

Le Tricolore a repris possession du premier rang dans l'Association de l'Est après avoir cédé sa place temporairement aux Penguins de Pittsburgh. Ces derniers avaient battu les Rangers de New York 3-0 plus tôt samedi. Les deux équipes totalisent 42 points, mais la formation montréalaise a joué une rencontre de moins cette saison.

« C'est le résultat qui est important à mes yeux, a dit Therrien. Contre les Devils, ce n'est jamais facile. Ils ne donnent pas d'espace au milieu. »

Le Canadien disputera son prochain match mardi soir au Centre Bell face aux Sabres de Buffalo. Il s'agira du troisième de cinq affrontements entre les deux équipes cette saison. Le Tricolore a gagné le premier duel 6-1, le 2 février à Montréal, mais avait ensuite perdu 5-4 en fusillade, cinq jours plus tard à Buffalo.

Du jeu serré et intense

La rencontre a offert du bon jeu des deux côtés. Les deux équipes ont généralement bien fait dans leur zone et ont limité les occasions de marquer.

Le CH a été le premier à faire bouger les cordages après 8:08 de jeu. À la suite d'une mise en jeu à la droite de Hedberg, Anton Volchenkov a perdu l'équilibre dans l'enclave et Armstrong en a profité pour récupérer le disque et marquer. Mike Blunden était posté devant Hedberg, qui n'a eu aucune chance de stopper le tir d'Armstrong.

Les Devils ont amorcé la deuxième avec plus d'intensité. Tom Kostopoulos a obtenu une belle chance lors d'une descente à deux contre un en compagnie d'Alexei Ponikarovsky, mais Price a complété son déplacement à temps pour stopper la déviation de son ancien coéquipier.

Le New Jersey a créé l'égalité 1-1 à 3:54 pendant que Ryan White était au cachot pour avoir retenu le bâton d'un adversaire. Lars Eller a trébuché en tentant de dégager la rondelle et sa chute a permis à

Ilya Kovalchuk de prendre possession du disque à la ligne bleue. Il a remis de l'autre côté à Harrold et ce dernier a déjoué Price, qui avait la vue voilée.

Une chute de P.K. Subban à la ligne bleue a offert une descente à deux contre un aux Devils en infériorité numérique. Le tir des poignets de Kovalchuck a cependant frappé le poteau. Lors de la même punition, Eller a aussi atteint le poteau.

Après le filet de Plekanec tôt en troisième, le Canadien a augmenté la cadence, profitant peut-être du fait que les Devils disputaient un deuxième match en autant de soirs et a tenté de creuser l'écart. C'est finalement Price qui a eu le dernier mot, en frustrant les Devils dans les derniers instants de la rencontre.

LA FICHE COMPARATIVE DU CANADIEN DE MONTRÉAL
 Saisons
PJ
V
D
DP
DF
BP
BC
POINTS
LP
LC
AVA
DÉS
2011-12
28
11
11
2
4
69
72
28
845
789
11,82%
89,47%
2012-13
28
19
5
2
2
90
70
42
855
756
20,31%
79,81%

(PJ : parties jouées ; V : victoires ; D : défaites ; P/F : prolongation-fusillade ; BP : buts pour ; BC : buts contre ; LP : lancers pour ; LC : lancers contre ; AVA : avantage numérique ; DÉS : désavantage numérique.)