The 2003-04 NHL schedule has been announced. You can find it here. The first regular season games will be played on October 8th.
Some items to note; The Canadiens, one of six teams participating in the Vintage Hockey program, will wear throwback jerseys in selected contests, such as the “Heritage Classic.” The Oilers also will wear a vintage jersey from the 1979-80 season for the outdoor game, which will follow a game between alumni from Edmonton, led by Wayne Gretzky and Kevin Lowe, and a team from Montreal, led by Guy Lafleur.
This season, each club will play six games (24 total) against each of its Division rivals, four more than last season, while playing four games against all non-Division clubs in the Conference (40 total), one against each club from the other Conference (15) and three other games against non-Conference opponents. As playoff races head down to the wire, every game on the final six dates of the schedule, which concludes April 4, is intra-Conference... the way it SHOULD BE. I'm glad to see they finally got this right. At the end of last season, Vancouver didn't play any games against teams in their own division.
In other news, Toronto re-signed defenseman Wade Belak to a multi-year contract on Wednesday. A good move to secure another touch defenseman.
Steven Reinprecht signed a two-year contract with Calgary on Wednesday. Hate to see him go back to Calgry, but with the firepower Colorado now has he would be at least on the 3rd line. He has too much talent for that. Reinprecht was a restricted free agent.
On Tuesday, Colorado signed forward Bates Battaglia to a one year deal. Again, I am glad to see him staying in Colorado.
The bad news though, the Rangers signed defenseman Greg de Vries to a four-year contract worth $13 million. That is a huge pay raise for him. I am sad to see him go, but I think he needs to get out of the shadow of Blake and Foot if he is going to make a name for himself. Good luck to him.
Some items to note; The Canadiens, one of six teams participating in the Vintage Hockey program, will wear throwback jerseys in selected contests, such as the “Heritage Classic.” The Oilers also will wear a vintage jersey from the 1979-80 season for the outdoor game, which will follow a game between alumni from Edmonton, led by Wayne Gretzky and Kevin Lowe, and a team from Montreal, led by Guy Lafleur.
This season, each club will play six games (24 total) against each of its Division rivals, four more than last season, while playing four games against all non-Division clubs in the Conference (40 total), one against each club from the other Conference (15) and three other games against non-Conference opponents. As playoff races head down to the wire, every game on the final six dates of the schedule, which concludes April 4, is intra-Conference... the way it SHOULD BE. I'm glad to see they finally got this right. At the end of last season, Vancouver didn't play any games against teams in their own division.
In other news, Toronto re-signed defenseman Wade Belak to a multi-year contract on Wednesday. A good move to secure another touch defenseman.
Steven Reinprecht signed a two-year contract with Calgary on Wednesday. Hate to see him go back to Calgry, but with the firepower Colorado now has he would be at least on the 3rd line. He has too much talent for that. Reinprecht was a restricted free agent.
On Tuesday, Colorado signed forward Bates Battaglia to a one year deal. Again, I am glad to see him staying in Colorado.
The bad news though, the Rangers signed defenseman Greg de Vries to a four-year contract worth $13 million. That is a huge pay raise for him. I am sad to see him go, but I think he needs to get out of the shadow of Blake and Foot if he is going to make a name for himself. Good luck to him.
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