1935 Offseason News and Notes
New York's Charlie Conacher ends
Eddie Shore's Hart Trophy streak. It's the first MVP award for the 25 year old, who took his team to the Cup final only to come up short.
Conacher had 27 goals and 46 points on the season.
Charlie Gardiner wins the Vezina again! The goaltending is generally pretty good in the league, but
Gardiner is seen as the man among men!
Here are the 1934/35 NHL All-stars
Well this is a first and something I think is really cool. The
New York Americans have decided to retire the number of
Jake Forbes, who has just retired.
Forbes spent 2 years in
Hamilton, then the rest of his career with the
Americans. He played in 231 games, winning 99 of them.
Forbes backed up
George Hainsworth the last few years, but the team obviously wants to pay tribute to the longevity and loyalty of
Jake Forbes!
Speaking of
Hainsworth,
George has also decided to hang em up. The 42 year old retires holding the best single season save percentage mark of .953 in 1929. He’s 3rd all time in wins, 5th in save percentage and 5th in shutouts.
Hainsworth began his NHL career at 27 with the
Canadiens, so he got started a little late. Here’s a look at his career. I haven’t decided if I will rename the Vezina award for him. Might be an announcement in the future, might not…
The
St. Louis Eagles have disbanded. They are no longer apart of the league and all of their crappy players are free agents. The 3 former first round picks are the only worthy players available.
Turk Broda has signed with
Montreal to backup
Tiny Thompson. Great deal for the
Habs who now have
Thompson’s heir apparent under contract.
Bill Durnan goes to the
Americans who just lost both of their goalies.
Durnan will play right away. No team needed a goalie more. Oddly,
Frank Brimsek remains unsigned on opening day of the new season.
Draft
This is a bad draft. Talent this year is very low.
Jack Stewart looks like a 2nd line dman, and he’s the only guy that looks like a shoe in to have a NHL career. Next years draft appears loaded with some top end talent. This class will be forgettable if there aren’t any surprises.
