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NHL Trade Deadline: San Jose Sharks

Over the past several years, Doug Wilson has engineered some of the league's biggest trades, including those that brought Joe Thornton, Dan Boyle and Dany Heatley to San Jose. None was a trade-deadline deal, though Thornton was acquired during the season. Still, Wilson has a reputation for wheeling and dealing boldly when...

NHL Trade Deadline: Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers needed something and the additions of forward Blake Wheeler and tough guy defenseman Mark Stuart last week could very well be enough to turn around the club's flagging hopes. But it may already be too late. Atlanta enters play Wednesday on a three-game skid and five points of the eighth place in...

Uh Oh, Sharks Hot Heading Toward Another Break

The last time San Jose really got its act together was in late December, when the Sharks won four in a row going into the Christmas break. All it took to throw the team off again was that 48 hours off the ice. The Sharks lost eight of the next 10 after Christmas. So now, with the All-Star break almost at hand, San Jose...

Ben Eager Traded to Sharks; Kyle Wellwood Also Becomes Shark

The struggling San Jose Sharks made two personnel moves Tuesday, despite a two-game winning streak that followed their six-game slide. In a trade, the Sharks brought forward Ben Eager in from Atlanta. Eager played 34 games with the Thrashers, posting three goals and seven assists for ten points. Eager is a tough,...

Ben Eager Suspended 4 Games

Atlanta Thrashers forward Ben Eager put his team in a huge hole on Friday night by sucker punching Toronto's Colby Armstrong late in the second period, leading to a five-minute power play that resulted in four Maple Leafs goals. When the final horn sounded, Atlanta was on the receiving end of a 9-3 beatdown, with five of...

Background on ben eager

Benjamin Eager (born January 22, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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