NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 16 – All-Stars shine in St. Louis, new skills events and too many missing All-Stars
The annual NHL All-Star Game festivities emanated from St. Louis, Missouri. The NHL Skills Competition was up first. The Blues did a great job of mixing in old NHL...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 15 – Golden Knights fire Gallant, Crosby is back, Kubalik and Ovechkin are hot
The firing of Vegas Golden Knights head coach Gerad Gallant was a bit of shocker. It was also unwarranted. Here’s a coach who has won division titles, taken this...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 14 – Lightning rolling, Devils better after Hall trade, McDavid dazzles, Kassian and Tkachuk fight
There’s something happening right now the rest of the NHL probably wished wasn’t. The Tampa Bay Lightning are awakening. That’s bad news but it’s especially bad news for the...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 13 – Cotton Bowl Winter Classic, Washington Captials epic comeback, John Tortorella rightful tirade, Oilers almost choke
The 2020 Winter Classic emanated from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. It was nice to see different teams in the Winter Classic. And most people agreed because the game...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 12 – Maple Leafs scoring, Huberdeau red hot, Refs screw Kadri and Avalanche
No team has been hotter or scoring more goals lately than the Toronto Maple Leafs. This is the wide open goal scoring they always envisioned with their talented roster....
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 11 – Taylor Hall gets traded again, Parity in Atlantic and Pacific Divisions, Matthews and Tavares need to play better
The big news this week was the trade for Taylor Hall. The New Jersey Devils certainly got a lot more for him than what they gave up to get...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 10 – Coaching firings continue, Arizona Coyotes continue to defy, Eichel, Jarry and Francouz remain hot
The firing of NHL coaches continued this week. Peter DeBoer and Jim Montgomery joined Bill Peters and Mike Babcock in the fired club this season. Both of these firings...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 9 – Devils fire their coach, Eichel continues to soar, Jarry and Penguins hot, Red Wings not
The New Jersey Devils fired their head coach and I can’t say I’m surprised. John Hynes had to develop recent top picks, integrate newly acquired key veterans and deal...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 8 – Bill Peters saga, Sharks get hot, Taylor Hall on the trading block, Bobrovsky benched
After a week of allegations of past conduct, Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters has resigned. While it’s good he’s doing the right thing now, it doesn’t excuse any...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 7 – Maple Leafs move on from Babcock, Andre Burkovsky rolls, Devils and Bobby Ryan hit rock bottom
The Toronto Maple Leafs fired coach Mike Babcock this week and I can’t say I’m all that surprised. I know they wanted to fire him after last season’s playoff...