NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 6 – Claude Julien is fired, Minnesota Wild are hot, Rittich’s bad day, Knyzhov’s bloody head March 1, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit In a head-scratching move, Claude Julien was fired as coach of the Montreal Canadiens. Coaching the hottest team to start the season doesn't get you very far in a... Tagged in Anton Khudobin Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Cam Talbot Dallas Stars Florida Panthers Los Angeles Kings Marcus Foligno Mike Modano Minnesota Wild Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Patrick Maroon Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks Tampa Bay Lightning Zach Parise Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 5 – NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe, The Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid Show February 22, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit When COVID hit, there wasn't any reason for the NHL to have their stadium series games. They decided to get creative and have the games in Lake Tahoe. Despite... Tagged in Auston Matthews Boston Bruins Brett Hull Brian Boucher Connor McDavid David Pastrnak Edmonton Oilers Joe Thornton John Tavares Mario Lemieux Nathan MacKinnon Nick Foligno Ottawa Senators Patrick Marleau Philadelphia Flyers Semyon Varlamov Sidney Crosby Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks Washington Capitals Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 4 – Laine benched, Bruins Rangers overtime beauty, Fleury hot, Kings playing like it’s 2014 February 15, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit Patrik Laine began his Columbus Blue Jackets career the same way the guy he replaced ended his, with a benching. Only Laine said he deserved this one. Tagged in Adam Oates Alex DeBrincat Anze Kopitar Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Columbus Blue Jackets drew doughty Dustin Brown Jeremy Roenick Joe Pavelski Los Angeles Kings Luke Schenn Martin Brodeur Matt Murray Mike Smith Mikko Koivu Minnesota Wild Miro Heiskanen Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers Olli Maatta Ottawa Senators Patrik Laine Robin Lehner Saku Koivu Stanley Cup Tristan Jarry Tuukka Rask Vegas Golden Knights Winnipeg Jets Zack Kassian Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 3 – Atlantic Division teams excel, COVID spreading, scrappy Blackhawks February 8, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit A few weeks into the season, the most interesting thing to me is the top three teams are the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Toronto Maple Leafs. These... Tagged in Adam Henrique Alex DeBrincat Alex Ovechkin Anaheim Ducks Andrei Vasilevskiy Auston Matthews Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Braden Holtby Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Dallas Stars Dany Heatley David Pastrnak Detroit Red Wings Evander Kane Filip Forsberg Florida Panthers Jake Allen Jason Spezza Jonathan Huberdeau Leon Draisaitl Marc-Andre Fleury Minnesota Wild Mitchell Marner New Jersey Devils Nicolas Deslauriers Nikita Kucherov Patrice Bergeron Patrick Kane Sergei Bobrovsky Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Viktor Arvidsson Wayne Gretzky Wayne Simmonds Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 2 – Patrick Laine trade fallout, Tony DeAngelo waived, Stars have great odds February 1, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit When Patrik Laine wanted out of a team that recently made the conference finals and seemed to disrespect his all-star teammate as not good enough, it didn’t add up.... Tagged in Anaheim Ducks Blake Wheeler Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Craig Smith Dallas Stars Detroit Red Wings Dustin Byfuglien Edmonton Oilers Evander Kane Evgeni Malkin Florida Panthers Jamie Benn Joe Thornton Joel Farabee Kris Letang Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings Marcus Foligno Montreal Canadiens New Jersey Devils Ottawa Senators Patrik Laine Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Teemu Selanne Tony DeAngelo Tuukka Rask Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 1 – Pierre-Luc Dubois and Patrick Laine trade, Canadiens and Devils hot, Evander Kane bankruptcy January 25, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit Pierre-Luc Dubois wanted out of Columbus. I can't say I blame him, and he's entitled to play where he wants. General managers shouldn't have the only say. It is... Tagged in Alex Ovechkin Bobby Orr Boston Bruins Carey Price Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Corey Perry Dallas Stars Dustin Brown Elias Pettersson ESPN Evander Kane Gordie Howe Jack Hughes Jake Allen Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings Montreal Canadiens Nathan MacKinnon NBC New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Patrik Laine Ryan Johansen Semyon Varlamov Seth Jones Sidney Crosby Tyler Myers Tyler Toffoli Vancouver Canucks Washington Capitals Wayne Gretzky Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
2020-21 NHL Season Preview January 10, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit Should we even have a 2021 NHL season? I don't think so. I love hockey, but I wouldn't mind waiting until the fall to watch again. This division only... Tagged in Alex DeBrincat Arizona Coyotes Auston Matthews Ben Bishop Boston Bruins Braden Holtby Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Carter Hart Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Corey Crawford Dallas Stars Duncan Keith Dustin Brown Edmonton Oilers Florida Panthers Henrik Lundqvist Jack Eichel Joe Thornton Jonathan Toews Los Angeles Kings Matt Murray New York Islanders Nikita Kucherov Olli Maatta Patrick Kane Patrick Marleau Patrik Laine Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Tampa Bay Lightning Taylor Hall Toronto Maple Leafs Tyler Seguin Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Washington Capitals Wayne Simmonds Filed in Season Previews
2019-20 NHL Season Recap – Part 3 – Worst of the Year January 8, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit Jay Bouwmeester collapses on the bench from cardiac arrest in the middle of a St. Louis Blues vs Anaheim Ducks game in February. The game was canceled, and the... Tagged in Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Auston Matthews Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Evgeni Malkin Jay Bouwmeester Matt Murray New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Phil Kessel Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Taylor Hall Toronto Maple Leafs Tristan Jarry Filed in Season Recaps
2019-20 NHL Season Recap – Part 2 – Best of the Year January 8, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit Other series were a bit tighter and shorter, like the Chicago Blackhawks vs Vegas Golden Knights and Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets. But nothing beat the sheer... Tagged in Alex Ovechkin Arizona Coyotes Bo Horvat Braden Holtby Brock Boeser Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars Elias Pettersson James Reimer Joel Kiviranta Nashville Predators Quinn Hughes Stanley Cup Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Filed in Season Recaps
2019-20 NHL Season Recap – Part 1 – Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup Champions and Awards January 1, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit It started with a hat. After suffering one of, if not the most, embarrassing playoff sweeps in NHL history, coach John Cooper bought a Virginia Cavaliers hat. The Cavaliers... Tagged in Boston Bruins Cale Makar Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Connor Hellebuyck Connor McDavid Dallas Stars Edmonton Oilers Leon Draisaitl Nathan MacKinnon New York Islanders New York Rangers Nikita Kucherov Quinn Hughes Sidney Crosby Stanley Cup Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lightning Tony DeAngelo Tuukka Rask Vancouver Canucks Winnipeg Jets Filed in Season Recaps
