NHL 2021-22 Recap Week 1 – Barkley and the Kraken debut, Penguins roll without stars, ESPN plus blows, Kopitar and Bertuzzi shine
What an opening week for the NHL. No Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon, Sidney Crosby, or Evgeni Malkin. The Seattle Kraken launched their season with jerseys everyone loves, and people...
2021-22 NHL Season Preview
I'm excited to get back to mostly normal after two unusual COVID seasons. Here's a peek at what to watch for in the 2021-22 NHL season.
Will the Tampa Bay...
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 14 – Kirill Kaprizov Calderworthy, Blue Jackets tumble, West hot, Devils Penguins wild game
The New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins played a wild game on Tuesday night. The Penguins jumped out to a 6-0 lead, and you thought, game over. But not...
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 13 – NHL trades, Stars heating up, Canucks return, No end season drama
By now, everyone knows about all the NHL trades. The three major ones were Taylor Hall to the Boston Bruins, Jeff Carter to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Columbus...
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 11 – Carter Hart returns, Nashville Predators hot, Mathew Barzal’s big day
The Buffalo Sabres finally won a game. Hooray! They still stink. They'll have to settle for a tie of the longest losing steak in NHL history at 18. The...
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 10 – Peel fired, Sabres still suck, Zibanejad still hot, McDavid and Matthews show off
The big news this week was the firing of referee Tim Peel for calling a weak tripping penalty against the Nashville Predators. A horrified NHL acted swiftly to protect...
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 7 – Fired Flames Coach, Angry Inept Sabres, Jerky Tom Wilson
Another week, another NHL head coach has been fired. This time after a big 7-3 win against the Ottawa Senators. Apparently, playing the Ottawa Senators will lead to your...
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 3 – Atlantic Division teams excel, COVID spreading, scrappy Blackhawks
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...
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 2 – Patrick Laine trade fallout, Tony DeAngelo waived, Stars have great odds
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....
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 20 – Rangers hot, MacKenzie Blackwood is red hot, Oilers grow without McDavid
One of the hottest teams, besides the Tampa Bay Lightning, is surprisingly the New York Rangers. The Rangers have won seven of their last eight and now find themselves...