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...
2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 3 Conference Finals Preview
The second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs wasn’t any less interesting than the first. The surprising Hurricanes swept the Islanders, the Blues and Stars played a really...
2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 Preview
The Tampa Bay Lightning tied the record for most wins in an NHL season with their 62 this season. To say they are the favorites would be an understatement....
2018-19 NHL Season Preview
Keeping with the same format as last year, and not doing unrealistic team by team analysis, let’s take a look at what to watch for in the 2018-19 NHL...
2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Preview
The first round of the NHL playoffs were lacking in much drama. Most of the games were blowouts and we had more sweeps than Game 7’s. Something I never...
2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 Preview
Another great NHL season is down the tubes with a very competitive playoffs coming with the still screwy division seeding format. In the East, I like Boston. In the...
2016 NHL Stanley Cup Finals – Pittsburgh Penguins vs San Jose Sharks
That was a gem of an Eastern Conference Finals we had between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning. The only thing that would have made it better in...
2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 3 Preview – Western Conference Final
It’s hard to fathom how we could have back to back Game 7 duds but that is what we got in the Western Conference. I don’t get how a...
2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Preview – Western Conference
I’m not surprised the Anaheim Ducks lost another Game 7 at home. Nothing on their team changed. After they started out really badly and the coach was not fired,...
NHL 2015-16 Recap Week 1 – Saviors McDavid and Eichel start, 3 on 3 is working, Canadiens are hot, Kings, Ducks and Blue Jackets are not
A week (okay 10 days but who’s counting?) of the 2015-16 NHL season has gone by and what a week it’s been. Every fan starts out with that glimmer...