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 15 – Connor McDavid’s stellar season, Cole Caufield scores, Final playoff jockeying
We are into the final weeks of the COVID shorten NHL season, and there are only six playoff spots up for grabs. The three left in the North are...
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 12 – Jack Campbell breaks records, Islanders load up, West division is a mess
Let's talk about the worst division in the NHL, the West. Before the season started, I said this division looks awful. Don't get me wrong. It has arguably two...
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 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 2020-21 Recap Week 1 – Pierre-Luc Dubois and Patrick Laine trade, Canadiens and Devils hot, Evander Kane bankruptcy
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...
2019-20 NHL Season Recap – Part 3 – Worst of the Year
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...