2020-21 NHL Season Recap – Part 1 – Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup Champions and NHL Awards
Last season started with a hat and ended with a championship in a pandemic. This season started in a pandemic and ended with back-to-back Stanley Cups and a drunken...
2020-21 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Preview – Lightning vs Canadiens
Hats off to the Montreal Canadiens on finally beating a good team. I won't make excuses for the Vegas Golden Knights because they should have beaten them. But it's...
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 6 – Claude Julien is fired, Minnesota Wild are hot, Rittich’s bad day, Knyzhov’s bloody head
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...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 21 – Golden Knights and Flyers hot, Penguins not, Oilers make good trades
One team the Western Conference doesn’t want to see get hot is. The Vegas Golden Knights have won eight in a row and they’ve been on fire at home...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 19 – Lightning rolling, Boudreau sacked, Seguin dazzles, Maple Leafs choke, Karlsson injured
The Tampa Bay Lightning just keep right on rolling and getting better. They’ve won 10 in a row, have points in 12 in a row and are 17-3 in...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 17 – Oilers and Flames combust, bottom of Eastern Conference tightens, Golden Knights and Hurricanes have great ending
There’s no better rivalry right now in the NHL than the Battle of Alberta. The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers flat out despise each other and hockey is better...
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 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 2 – Avalanche emerge as early favorites, Roope Hintz dazzles, the Wild hit rock bottom
The common denominators in all the current top teams (Sabres, Avalanche, Oilers) in the NHL are dynamic scoring lines, young defensemen and average goaltending. Not exactly the recipe for...