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
2019-20 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Stanley Cup Finals Preview September 19, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit In my mind, there were only two possible Stanley Cup finals match-ups. The Vegas Golden Knights vs. New York Islanders or the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. the Dallas Stars.... Tagged in Alexander Radulov Andrei Vasilevskiy Anton Khudobin Boston Bruins Brayden Point Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Jamie Benn Joe Pavelski Joel Kiviranta John Klingberg Miro Heiskanen New York Islanders Nikita Kucherov Ondrej Palat Stanley Cup Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson Tyler Seguin Vegas Golden Knights Victor Hedman Filed in Playoff Previews
2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals Preview September 6, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit Wow, what a second round. I don’t recall ever having all series be 3-1 and only one team closing out in five and everyone else going to seven. It’s... Tagged in Alexander Radulov Andrei Vasilevskiy Andrew Cogliano Anthony Beauvillier Anton Khudobin Brock Nelson Dallas Stars Jamie Benn Jean-Gabriel Pageau Joe Pavelski Joel Kiviranta John Klingberg Jordan Eberle Josh Bailey Mark Stone Mathew Barzal Miro Heiskanen Nathan MacKinnon New York Islanders Nikita Kucherov Reilly Smith Robin Lehner Roope Hintz Semyon Varlamov Shea Theodore Stanley Cup Tampa Bay Lightning Thomas Greiss Tyler Seguin Vegas Golden Knights Victor Hedman Filed in Playoff Previews
2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Preview August 22, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit I don’t know who does the NHL’s scheduling, but they are terrible at it. I thought since the NHL was doing the scheduling from only two rinks they had... Tagged in Andrei Vasilevskiy Anton Khudobin Arizona Coyotes Ben Bishop Bo Horvat Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Brock Nelson Cale Makar Calgary Flames Carter Hart Colorado Avalanche Corey Perry Dallas Stars David Krejci Elias Pettersson Jakub Voracek Jamie Benn Jaroslav Halak Joe Pavelski Josh Bailey Marc-Andre Fleury Mark Stone Mathew Barzal Mikko Rantanen Miro Heiskanen Nathan MacKinnon Nazem Kadri New York Islanders Nikita Kucherov Patrice Bergeron Pavel Francouz Philadelphia Flyers Semyon Varlamov Stanley Cup Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lightning Tuukka Rask Tyler Seguin Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Filed in Playoff Previews
2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 Preview August 11, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit I wanted to write a preview for the qualifier series and round-robin games. But it had been almost five months since the season was over and I couldn’t remember... Tagged in Alex Ovechkin Alexander Radulov Andrei Vasilevskiy Anton Khudobin Arizona Coyotes Ben Bishop Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Braden Holtby Brian Elliott Brock Boeser Brock Nelson Cale Makar Calgary Flames Cam Talbot Carey Price Carolina Hurricanes Carter Hart Chicago Blackhawks Claude Giroux Clayton Keller Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Connor McDavid Corey Crawford Dallas Stars Darcy Kuemper David Krejci David Pastrnak David Perron Edmonton Oilers Elias Pettersson Evgeny Kuznetsov Florida Panthers Gabriel Landeskog Jakub Voracek Jamie Benn Joe Pavelski John Carlson Johnny Gaudreau Jonathan Toews Jordan Binnington Jordan Eberle Marc-Andre Fleury Mark Stone Mathew Barzal Matthew Tkachuk Max Pacioretty Mikael Backlund Mike Smith Montreal Canadiens New York Islanders Philadelphia Flyers St Louis Blues Tampa Bay Lightning Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Washington Capitals Filed in Playoff Previews
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 22 – Draisaitl and Minnesota Wild hot, standings getting tight, Kings have found their new goalie, Zibanejad nets five goals March 9, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit I’m really thankful for the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers. It’s always fun to see teams get red hot at the end of the season. It makes the... Tagged in Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Jonathan Quick Kevin Fiala Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings Matthew Tkachuk Mika Zibanejad Minnesota Wild Montreal Canadiens Nashville Predators New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Nicolas Deslauriers Ottawa Senators Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby St Louis Blues Tampa Bay Lightning Vegas Golden Knights Washington Capitals Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 21 – Golden Knights and Flyers hot, Penguins not, Oilers make good trades March 2, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit 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... Tagged in Alexei Yashin Bobby Ryan Brenden Dillon Brett Hull Brian Elliott Calgary Flames Carter Hart Edmonton Oilers James Neal Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings Mark Stone Mike Green New Jersey Devils Ottawa Senators paul stastny Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks Sidney Crosby Steve Yzerman Tampa Bay Lightning Teemu Selanne Toronto Maple Leafs Travis Konecny Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 20 – Rangers hot, MacKenzie Blackwood is red hot, Oilers grow without McDavid February 24, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit 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... Tagged in Alex Ovechkin Anaheim Ducks Artemi Panarin Boston Bruins Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Connor McDavid David Pastrnak Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Florida Panthers Hampus Lindholm Henrik Lundqvist James Reimer Joe Thornton Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings New Jersey Devils New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Patrick Roy Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Stanley Cup Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Filed in Weekly Recaps
