NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 3 – Atlantic Division teams excel, COVID spreading, scrappy Blackhawks February 8, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit 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... Tagged in Adam Henrique Alex DeBrincat Alex Ovechkin Anaheim Ducks Andrei Vasilevskiy Auston Matthews Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Braden Holtby Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Dallas Stars Dany Heatley David Pastrnak Detroit Red Wings Evander Kane Filip Forsberg Florida Panthers Jake Allen Jason Spezza Jonathan Huberdeau Leon Draisaitl Marc-Andre Fleury Minnesota Wild Mitchell Marner New Jersey Devils Nicolas Deslauriers Nikita Kucherov Patrice Bergeron Patrick Kane Sergei Bobrovsky Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Viktor Arvidsson Wayne Gretzky Wayne Simmonds Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 2 – Patrick Laine trade fallout, Tony DeAngelo waived, Stars have great odds February 1, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit 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.... Tagged in Anaheim Ducks Blake Wheeler Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Craig Smith Dallas Stars Detroit Red Wings Dustin Byfuglien Edmonton Oilers Evander Kane Evgeni Malkin Florida Panthers Jamie Benn Joe Thornton Joel Farabee Kris Letang Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings Marcus Foligno Montreal Canadiens New Jersey Devils Ottawa Senators Patrik Laine Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Teemu Selanne Tony DeAngelo Tuukka Rask Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 1 – Pierre-Luc Dubois and Patrick Laine trade, Canadiens and Devils hot, Evander Kane bankruptcy January 25, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit 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... Tagged in Alex Ovechkin Bobby Orr Boston Bruins Carey Price Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Corey Perry Dallas Stars Dustin Brown Elias Pettersson ESPN Evander Kane Gordie Howe Jack Hughes Jake Allen Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings Montreal Canadiens Nathan MacKinnon NBC New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Patrik Laine Ryan Johansen Semyon Varlamov Seth Jones Sidney Crosby Tyler Myers Tyler Toffoli Vancouver Canucks Washington Capitals Wayne Gretzky Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
2020-21 NHL Season Preview January 10, 2021 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit Should we even have a 2021 NHL season? I don't think so. I love hockey, but I wouldn't mind waiting until the fall to watch again. This division only... Tagged in Alex DeBrincat Arizona Coyotes Auston Matthews Ben Bishop Boston Bruins Braden Holtby Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Carter Hart Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Corey Crawford Dallas Stars Duncan Keith Dustin Brown Edmonton Oilers Florida Panthers Henrik Lundqvist Jack Eichel Joe Thornton Jonathan Toews Los Angeles Kings Matt Murray New York Islanders Nikita Kucherov Olli Maatta Patrick Kane Patrick Marleau Patrik Laine Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Tampa Bay Lightning Taylor Hall Toronto Maple Leafs Tyler Seguin Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Washington Capitals Wayne Simmonds Filed in Season Previews
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
