NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 15 – Golden Knights fire Gallant, Crosby is back, Kubalik and Ovechkin are hot January 20, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit The firing of Vegas Golden Knights head coach Gerad Gallant was a bit of shocker. It was also unwarranted. Here’s a coach who has won division titles, taken this... Tagged in Adam Oates Alex Ovechkin Artemi Panarin Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Bryan Rust Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars Detroit Red Wings Elvis Merzlikins Evgeni Malkin Jamie Benn Jaroslav Halak Joel Quenneville Jonathan Toews Los Angeles Kings Matt Calvert Micheal Haley Minnesota Wild Patrice Bergeron Peter Laviolette Sidney Crosby Stanley Cup Steve Yzerman Vegas Golden Knights Washington Capitals Wayne Gretzky Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 14 – Lightning rolling, Devils better after Hall trade, McDavid dazzles, Kassian and Tkachuk fight January 13, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit There’s something happening right now the rest of the NHL probably wished wasn’t. The Tampa Bay Lightning are awakening. That’s bad news but it’s especially bad news for the... Tagged in Auston Matthews Boston Bruins Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers Florida Panthers Gordie Howe Jack Hughes James Reimer Jonathan Huberdeau Kyle Palmieri Matthew Tkachuk Montreal Canadiens New Jersey Devils New York Rangers Nico Hischier Nicolas Deslauriers Pekka Rinne Tampa Bay Lightning Taylor Hall Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks Washington Capitals Winnipeg Jets Zdeno Chara Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 13 – Cotton Bowl Winter Classic, Washington Captials epic comeback, John Tortorella rightful tirade, Oilers almost choke January 6, 2020 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit The 2020 Winter Classic emanated from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. It was nice to see different teams in the Winter Classic. And most people agreed because the game... Tagged in Bo Horvat Carey Price Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Corey Perry Dallas Stars Edmonton Oilers Elias Pettersson Florida Panthers George Hainsworth James Neal Jarred Tinordi Jeremy Roenick Kyle Clifford Montreal Canadiens Nashville Predators NBC New York Rangers Patrik Laine Philadelphia Flyers Tampa Bay Lightning Tanner Pearson Toronto Maple Leafs Washington Capitals William Nylander Winter Classic Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 12 – Maple Leafs scoring, Huberdeau red hot, Refs screw Kadri and Avalanche December 30, 2019 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit No team has been hotter or scoring more goals lately than the Toronto Maple Leafs. This is the wide open goal scoring they always envisioned with their talented roster.... Tagged in Alex Ovechkin Auston Matthews Boston Bruins Colorado Avalanche Florida Panthers George Hainsworth Jeremy Roenick John Tavares Jonathan Huberdeau Micheal Haley Minnesota Wild Mitchell Marner Montreal Canadiens Nathan MacKinnon Nazem Kadri New York Rangers Nicolas Deslauriers Patrice Bergeron Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Washington Capitals William Nylander Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 11 – Taylor Hall gets traded again, Parity in Atlantic and Pacific Divisions, Matthews and Tavares need to play better December 23, 2019 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit The big news this week was the trade for Taylor Hall. The New Jersey Devils certainly got a lot more for him than what they gave up to get... Tagged in Arizona Coyotes Auston Matthews Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Chris Stewart Clayton Keller Detroit Red Wings Eric Staal Evgeni Malkin Frederik Andersen Gabriel Landeskog Jack Eichel Jack Hughes John Tavares Kyle Okposo Los Angeles Kings Mark Recchi Montreal Canadiens Nashville Predators New Jersey Devils Nicklas Backstrom Nicolas Deslauriers Nikita Kucherov Patrick Kane Phil Kessel Raymond Bourque Tampa Bay Lightning Taylor Hall Toronto Maple Leafs Washington Capitals Wayne Simmonds Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 10 – Coaching firings continue, Arizona Coyotes continue to defy, Eichel, Jarry and Francouz remain hot December 16, 2019 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit 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... Tagged in Anthony Duclair Arizona Coyotes Bobby Clarke Boston Bruins Calgary Flames Carl Soderberg Carolina Hurricanes Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Darcy Kuemper Darnell Nurse David Pastrnak Devan Dubnyk Edmonton Oilers Elias Pettersson Florida Panthers Frederik Andersen Jack Eichel Jake Guentzel Joe Pavelski Joe Thornton Johnny Gaudreau Jonathan Quick Marian Hossa New Jersey Devils Nicolas Deslauriers Ottawa Senators Pavel Francouz Phil Kessel Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks Sean Monahan St Louis Blues Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs Tristan Jarry Winnipeg Jets Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 9 – Devils fire their coach, Eichel continues to soar, Jarry and Penguins hot, Red Wings not December 9, 2019 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit The New Jersey Devils fired their head coach and I can’t say I’m surprised. John Hynes had to develop recent top picks, integrate newly acquired key veterans and deal... Tagged in Bobby Clarke Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche Darcy Kuemper David Krejci Detroit Red Wings Jack Eichel Jason Spezza Los Angeles Kings Marc-Andre Fleury Matt Murray Morgan Rielly New Jersey Devils New York Rangers Nick Foligno Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs Tristan Jarry Vegas Golden Knights Wayne Simmonds Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 8 – Bill Peters saga, Sharks get hot, Taylor Hall on the trading block, Bobrovsky benched December 2, 2019 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit 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... Tagged in Andrew Shaw Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Calgary Flames Darcy Kuemper David Pastrnak Dylan McIlrath Edmonton Oilers Evander Kane Evgeni Malkin Florida Panthers Gordie Howe Joel Quenneville Logan Couture Martin Jones Max Pacioretty Nashville Predators New Jersey Devils paul stastny San Jose Sharks Sean Avery Sergei Bobrovsky Sidney Crosby Taylor Hall Toronto Maple Leafs Vegas Golden Knights Wayne Simmonds Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 7 – Maple Leafs move on from Babcock, Andre Burkovsky rolls, Devils and Bobby Ryan hit rock bottom November 25, 2019 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit The Toronto Maple Leafs fired coach Mike Babcock this week and I can’t say I’m all that surprised. I know they wanted to fire him after last season’s playoff... Tagged in Anaheim Ducks Anton Khudobin Auston Matthews Bobby Ryan Boston Bruins Brock Nelson Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Connor McDavid Cory Schneider Curtis Joseph Dallas Stars Florida Panthers Gabriel Landeskog Jack Hughes Jakub Voracek Leon Draisaitl Los Angeles Kings Marc-Andre Fleury Mikko Rantanen Montreal Canadiens Nazem Kadri New Jersey Devils Nico Hischier Ottawa Senators Patrick Roy Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Taylor Hall Tom Wilson Toronto Maple Leafs Tuukka Rask Washington Capitals Wayne Simmonds William Nylander Filed in Weekly Recaps
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 6 – Unreal parity in the NHL, High scoring duos, Flames vs Coyotes Brawl and Avalanche overcome odds November 18, 2019 Share Tweet Plus+ Pinit We’re about a quarter of the way done the NHL season and there’s nothing too surprising yet. The parity in the NHL this season is unreal. Only five wins... Tagged in Aleksander Barkov Alex Ovechkin Arizona Coyotes Auston Matthews Brad Marchand Brett Hull Colorado Avalanche Connor McDavid Dalton Prout Darcy Kuemper David Pastrnak Edmonton Oilers John Carlson Johnny Gaudreau Jonathan Huberdeau Leon Draisaitl Matt Calvert Matthew Tkachuk Minnesota Wild Nathan MacKinnon Nicolas Deslauriers Patrick Kane Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Yzerman Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Vegas Golden Knights Filed in Weekly Recaps