NHL 2020-21 Recap Week 4 – Laine benched, Bruins Rangers overtime beauty, Fleury hot, Kings playing like it’s 2014
Patrik Laine began his Columbus Blue Jackets career the same way the guy he replaced ended his, with a benching. Only Laine said he deserved this one.
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 15 – Golden Knights fire Gallant, Crosby is back, Kubalik and Ovechkin are hot
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...
NHL 2018-19 Recap Week 8 – Flyers panic, Maple Leafs have great week, Wilson has ups and downs, Refs blow more calls
Sticking with there are no bad teams in the NHL from a couple of weeks ago, it seems like a lot of NHL teams don’t understand that yet. I...
NHL 2018-19 Recap Week 4 – Canucks vs Avalanche thriller, Flames trio hot, Halak resurges, Coyotes and Islanders roll
One of the better games this week featured two of the more surprising teams in the NHL, the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche made the playoffs...
NHL 2017-18 Recap Week 16 – NHL All-Star Game and Skills Competition
The NHL had their annual All-Star festivities this weekend in Tampa Bay. Something they probably wouldn’t have had if they sent the players to the Olympics. So it needed...
NHL 2014-15 Recap Week 24 – NHL Draft Pick Tournament? Wide open playoff seeding down the sretch, Rangers first to clinch, Flames probably out, Blue Jackets hot but too late
After the surprisingly competitive game between the Buffalo Sabres and Phoenix Coyotes, that nobody was supposed to want to win, the Coyotes ended up beating the Sabres in overtime....
NHL 2014-15 Recap Week 23 – 3 on 3 is coming to the NHL, Bruins and Senators in a wild game, Metropolitan Race gets interesting, Flames gutsy move
The big news in the NHL is that 3 on 3 overtime action will be coming in some form soon. The questions are when and how. The AHL goes...
NHL 2014-15 Recap Week 11 – The Devils lose their coach but gain three?, Avalanche and Flyers making strides, Braden Holtby appears to be back
I’d like to wish everyone happy holidays to anyone who reads this column. On the NHL front, its mostly slim pickens as there were three days without any hockey....
NHL 2014-15 Recap Week 4 – Flames and Canucks Hot, Jake Allen getting hot, Mike Smith is not or is he? Fleury's Contract
When you look at the NHL standings you’ll notice only six teams in the Eastern Conference and four teams in the Western Conference are at .500 or below. Of...
NHL 2014-15 Recap Week 2 – Is Ovechkin a coach killer?, Predators fast start, Hurricanes a mess, Quick Vezina bound?
You might have seen Barry Trotz, Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals come up in the news lately. Former goalie, and now analyst, Glenn Healy sums up Ovechkin as...