2020-21 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – First Round Preview
Here were go with the NHL COVID playoffs year two. While the division-only format didn't lead to a great regular season, it does lead to some highly compelling possible...
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 11 – Carter Hart returns, Nashville Predators hot, Mathew Barzal’s big day
The Buffalo Sabres finally won a game. Hooray! They still stink. They'll have to settle for a tie of the longest losing steak in NHL history at 18. The...
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 2020-21 Recap Week 3 – Atlantic Division teams excel, COVID spreading, scrappy Blackhawks
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...
2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Preview
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...
2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 Preview
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...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 16 – All-Stars shine in St. Louis, new skills events and too many missing All-Stars
The annual NHL All-Star Game festivities emanated from St. Louis, Missouri. The NHL Skills Competition was up first. The Blues did a great job of mixing in old NHL...
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 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...