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...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 6 – Unreal parity in the NHL, High scoring duos, Flames vs Coyotes Brawl and Avalanche overcome odds
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...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 5 – Capitals start red hot, Jean-Gabriel Pageau is rolling, Stars stars are not hot, Don Cherry says stuff
Tell me if you’ve heard this before, the team with the best record in the NHL is the Washington Capitals. They’ve rather quietly regained their top spot. But like...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 3 – David Pastrnak’s tear, Bettman is a joke, NHL officiating isn’t any better, Stars still can’t do the little things right
The fifth Heritage Classic was held in Regina, Saskatchewan pitting the Calgary Flames against the Winnipeg Jets. I believe this was the first Heritage Classic that was nationally televised...
2019 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Preview – Boston Bruins vs St. Louis Blues
This was probably one of the more disappointing NHL playoffs to watch, from my point of view, in a long time. Crappy seeding format, too many upsets in the...
2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 3 Conference Finals Preview
The second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs wasn’t any less interesting than the first. The surprising Hurricanes swept the Islanders, the Blues and Stars played a really...
2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Preview
What a crazy first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs that was. Based on the way the series unfolded and because many of x-factors came true, I’m changing...
2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 Preview
The Tampa Bay Lightning tied the record for most wins in an NHL season with their 62 this season. To say they are the favorites would be an understatement....