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 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...
NHL 2019-20 Recap Week 9 – Devils fire their coach, Eichel continues to soar, Jarry and Penguins hot, Red Wings not
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...
NHL 2018-19 Recap Week 6 – NHL parity is real, Joe Thornton notches 400, The Wild might be good, William Nylander keeps holding out
As we inch closer to Thanksgiving and a quarter of the way done the season, one thing is for sure in the NHL there are no bad teams. The...
2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Preview – Western Conference
I’m not surprised the Anaheim Ducks lost another Game 7 at home. Nothing on their team changed. After they started out really badly and the coach was not fired,...
2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 Preview
The 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs start with no Canadian teams and a Bruins team that choked down the stretch, again, to miss the playoffs for the second straight...
NHL 2015-16 Recap Week 6 – NHL All-Star Game changes, Oilers doing fine without McDavid, Bobrovsky bounces back and Ducks do not
The big news, of course, is the 3 on 3 NHL All-Star tournament that was announced and will take place starting this season. The current game format wasn’t working...
NHL 2015-16 Recap Week 5 – Canadiens, Rangers, Stars early favorites, Max Domi and Leon Draisaitl impress, Hurricanes going nowhere fast
The cream of the crop this season so far are the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Dallas Stars. The Rangers have reeled off nine straight wins and are...
2015-16 NHL Season Preview
Instead of doing unrealistic team by team analysis, let’s take a look at what’s new in the NHL, what stories to watch unfold in 2015-16 NHL season and who...
NHL Recap Week 2 – What to do about the suspensions, will Sidney Crosby win the scoring race again, can the Ducks turn their powerplay into a strength and more
Brendan Shanahan has set out to clean up the game of hockey and enforce the cheap hits. While consistency is always an issue he has done a fairly good...