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 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...
2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals Preview
Wow, what a second round. I don’t recall ever having all series be 3-1 and only one team closing out in five and everyone else going to seven. It’s...
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...
2018-19 NHL Season Recap – Part 3 – Worst of the Year
Part 1: Stanley Cup Winner Recap and NHL Awards Part 2: Best of the Year Part 3: Worst of the Year Our team has zero balance Edmonton Oilers The...
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...
NHL 2018-19 Recap Week 15 – Islanders on top, Flames still hot, Maple Leafs up and down, Avalanche even more up and down
After proclaiming the NHL playoff races over last week, things have become a little more interesting. In the Eastern Conference, the Islanders (more on them below) have ascended out...
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 2017-18 Recap Week 5 – Ducks vs Kings Round 1, Charlie Lindgren time in Montreal, Oilers up and down week, Golden Knights first misstep
The freeway face-off series is one of the best in hockey. Even if it’s between markets not associated with traditional hockey ones. You know you are always going to...
NHL 2016-17 Recap Week 13 – The Blue Jackets wild week, Unsung Heroes Patrick Maroon, Peter Budaj and Michael Grabner and more
Lots of things were learned in the last few games the Blue Jackets played. The Oilers had a chance to make a statement against the Blue Jackets on Tuesday,...