2020-21 NHL Season Recap – Part 3 – Worst of the Year
Disappointing Team - Vancouver Canucks - I was looking forward to seeing the Canucks taking the next step this season. But it was cautious optimism as young Pacific Division...
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...