For the NHL Central Division, the Stanley Cup playoffs have been a mixed bag of results, to say the least. The Chicago Blackhawks looked to be in cruise control when they took a 2-0 series lead over the Minnesota Wild, but they were beat in nearly every area of the game in a Game 3 ...
In what many are classifying as a case of Gary Bettman attempting to kill the golden goose, the NHL has reportedly decided to go ahead with a plan to add five more outdoor games to the schedule for the 2013-14 season. In addition to the 2014 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium between the Maple Leafs ...
The Detroit Red Wings have undergone their fair share of turbulence this season. Not only did they lose out on Ryan Suter and Zach Parise in free agency last year, but they also had to deal with the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom and the subsequent defensive issues that came with it. Despite all of this, ...
It seems like only yesterday that the NHL season got underway in mid-January, but as we stand right now we are already nearing the completion of a third of the schedule. We’ve seen some crazy performances turned in by unexpected faces (Viktor Fasth, Thomas Vanek, the whole Montreal Canadiens roster) and we’ve also seen teams ...
To say that it has been an eventful weekend for the Chicago Blackhawks would be an understatement. Not only have they had to sit through two banner raising ceremonies (Stanley Cup in LA, Pacific Champions in Phoenix), but they’ve also had to face down two of the game’s best goalies from a season ago, with ...
In the relatively short history of the Columbus Blue Jackets, there hasn’t really been a player that has captured the city’s attention quite like Rick Nash did. In his tenure with the club, Nash led the team to their only playoff appearance, a four-game sweep at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings in 2009, ...
As the preparations for the 2013 season get underway at arenas around the league, the scribes that cover the sport are also dusting off their predicting hats and gearing up for January 19th. Whether it’s power rankings or fantasy outlooks, prognosticators are eagerly dissecting what the shortened season will mean for various teams fortunes. The ...
After months of inspiring emotions ranging from hope to rage to indifference, the NHL and NHLPA have finally come to terms on a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement, which will save the 2013 NHL season. According to various sources, the season will be between 48-50 games, and will be written in a condensed format to ensure ...
Wednesday night was one of the most pivotal evenings of the entire CBA saga that the NHL and NHLPA have found themselves embroiled in for the past several months. Negotiations were tense and fraught with high emotions, but in the end the two sides made progress on several key issues, and things appear to be ...
During a time of labor strife and divisions over money, there is perhaps no team more interested in how a potential new CBA would affect them financially than the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hawks went from being the Stanley Cup champions in June of 2010 to an unrecognizable shell of themselves within a three month stretch ...
