For the fourth year in a row, the closest that the Calgary Flames and their fans will get to the playoffs are televised games. As the Flames continue to plan for the future and the fans watch other teams mount a quest for the glorious Stanley Cup, there are some aspects of the playoffs that ...
When Ian White of the Detroit Red Wings called Gary Bettman an idiot on November 17th, it seemed to have opened the flood gates for the rest of the NHL players. Since this date there have been more than a few inappropriate comments toward Bettman. “I gotta be honest: I personally think he’s an idiot,” White ...
What makes a strong division? Is it solid goaltending, balanced scoring or stingy defense? How about all of the above?
The Detroit Red Wings have been a playoff team for the last 21 seasons, in that time making six Finals appearances and winning four Stanley Cups. One of the most dominant teams in professional sports for the last two decades, the Wings successfully managed to stay on top even through the NHL’s implementation of a ...
Brian Burke has been with Toronto since November, 2008. For many, he came to a team that had precious little desirable talent playing at the NHL level, and the franchise was lacking top-level prospects. He’s turned the roster over completely – no one who ended the 2007-08 season having played a Leaf game remains. While the Maple ...
Brian Burke has never been the shy type. For some, that made him an ideal candidate for the general manager’s job with the Toronto Maple Leafs — a no-nonsense guy who could handle the media and the fans’ expectations. Being a Harvard-trained lawyer, former player agent, a general manager in Hartford, Vancouver and Anaheim, and former ...
Teemu Pulkkinen, Calle Jarnkrok, Tomas Tatar, Tomas Jurco, Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan; You’ve likely heard those names before. They’re some of the Detroit Red Wings’ most exciting prospects, all potential NHL stars, and all acquired via the draft. They have another thing in common as well, they’re all forwards. The Red Wings have been able ...
This week, the panel discusses former Maple Leafs, whether the Leafs need a top-tier goalie and John-Michael Liles’ recent contract extension…
With the season now more than half over, there are plenty of Detroit Red Wings stats to examine, and as a personal statistical fan earlier today I decided to take a look and see what I could find of interest hidden in the spreadsheets compiling all the data from the season thus far. While you ...
NHL, take notice: The league’s best home team looks to have mastered its road game too (despite a heartbreaking loss Thursday evening in Nashville), and the early season days of a streaky, unreliable Red Wings team seem a distant past at this point. It’s no coincidence that the return of the consistent opponent-clobbering game play ...
