As the Canucks and Sharks series unfolded and devolved in front of a national audience, another series from recent memory came to mind. Last season’s Pittsburgh/Philadelphia series seemed eerily similar to the sweep that took many by surprise. Most hockey analysts called the Canucks deeper and more talented than the San Jose Sharks. But the ...
The San Jose Sharks made a statement with two wins at Rogers Arena against a lackluster Vancouver Canucks squad. Lackluster may be putting it gently, but a fair assessment of a team who named Roberto Luongo its back up goalie only to have him stand on his head for two games and have nothing to ...
NHL Playoff Predictions: Western Conference There are 16 teams remaining entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The journey to the Stanley Cup Finals will begin on Tuesday. Every year there are Cinderella stories in each conference. We’ll analyze what teams will be upset and what teams will move on to the Promised Land. If your team has a weakness, ...
Logan Couture is 23 years old. In his second season, he joined four other players to score 30 goals in a season within his first two in the NHL. He has joined veterans Marleau and Thornton as the top point-scorers in his tenure with the Sharks. Logan Couture plays a style of hockey that is ...
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we’ve put together the best all-Patrick starting lineup in NHL history. Please welcome to the ice your starting Patricks: (Apologies to those Patricks who chose not to embrace the second syllable of their first names. While plenty of Pats like LaFontaine, Verbeek, Flatley, Falloon, and Hickey all had respectable ...
Anytime you mention the San Jose Sharks this past month you hear people ask what happened to them. Even casual NHL fans know about the Sharks struggles, that’s when you know it’s getting bad. The Sharks powerplay has crashed and burned so bad that it has almost become as laughable as a Ron Wilson led ...
In the NHL teams can go from the top of the league to the bottom of the standings in a matter of weeks. Given the nature of an abbreviated 48 game NHL season, the chance of a prolonged slump ruining your season is amplified. The San Jose Sharks had an amazing 7-0-0 start and star ...
Although it’s still very early in the season, several players have already started to turn heads in the early stages of the 2013 NHL season. Obviously no important hardware is handed out for two weeks of solid play, but here is how I think the important NHL trophy traces are currently shaping up after the ...
Hello, this is the first of what I hope will be many segments in a recurring theme where I provide news, insight and analysis regarding various events and trends going on throughout the NHL. The NHL is back, and it’s alive and well. Despite months of uncertainty, anger and, ultimately the most worrisome, apathy, the ...
Assume you have not watched the NHL at all this season and I asked you who you think is leading the league in scoring. You may rattle off some common household names such as Alexander Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, or Steven Stamkos. If you looked it up as of Sunday morning, you may be ...
