Stephen Ground
Stephen Ground is an author with The Hockey Writers and is co-host of the Two Guys No Cup Podcast. He enjoys studying the numbers and providing fresh looks at various stories.
Author's Posts
Best & Worst Blues' Contracts: Armstrong's Track Record
December 15th, 2018 Critics of the St. Louis Blues' general manager Doug Armstrong have plenty of ammunition this season, as the team is off to an abysmal 11-14-4 start. Despite being named by national pundits as the winner of the offseason, Armstrong is now under intense scrutiny as the roster he's built clearly isn't getting the job done. One of the...
Will the Blues See Kostin This Season?
December 14th, 2018 The St. Louis Blues are in a strange position. After reloading their forward group in the offseason, they are unexpectedly near the bottom of the league, only a few points out of last place in the NHL. The problems are myriad, and their decision to fire head coach Mike Yeo a month ago did not result in the drastic and immediate...
Blues Unexpectedly Call Up Binnington
December 10th, 2018 The St. Louis Blues gave fans an unexpected jolt on Saturday afternoon when they called up American Hockey League (AHL) goaltender Jordan Binnington. The move came immediately on the heels of an embarrassing 6-1 drubbing at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks (the eighth time this season they've allowed five or more...
The Teddy Bear Toss: From Kamloops to Hershey
December 9th, 2018 There are many things that are absolutely synonymous with hockey: the sound of skates grinding across the ice. The ring of a puck careening off the crossbar. Slapshots. Black eyes. Missing teeth. And, since 1993, one more thing has been increasingly associated with hockey, particularly around the holidays: the sight of thousands of...
What Does Expansion Mean for the St. Louis Blues?
December 5th, 2018 On Tuesday, the NHL officially confirmed what we've all known unofficially for over a year: the league will open its next expansion franchise in Seattle, starting in the 2020-21 season. A lot remains unsettled for the fledgling franchise, but it's never too early to start wondering how that team's arrival might affect the...
O Captain, Our Captain: Blues Lose Pietrangelo to Injury
December 4th, 2018 OTTAWA — A second group has expressed its interest in developing Ottawa's LeBreton Flats, and it says an NHL arena is part of its plan. DevCore Group, which submitted a bid to develop the area near Parliament Hill in 2016 but lost to a group co-he...
