Andy Sutton Equipped For Life After Hockey Marcus Boutilier | November 23, 2020 Playing big was never a problem for retired NHL veteran Andy Sutton. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound defenceman played a fearless style of game, blocking shots, making big hits, and standing up…
NHL “Flat Salary Cap” Will Lead to Bumpy Road Pete Bauer | August 3, 2020 Reduced hockey-related revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a “flat” NHL salary cap for the 2020-21 season. With no increase from the previous year’s upper limit of…
NHL Popularity Is Poised to Grow Christopher Kelsall | August 1, 2020 COVID-19 notwithstanding, the National Hockey League (NHL) may now be poised to experience renewed growth in popularity. With the addition of the Vegas Golden Knights and their stunning debut season…
NHL and NHLPA Should Be More Open About Player Health Christopher Kelsall | July 22, 2020 Professional sports and especially the National Hockey League (NHL) have long done what they can to not disclose player health to the media. Individual team staff and players have also…
NHL’s 2004-05 Lockout Still Affecting League Christopher Kelsall | July 8, 2020 Current discourse about the National Hockey League’s quality of play waxes among those who feel that league talent is at an all-time high, while some suggest that given-so, that talent…
NHL Should Allow Sponsored Logos on Team Jerseys Tanner Rebelo | May 26, 2020 How do you grow revenue if you are the NHL? Continuing growth is rather difficult to do in any business and the way the NHL has gone about it has…
2020 NHL Playoff Hub Cities – Vegas Checks ALL the Boxes Eddie Rivkin | May 18, 2020 With all due respect to Vancouver and Edmonton — both absolutely lovely cities — (if) when the NHL gets down to making the hard decisions of which four cities will…
NHL Reserve Lists and Rosters Explained Pete Bauer | May 7, 2020 Before the NHL Entry Draft and free agent seasons arrive, let’s take a look at some numbers from the NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA): 90, 50, 23, and 20. Reserve Lists and…
THW Writers’ Poll: Load Management in the NHL Jeremy Stanford | March 5, 2020 Ah yes, March. It’s that time of the season when good teams clinch playoff spots and bad teams get mathematically eliminated from postseason contention. It’s when some teams start to…
Who Are the Owners of Seattle’s Expansion NHL Team? Anthony Barberio | December 24, 2019 Millions of kids grow up with dreams of playing in the NHL, but very few dream of owning an NHL team. Due to my less than spectacular skills on skates,…
The NHL’s Relationship with United States Presidents Anthony Barberio | November 12, 2019 Rarely do Presidents of the United States make it to the highlight reel of SportsCenter, but President Donald Trump has found himself there a few times in the past few…
Can NHL Fans Behave Themselves? Anthony Barberio | October 28, 2019 A crowd full of hockey fans can be both exciting and terrifying at the same time. Catch them when their team is winning a game and it’s an experience in…
