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Oilers History: The Paul Coffey Effect
December 13th, 2018 Unless you were fortunate enough to be around to witness Paul Coffey play during his prime, it is unlikely you can comprehend how important he was to the success of the Edmonton Oilers. Anyone can look at his stat line and be impressed by the eye-popping totals. However,...
NHL Hat Tricks History & Fun Facts
December 13th, 2018 A hat trick is one of the NHL's rarest achievements with only 81 during the 2017-18 season, or roughly one in 6.4 percent of games. That's more rare than a shutout, with 144 in 2017-18, or one in 11.3 percent of games, or a shorthanded goal, of which there were 211 last...
Why the Vezina Trophy Deserves Its Name
December 12th, 2018 Every year renews the age-old debate as to whether or not the Georges Vezina Trophy and the other major NHL awards should be renamed. The argument (as it appears in examples in each one of these examples) usually goes that the names of bygone hockey legends (often men...
Oilers History: The Importance of Jimmy Carson
December 11th, 2018 Regardless of the sport, being traded for an all-time great is never an easy thing for the player going in the other direction. With that said, being the guy who the Edmonton Oilers got in return for Wayne Gretzky is an altogether different beast. This was the hand Jimmy...
Unbreakable Records: The St. Louis Blues and the 1978 NHL Draft
December 11th, 2018 In 1978, the St. Louis Blues set an unbeatable record at the final NHL Amateur Draft. In the following year, the NHL allowed teams to draft players from the defunct WHA and those who had played overseas. In light of these changes, the league renamed the annual...
Bruce McNall: His Rise and Fall
December 10th, 2018 On Aug. 9, 1988, the hockey world changed forever. The Edmonton Oilers traded the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash, and the Kings'...
Top 10 Best Undrafted NHL Goalies
December 10th, 2018 The NHL Entry Draft has long been the NHL’s pipeline for talent. While teams draft players in the hope that they will one day be in their NHL lineup, there are a number of players that are passed over in the NHL Draft only to be signed as free agents down the line. This...
Top 3 All-Time Flyers Goalies
December 10th, 2018 While most jokes about the Philadelphia Flyers are aimed at the guys who play between the pipes, the Flyers actually have a rich history of goalies. Unfortunately, for recent teams -- or even the teams of the '90s -- those goalies played, for the most part, in the '70s and...
Top 5 Jets 1.0 Draft Picks of All Time
December 9th, 2018 Winnipeg Jets' general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff is often heralded for his deftness at the draft table, and deservedly so. Through a patient draft-and-develop strategy, he's turned the second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets from a team nearly no assets and laughable...
Top 5 Moments of Joe Thornton's Career
December 9th, 2018 San Jose Sharks' center Joe Thornton, will be in the Hockey Hall of Fame whenever he decides to hang up his skates. That won't be this season, though, since he recently signed another one-year deal with the Sharks. A career like Thornton's has dozens of top moments, but...
Martin St. Louis, the Little Big Man
December 8th, 2018 Little Big Men have always been a staple in the NHL. You know the type: fast as the wind, nimble on their feet, quick with their hands and tough to play against. Henri Richard, Marcel Dionne, Brian Gionta. In the modern era of hockey, it's impossible to discuss the...
The Best NHL Forwards Ever
December 6th, 2018 The NHL has a long and storied existence. Legendary teams, lines and players serve as a reminder of days gone by while today’s players continue to forge the legacy left behind by the pioneers of our beloved game. Like any legendary player, their contributions...
Cleveland Barons NHL Draft History
December 5th, 2018 The NHL version of the Cleveland Barons was one of the shortest-lived teams in the history of the league. The franchise was originally part of "The Great Expansion" of 1967 when the NHL expanded from six teams to an even dozen. Initially known as the Oakland Seals from 1967...
