Commentary
Brodeur, St. Louis & O’Ree: What They Meant to Hockey?
July 8th, 2018 Retired goalie Martin Brodeur and forwards Martin St. Louis and Willie O’Ree received the call that every former hockey player yearns for. When a retired hockey player hears from Lanny MacDonald, it is an invitation to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the most...
The NHL Needs More John Tortorellas
July 8th, 2018 We are introducing a new summer series called the NHL Needs More. Once a week or thereabouts, we are going to highlight different things that the NHL needs more of to help make today's game better and more exciting. In our first installment, we will tell you why the NHL...
Sabres Fans Bickering: A Great Thing
July 5th, 2018 As many in the United States paused to celebrate their country’s independence yesterday, I, for one, am also grateful to be celebrating something else: the avid, vocal, outspoken and opinionated fans of the Buffalo Sabres. Sabres: Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Some...
The Blue Jackets & the Big Decision
June 30th, 2018 Free agency officially opens Sunday. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, this is secondary compared to a much bigger story that's just starting to unfold. While the hockey world waits for both Sunday and an eventual John Tavares decision, the Blue Jackets have a franchise...
Biggest Question Facing Each Team This Summer
June 30th, 2018 The offseason is when teams attempt to make changes to correct issues that occurred in the previous season. Coaches and front office personnel are let go, players switch teams via free agency, the year's biggest trades occur, and the Entry Draft provides teams with a new...
The NHL's Free Agency Abyss
June 27th, 2018 It's that time of year again. Free agency. July 1. A day when everyone is refreshing their news feed to find out if their team signed the much sought after prize of free agency. This year that player is John Tavares, one of the biggest stars of the game, and the closer it...
50 NHL Draft Takeaways
June 24th, 2018 The 2018 NHL Draft is in the books. So how'd your team do? Whether you were a team like the Detroit Red Wings or Montreal Canadiens who had ample picks or a team like the Calgary Flames who had few, they each made news for different reasons. With so much going on in...
31 First-Round Draft Thoughts
June 23rd, 2018 The first round of the 2018 NHL Draft is in the books. And goodness it was weird. It usually is. By the time the dust settled late Friday night, several good players left American Airlines Center not hearing their name called. Among those who are available Saturday...
Carcillo & Boynton Delivering a Message We Need to Hear
June 22nd, 2018 I would give back all of my money. I would give back all of the time. You can take my name off the Stanley Cup twice over. This is what Daniel Carcillo said in his recent piece in The Players' Tribune. They can scratch my name off that Cup, and I’d hand my ring back in...
2018 NHL Awards Strike Balance Between Celebratory & Somber
June 22nd, 2018 Hockey is a brotherhood. When one faces tragedy, it's felt throughout. We've seen it in the past, with teams stepping up to bring light to sensitive subjects because they lost their own. From Aurora, Colorado in 2012 to Orlando, Florida in 2016, senseless acts of violence...
Boynton & Carcillo Brave to Share Personal Struggles
June 20th, 2018 Nick Boynton was like any young Canadian who played hockey. Born in Nobleton, Ontario, he aspired one day to lace up the skates and compete in the National Hockey League. For most youthful Canadians, the dream to play professional hockey often ends in the backyard pond,...
No Shortcuts to Stanley Cup Championship
June 16th, 2018 Since the NHL became a salary capped league back in 2005 (following the lockout canceled 2004-05 season), there have been only two Stanley Cup Championship teams whose foundation was built without at least one top-5 draft pick. Those teams were the 2008 Detroit Red Wings...
Should the NHL Reinstate Voynov?
June 11th, 2018 Of the many questions yet to be answered ahead of the 2018-19 National Hockey League season, the fate of Slava Voynov is perhaps the most impactful. Voynov, once a rising star defenseman with the Los Angeles Kings, was arrested on charges of domestic violence against his...
