No Shortcuts to Stanley Cup Championship Dave Rogers | June 16, 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…
Hockey: How Buffalo Fights Cancer Jeff Seide | June 14, 2018 The 11 Day Power Play, the world’s longest hockey game whose purpose is to help fight cancer, is back in Buffalo, with a twist. Instead of 40 players living, breathing,…
Backes Trade Worth the Investment Brandon Share-Cohen | June 13, 2018 When it comes to team building, Boston Bruins’ general manager Don Sweeney has done as good as job as anyone at creating an excellent lineup with an impressive pipeline still…
Bruins and Kovalchuk – Exploring the Possibility Brandon Share-Cohen | June 12, 2018 If the 2017-18 season made anything clear, it’s that the Boston Bruins’ championship window is firmly open. Part of what comes with such a situation is that teams must identify…
Should the NHL Reinstate Voynov? Peter Ferrell | June 11, 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…
The Grind Line: Should Red Wings Trade the 6th? Tony Wolak | June 11, 2018 Now that the Stanley Cup Final is over, it’s time to focus on how the Detroit Red Wings approach the 2018 NHL Draft. (Congratulations to Alex Ovechkin and the Washington…
The Grind Line: Red Wings’ Top Line Jacob Messing | June 4, 2018 What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly…
Maple Leafs Round Table: Dubbing Dubas’ First Priority Andrew Forbes | June 4, 2018 A number of free agents lingering as the deadline approaches, and still they might not be the biggest priorities for the new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs –…
Emptying the 2018 Combine Notebook Mark Scheig | June 3, 2018 A new sensation has hit all parts of the hockey world and it became center stage at the NHL Combine. Several prospects admitted that teams were asking them about video…
Cup Final Game 2: Another Wild Night in Vegas Jeff Seide | May 31, 2018 Unlike Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night, when the scoresheet was filled with a page full of goals, Game 2 on Wednesday night was filled with…
Is the NHL Blind(sided)? Mark Shiver | May 30, 2018 It did not take long for this year’s Stanley Cup Final to generate drama beyond the confines of the ice. In Game 1 between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas…
Golden Knights Success Embarrasses Rest of NHL Will Billinghurst | May 28, 2018 The inaugural season of the Vegas Golden Knights has been the greatest underdog story that the NHL has ever seen in its 100 years of existence. There were doubts at…