Barracuda Brief: Mixed Bag as Reinforcements Arrive Zachary DeVine | March 28, 2017 Welcome to the Barracuda Brief, your weekly one-stop shop for updates on the San Jose Barracuda. The Barracuda Brief will feature recaps, team news, quotes and other features to keep…
Facing Off: Oilers Roundtable Talking Playoffs, Yes Playoffs Larry Fisher | March 28, 2017 Facing Off is a weekly column debating five of hockey’s hottest topics each and every Monday. From current events like trades and hat tricks to bigger-picture stuff like scandals and expansion —…
The Grind Line: Red Wings’ Updated Expansion Strategy Brandon Peleshok | March 28, 2017 The 2016-17 season is coming to a merciful end for the Detroit Red Wings and their fan base. With the team missing the playoffs for the first time in 25…
Flames Monday Musings: Chaos in the Pacific Glenn Eberth | March 27, 2017 This is why predictions are useless. Just a couple of weeks ago, it looked all but certain that the San Jose Sharks would win the Pacific Division, with a battle…
Playoff Drought Continues for Taylor Hall Marcy Di Michele | March 27, 2017 Call it coincidence, or call it addition by subtraction (in that the removal of Taylor Hall’s contract meant the Oilers were able to address more pressing needs). Any way you…
The Nuck Stops Here: Boeser, Power Play & Granlund Markus Meyer | March 27, 2017 ‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion and analysis column that runs every Monday throughout the regular season. News Canucks Sign Brock Boeser The Canucks announced that they have…
Monday Morning Howl: Keller Signs, Coyotes Struggle on Road Louis Pannone | March 27, 2017 After playing six of seven games from Feb. 5 through Feb. 18 at home, the Arizona Coyotes hit the road last week and kicked off a five-game road trip on…
Sergei Bobrovsky’s Compelling Case for the Hart Trophy Mark Scheig | March 26, 2017 Sergei Bobrovsky is up to his old tricks again. The Columbus Blue Jackets and their fans couldn’t be any happier about it. Bobrovsky earned his seventh shutout of the season…
NHL’s Playoff Format Needs Restructuring Shane Sander | March 23, 2017 Gary Bettman and the NHL, your playoff format and standings require some tinkering. When the league realigned the divisions for 2013-14, a new playoff format came along with it. The emphasis was divisional play,…
Brian McGrattan: The Purge on Ice The Hockey Writers | March 23, 2017 The NHL playoffs will soon be upon us; the league will celebrate its most exciting phase of the season. But is there a widespread concern that the game’s decline in…
NHL’s Parity is Unique The Hockey Writers | March 23, 2017 I want to emphasize that this isn’t another article talking about the how the loser point has kept the standings close. I don’t want to talk about how a three…
Goaltender Interference Rule Needs Consistency Tom Dianora | March 21, 2017 The New York Rangers have the best road record in the NHL at 26-9-0. Perhaps it would be 27-8-0 if they hadn’t been victimized by a horrible non-goalie interference call…
