Measuring Impact of Erie Otters’ Memorial Cup Run Mark Scheig | May 29, 2017 Make no mistake about it. The Erie Otters’ 4-3 loss to the Windsor Spitfires in the Mastercard Memorial Cup Final was by far their most crushing defeat of the season.…
Would You Binge Watch a Playoff Series? Josh Boulton | May 26, 2017 Binge watching. It’s all the rage. Your favorite show and your favorite snack. Some folks draw the line at two episodes. Some say four episodes. Some have even been known…
Pursuing the NHL’s Most Controversial Job The Hockey Writers | May 25, 2017 During regulation game time, a referee will make about 300 decisions. Although a small fraction of those calls will actually stop play, each decision he makes directly affects the game. It’s a…
7 Players the Golden Knights Should Avoid Like the Plague Jim Parsons | May 25, 2017 The Vegas Golden Knights will be the central piece of news during an exciting few days coming up this summer. They’ll be granted to opportunity to select one player from…
Penguins & Senators Series Is Familiar to Boston Fans Drew Johnson | May 25, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins have dominated the NHL in recent years. With their most modern Stanley Cup championships coming in 2009 and 2016, the Pens also represented the Eastern Conference in…
Tape2Tape: NHL Missed With Getzlaf’s 10K Giveaway Andrew Forbes | May 25, 2017 For the first time ever, the Nashville Predators are off to the Stanley Cup Finals – a feat that you’ll surely read about in a number of other articles across…
Blue Jackets Offseason Roundtable – Part 2 Mark Scheig | May 24, 2017 Welcome back to our Blue Jackets offseason roundtable. In Part 1, we talked expansion draft and entry draft. Now we shift our focus to potential moves the team could make.…
Fixing The NHL: Four Easy Rule Changes Joseph Ochs | May 23, 2017 The NHL has an officiating problem. I don’t mean that in the sense that the league’s referees and linesmen themselves are the problem. Hockey is a fast, nuanced sport, and…
Best Rookies in the Pacific Division Trevor Beggs | May 20, 2017 The NHL is a young man’s game, and the rookies were alive and well in 2016-17. The Toronto Maple Leafs saw a handful of their rookies grab most of the…
Facing Off: Murray over Fleury a Mistake? Larry Fisher | May 19, 2017 Facing Off is a column debating hockey’s hottest topics. From current events like trades and hat tricks to bigger-picture stuff like scandals and expansion — you name it, we’re debating it. Albeit,…
Rumor Rundown: Eberle Not on the Move Yet? Jim Parsons | May 17, 2017 For the past season or two, Jordan Eberle’s name has come up as a player the Edmonton Oilers would move for the right deal. In fact, there was speculation that…
Blue Jackets Offseason Roundtable – Part 1 Mark Scheig | May 16, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets haven’t made much news in recent days. But that doesn’t mean things aren’t active within the walls of Nationwide Arena. With the NHL Combine, Expansion Draft…