Facing Off: Panthers and Stars Building Better Blue Lines? Larry Fisher | August 1, 2016 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 —…
15 Changes to Improve the NHL Tony Wolak | July 25, 2016 Less clutch and grab. The shootout. Smaller goalie equipment. Three-on-three overtime. Even smaller goalie equipment. Counting these “innovations” and many others, the NHL is always creating new rules to boost…
Rangers Post-RFA Moves Will Show Current, Future Direction Donovan Burns | July 20, 2016 When Derick Brassard was traded for 23-year-old Swedish center Mika Zibanejad on Monday, the Rangers direction was changed. Instead of being another team that have all their marbles in to win the Stanley…
Datsyuk and Duncan: A Farewell to a Pair of Legends Mitch Michals | July 16, 2016 Nothing ages us more than the end of professional athletic careers. In a world where shelf lives are brief and flames burn out in an instant, premier sports stars are…
Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Top-25 Defensemen in July James Harding | July 15, 2016 We have taken a look at the forwards and the goalies so far, now let’s take a look at the move overlooked fantasy hockey position: defense. It is true that…
Bobby Orr: “Our Game Has Become More Dangerous” Andrew Forbes | July 13, 2016 Hockey has most definitely changed from decade to decade. Even over the past few years, we’ve seen a significant move from a jammed-up, slower-moving game to one that favours the…
Rangers Rundown: Free Agency Failures Donovan Burns | July 13, 2016 Since NHL Free Agency has been going on for eleven days now, New York Rangers front office brass has essentially struck out. This isn’t all that unusual for Rangers fans to…
Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Top-25 Goalies in July James Harding | July 11, 2016 Now that the dust has settled from both the draft and the beginning of NHL free agency, let’s delve into the way too early fantasy hockey rankings for goaltenders for…
Facing Off: Ducks Doomed or Destined for Redemption? Larry Fisher | July 11, 2016 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 Curious Case of Dan Girardi Donovan Burns | July 11, 2016 All hockey fans have a commonality between them. Hockey fans, in general, desire nothing more than to be able to love everybody on their favorite team, whether it’s a superstar or…
Iconic Players and the NHL Salary Cap Zeke | July 7, 2016 Former baseball pitcher turned author Jim Bouton famously observed: “You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was…
Are Corsi Ratings Reliable? Tony Wolak | July 6, 2016 In the past, advanced analytics that measure athletes’ performance have typically been associated with the sabremetrics movement in baseball. Recently, hockey analytics have gained traction through blogs and articles. And…