Canadiens’ Future Starts Now Melissa Boyd | May 27, 2020 When Marc Bergevin was hired as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens in 2012, he insisted that he would build the team through the draft to become perennial contenders. He…
3 Maple Leafs Benefitting From the NHL Pause Kevin Armstrong | May 27, 2020 There’s a trio of Toronto Maple Leafs players who’ve benefitted from the pause more than others, not only saving their season but maybe even their careers and reputations. Every team…
Top 10 NHL Jerseys Discussion Nourishes ‘Social Closeness-ing’ Nick Abramo | May 27, 2020 Social distancing, huh? That’s a good one… and nothing new. As a young boy and teenager, our family lost our dad and my sister. Then, in the blink of an…
Winners and Losers of the Proposed 24-Team Playoff Format Julian Mongillo | May 26, 2020 The NHL has joined other sports leagues in attempting a return to play by moving forward with a 24-team playoff proposal to continue the 2019-20 season. Due to scheduling issues,…
Flyers’ 2020 NHL Draft Targets: Centers Luke Penning | May 20, 2020 Excitement surrounding the impending NHL draft has begun to heat up. No one yet knows what the draft order will be or even how it will be determined, but the…
Kings Armchair GM for a Day: Stutzle Picked 4th in Mock Draft Nick Abramo | May 19, 2020 That was fun. The Hockey Writers did a mock NHL Draft last week and — as a freelancer with them since January on the Los Angeles Kings beat — I…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Crazy Ideas, Pietrangelo, Coach & Gardiner The Old Prof | May 17, 2020 You don’t have to be a Toronto Maple Leafs fan to wonder what’s happening with the 2019-20 season. Will there be a resumption of the regular season? Will we jump…
2020 NHL Draft: First Round Mock Scenarios 9.1 Larry Fisher | May 17, 2020 This series, which started with top 10 scenarios, has expanded to the top 31 — to first round scenarios for the 2020 NHL Draft — by extending those 10 initial mocks, using…
Red Wings: 3 Reasons to Play the Final 11 Games Devin Little | May 17, 2020 As the hockey world awaits any news regarding the resumption of the NHL season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Detroit Red Wings find themselves in a pickle.…
Maple Leafs Banter with Forbes & Baracchini: Targeting Alex Pietrangelo Peter Baracchini | May 16, 2020 As we discussed last week, the Toronto Maple Leafs are making moves in the international free agent pool, signing Alexander Barabanov and Mikko Lehtonen – filling in some depth roles…
Canadiens That Got Away: Mikhail Sergachev Melissa Boyd | May 15, 2020 Acquiring Jonathan Drouin from the Tampa Bay Lightning in June 2017 is one of Marc Bergevin’s major moves as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. On one hand, fans were…
5 Senators Draft Targets at 21st Overall Dayton Reimer | May 14, 2020 In the months leading up to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the Ottawa Senators were in bad shape. They’d finished at the bottom of the league, and were forced into…