The Much-Needed Return of Sven Baertschi Matt Lawson | January 5, 2018 The Vancouver Canucks have been obnoxiously injury-plagued in this 2017-18 season and one of their major losses has been that of Sven Baertschi, their top-line winger, and sidekick of the…
VGK Spotlight: Gerard Gallant – From ‘The Island’ to ‘The ‘Strip’ Jordan Skuse | January 4, 2018 He’s known as ‘Turk’. To others, it’s ‘Spuddy’, that being in reference to his home province’s obsession with potatoes. The former, according to Gerard Gallant, goes back to his childhood love of chasing…
Penguins Aren’t a Playoff Team Just Yet Shawn Nicholls | January 4, 2018 The Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up the first half of their 2017-18 season with a 5-1 drubbing of the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday night, in doing so snapping a two-game losing streak…
Bergevin Needs Caution When Trading Pacioretty Jeff Tibbins | January 4, 2018 As the possibility of making the playoffs becomes less likely by each passing game for the Montreal Canadiens, the likelihood of general manager Marc Bergevin trading away captain Max Pacioretty…
Bruins Depth Too Much to Handle Joseph Ochs | January 4, 2018 With yet another “W” in the bag following Tuesday’s 5-1 drubbing of the New York Islanders, one thing has become abundantly clear: The only thing capable of stopping the Boston…
Danton Heinen Entering Calder Discussion Brandon Share-Cohen | January 3, 2018 If there’s ever been a “year of the rookie” in the NHL, it simply has to be this year. In recent history, fans of NHL hockey have been spoiled with…
Oilers Need to Sit and Take Their Medicine Rob Soria | January 3, 2018 Even for those of us who weren’t completely sold on the Edmonton Oilers being as good as many an expert thought they would be heading in the season, no one…
Fantasy Fix: Kesler’s Back, Zibanejad Off Track Joel Griffith | January 1, 2018 Each Monday, we’ll take a look at the past week in fantasy hockey. Specifically, we’ll dive into which players are heating up, which players are cooling down, players to target…
3 New Year’s Resolutions for the Maple Leafs Brett Slawson | January 1, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs’ year of 2017 was defined by nothing other than success. Firstly, as the 2016-17 NHL season came to a close, the Leafs made an incredibly surprising…
4 Players the Flames Should Trade For Joel Griffith | December 31, 2017 Every team, no matter how good, can always improve from the right trade. The Calgary Flames have enough quality pieces for them to be considered a playoff-caliber team. But there…
Bill Daly Opens up at the 2018 World Juniors Nathaniel Oliver | December 30, 2017 Once more, New Era Field in Orchard Park was transformed into a snow globe. As 44,592 descended upon the home of the Buffalo Bills to set a new IIHF attendance…
It’s Now or Never for the Edmonton Oilers Rob Soria | December 30, 2017 Heading into the NHL’s mandated Christmas Break the Edmonton Oilers appeared to have finally started to right the ship. Despite going into the annual hiatus on a four-game win streak…
