Q&A With Analytics Expert Rob Vollman Andrew DiRienzo | May 5, 2017 Ahead of the third annual Ottawa Hockey Analytics Conference, The Hockey Writers sat down with one of the guest speakers at the conference, hockey analytics pioneer Rob Vollman. An author…
Maple Leafs Making Defense a Priority Anthony Fusco | May 4, 2017 It’s no secret that the Toronto Maple Leafs were a bit porous on the blueline this past season. That group still managed to help propel the Leafs into the postseason…
What To Do With Sam Reinhart Tristan Fitzpatrick | May 4, 2017 A hot topic around the water coolers in Buffalo, fans can’t quite decide what to do with Sam Reinhart. The 21-year-old was drafted 2nd overall in the 2014 draft. Since…
Tape2Tape Roundtable: The Devils, Kovalchuk and 1st Overall Andrew Forbes | May 4, 2017 Just this week, the New Jersey Devils and their organization had the chance to celebrate something much larger than just a win this season. With just over an eight percent…
Rumour Rundown: The Shattenkirk Rental and More Moving Capitals? Jim Parsons | May 4, 2017 With the Washington Capitals on the brink of 2017 NHL playoff elimination, it won’t take long for fans, media and management to start asking ‘what went wrong?’ How can a…
Oilers Learning as They Go Rob Soria | May 4, 2017 When it comes to the 2017 NHL Playoffs and the Edmonton Oilers, nothing appears as though it will be easy. Ten games into what has been the initial voyage into…
Could Eddie Lack Come Back? Trevor Beggs | May 4, 2017 Eddie Lack is one of the most amicable characters in all of hockey. Unfortunately for him, amicability-per-60 isn’t a viable hockey statistic. One viable statistic is save percentage, an area…
Your Daily Sauce: Something Rotten in the State of Tampa Peter Ferrell | May 2, 2017 Last week saw Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov give a ground-breaking interview to a Russian newspaper, in which he seemed to call out his teammates, Lightning head coach Jon…
Overtime With BSC: Maple Leafs Trio & What to Expect Brandon Share-Cohen | May 2, 2017 By now, everybody knows about the trio of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander in Toronto. The Maple Leafs drafted each of them in the top-10 of the NHL…
Detroit Octopus – NHL Legend THW Archives | May 1, 2017 This post was originally written by Paul Benvin way back in August of 2009. With the playoffs under way – we often think about some of the history, some of…
Facing Off: Debating Draft Lottery Results, Stanley Cup Favourites Larry Fisher | May 1, 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 —…
Oilers: Jordan Eberle Missing in Action Shane Sander | May 1, 2017 There’s no nice way to put it — the Edmonton Oilers need a bigger performance and overall contribution from Jordan Eberle. For years fans and prognosticators have predicted that Eberle…
