Family Ties: 2016 NHL Draft Edition (Part I) Andrew Forbes | July 11, 2016 We hear the phrases almost every year at the NHL Draft – one player taken has some kind of tie to the NHL already. If it wasn’t a father, it’s…
Leafs Looking for Experienced Backup Goalie Brett Finger | July 11, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs are searching for an experienced goalie to backup newly acquired Frederik Andersen, according to head coach Mike Babcock. Calling all backup goalies. The @MapleLeafs have a…
Blue Jackets Pressure Points: Sergei Bobrovsky Mark Scheig | July 10, 2016 We begin a new summer series with the Columbus Blue Jackets called Blue Jackets Pressure Points. We will ask hard questions about the team and attempt to answer them as…
10 Games Predators Should Look Forward to in 2016-17 Dan Mount | July 10, 2016 The 2016-17 Nashville Predators schedule was released last month, and the team is going to have to come out firing. All eight of Nashville’s games in October will be against…
Breaking Down Connor McDavid’s Rookie Excellence Joseph Aleong | July 10, 2016 Connor McDavid has been in the national spotlight from an early age, much like Sidney Crosby’s name was bandied about long before he became the saviour of the Pittsburgh Penguins after…
Can Ryan Strome Replace Frans Nielsen? Patrick Hickey Jr. | July 9, 2016 If the NHL Radio interview with the usually tightlipped Islanders general manager Garth Snow this week proved anything, Ryan Strome will be given every opportunity to be the Islanders’ second or…
A “C” for Staal? Mark Shiver | July 9, 2016 Staal for captain of the Carolina Hurricanes. Wait, wasn’t he traded? Not Eric Staal, who was the team’s captain since 2010, but his brother Jordan Staal. With the team currently…
Colorado Avalanche Free Agency: Ups and Downs Kevin Goff | July 9, 2016 A week into July and several NHL teams are already vastly different from the way they ended the 2015-16 season. The past couple of weeks have brought moves that have…
Jonathan Bernier Traded to the Anaheim Ducks Dustin L. Nelson | July 8, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded goaltender Jonathan Bernier to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Many, like the Globe &…
Should The Oilers Play Lucic With Draisaitl? The Hockey Writers | July 8, 2016 Peter Chiarelli promised big changes for the Edmonton Oilers and he’s delivered. Taylor Hall is gone and Milan Lucic will have a chance to finally give the team a physical…
The Islanders Prospect Conundrum Noel Fogelman | July 8, 2016 When Garth Snow became the Islanders general manager in July 2006, the prospect pool was pretty bare. After the newly drafted Kyle Okposo, there were the likes of Robert Nilsson,…
Mikhail Sergachev Dominates Development Camp Nick Guido | July 8, 2016 It’s rare the youngest player in the organization comes into his first development camp and dominates. That’s exactly what Mikhail Sergachev did in his first Montreal Canadiens showing at the…
