Top 3 All-Time Blues Goalies Stephen Ground | July 11, 2025 Great teams are often defined by great goaltenders. What would the New Jersey Devils or Colorado Avalanche of the 90s and 2000s be without Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy? Successful…
Hockey Goalies – A Breed Apart Jeff Seide | July 9, 2025 The great Jacques Plante summed it up this way, “Imagine sitting at your desk. You make a mistake. A red light goes on behind you, a siren starts sounding and…
Canadiens’ Goalie Battle More Intriguing With Sneaky Good Kaapo Kahkonen Signing William Bourget | July 2, 2025 The Montreal Canadiens made a handful of moves on the opening day of free agency, but one of the most intriguing, and potentially impactful, was the signing of veteran goaltender…
Oilers’ Goalie Dilemma: Can Calvin Pickard Push Stuart Skinner to Stanley Cup Glory? The Old Prof | July 2, 2025 At a time when the Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending is top of mind in the media and across the team’s fanbase, it seems worth asking: What is the best path forward…
Sergei Bobrovsky’s Focus & Humility Have Made Him the Best Goalie in the World Nick Haydon | June 29, 2025 Before the Florida Panthers were back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions, before general manager Bill Zito’s vision came together, before even captain Aleksander Barkov won his first of three Frank J. Selke…
What an Islanders & Oilers’ Ilya Sorokin Trade Would Look Like Mike Fink | June 26, 2025 It’s no secret that the Edmonton Oilers must improve their goaltending. The Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard duo is good enough to get them to the Final but it’s not…
Maple Leafs Fans Continuing Love Affair with Felix Potvin The Old Prof | June 23, 2025 When my son Jim was a youngster, as a thing to do together we started to collect hockey cards. Because I taught at the University of Alberta and lived in…
Inside the Devils’ Offseason Goaltending Predicament Donnah Campbell | June 18, 2025 After a season of stellar goaltending, the New Jersey Devils are entering a precarious situation during the offseason. Starting goaltender Jacob Markstrom is entering the final year of his contract,…
Hurricanes’ Goaltending Tandem All Set for 2025-26 Zach Martin | June 15, 2025 As of Sunday, June 15, we’re officially 15 days from Day 1 of the 2025 Free Agency/Re-Sign Phase for the NHL as teams look to bolster their lineups for the…
Too Good to Risk? Šilovs’ Rise Complicates Canucks’ Goalie Plans The Old Prof | June 4, 2025 The Vancouver Canucks find themselves with a good problem — too many viable NHL-caliber goaltenders. But “good” doesn’t mean “easy.” Artūrs Šilovs’ breakout performance in the American Hockey League playoffs…
Canucks’ Goalie Future Hinges on Demko Decision The Old Prof | June 1, 2025 The Vancouver Canucks have a crucial decision to make, and it centers in the crease. Goaltender Thatcher Demko, once seen as a franchise cornerstone, is entering the final year of…
Most Games Played by NHL Goalies Ryan Gagne | May 24, 2025 On Dec. 31, 2023, Minnesota Wild netminder Marc-André Fleury became the fourth goalie in NHL history to play in 1,000 games. Even though he is still more than 100 games…