NHL Rumors: Lightning, Canadiens, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Ducks Jim Parsons | August 22, 2023 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Tampa Bay Lightning have locked up Brandon Hagel to an eight-year contract extension. Meanwhile, Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes has discussed the difficulties he’s…
Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson’s 3 Best Trades So Far Connor Smith | July 28, 2023 If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Chicago Blackhawks general manager (GM) Kyle Davidson, it’s that he isn’t afraid to be bold. Davidson spent four months as interim GM before…
Lightning Stock Up, Stock Down: BriseBois, Vasilevskiy & More Jim Bay | May 4, 2023 Welcome to this edition of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stock Up and Stock Down, with the final edition of the 2022-23 season focusing on looking back on the season and…
NHL Should Not Make Officials Available to the Media Jim Bay | May 1, 2023 Recently, my The Hockey Writer’s colleague Mark Scheig wrote a column detailing why the NHL should start making officials available to the media after the games, much in how it…
5 Former Blackhawks to Watch in 2023 Playoffs Connor Smith | April 27, 2023 The Chicago Blackhawks might’ve been far from Stanley Cup contention this past season, but there are still many reasons to watch this year’s playoffs. The team has 19 former players…
Top 10 Underpaid Wingers in the NHL in 2022-23 Rob Couch | April 21, 2023 This is a mini-series looking at the top 10 underpaid players from each position in the NHL, and we continue by looking at wingers. In general, wingers aren’t paid as…
Lightning Continue to Reap Benefits From Hagel Trade 1 Year Later Jim Bay | March 22, 2023 On March 18, 2022, the scrawl at the bottom of NHL Network broke in with breaking news to announce that the Tampa Bay Lightning had acquired Brandon Hagel from the…
Lightning Stock Up, Stock Down: Hagel, Kucherov & More Jim Bay | March 20, 2023 Welcome to this edition of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stock Up and Stock Down, a weekly column detailing the highs and lows of the team’s performance. The Tampa Bay Lightning had an…
Blackhawks: Revisiting the Brandon Hagel Trade 1 Year Later Connor Smith | March 18, 2023 When the Chicago Blackhawks dealt Brandon Hagel, it was the unofficial beginning of their scorched-earth rebuild. General manager (GM) Kyle Davidson traded the 24-year-old forward to the Tampa Bay Lightning…
Lightning Are Stanley Cup Contenders Without a Trade Jim Bay | February 23, 2023 Teams in the NHL have until 3 p.m. on March 3 to make trades to bolster their chances of making the playoffs and winning Lord Stanley’s Cup. The weeks leading…
Lightning Want Horvat, Even if They Can’t Afford Him Eugene Helfrick | January 27, 2023 With the flat cap bearing down on teams across the NHL, the 2023 Trade Deadline in March is going to be an interesting one, as there will be two opposing…
Blackhawks’ 10 Defining Moments of 2022 Connor Smith | December 31, 2022 2022 was crazy for the Chicago Blackhawks. The club entered the year off an ugly 2021 due to their sexual assault scandal and a poor start to the 2021-22 season…