NHL Players Will Not Participate in 2022 Beijing Olympics Sam Nestler | December 22, 2021 With all that has been occurring surrounding COVID-19, the NHL announced today that players will not be eligible to travel to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics. This news comes…
NHL Shootouts Need to End Once & For All Mark Scheig | December 20, 2021 Imagine this scenario for a moment. Two teams just played an incredible game. There was up and down action that had the arena in a frenzy. The home team scored…
NHL Needs to Learn What Is & Isn’t Offside Mark Scheig | December 13, 2021 Offside. You know what that is, right? Of course you do. Your team has likely encountered it several times per game. And if you’re really lucky (or actually extremely unlucky),…
Bruce McNall: His Rise and Fall THW Archives | December 8, 2021 On Aug. 9, 1988, the hockey world changed forever. The Edmonton Oilers traded the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings…
NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Flames, Bettman on Hot Seat Jim Parsons | November 2, 2021 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, it appears goaltender Carey Price might be returning to the NHL soon. Have the Toronto Maple Leafs spoken with Jack Campbell about a new contract?…
Time to End NHL Preseason Blackouts Mark Scheig | October 1, 2021 Imagine this scenario for a moment. You are a fan of a team and you live 2,000 miles or more away from their home rink. Let’s say you are a…
Canadiens-Maple Leafs Season Opener Is Missed Opportunity Ben Wagner | September 23, 2021 For the past two seasons, the NHL was seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. From March to August 2020, Commissioner Gary Bettman and the league’s Board of Governors voted to…
The NHL and Gary Bettman: 25+ Years of Progress and Controversy Eugene Helfrick | September 9, 2021 * originally published in Feb. 2018. Updated Sept. 2021 Gary Bettman gets booed when he speaks. A lot. He is the public face behind the decision not to allow NHL players…
Canadiens News & Rumors: Savard, Caufield & More Blain Potvin | August 22, 2021 In this week’s Montreal Canadiens News & Rumors rundown, we’ll break down trade rumors, Canadiens roster updates, and much more. Savard Sets Sights on Stanley Cup After winning the Stanley…
3 Takeaways From Gary Bettman’s Stanley Cup Press Conference Mark Scheig | June 29, 2021 Just hours before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly held their availability…
Lightning and Predators Have More in Common Than You Think Frank Quartarone | March 18, 2021 The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Nashville Predators finished up a two-game set on Monday, with each claiming a win. Both clubs have been great examples over the years of…
NHL Contracts Are Becoming More and More ‘Lockout-Proof’ Eugene Helfrick | March 7, 2021 NHL players have been preparing themselves for the next potential NHL lockout. In recent years, there has been a drastic uptick in the number of NHL contracts that have a…
