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Kitchener Rangers' All-Time World Junior Lineup
December 26th, 2020 The World Junior Championship kicked off Friday and I think it's safe to say that at least 90% of hockey fans look forward to the holidays for this very reason. And while the tournament usually starts on Boxing Day, fans were treated to a collective Christmas present from the schedule makers. This year, the show started on Christmas Day...
Ducks' 5 Best Single-Game Rookie Performances
December 20th, 2020 This upcoming season, the Anaheim Ducks will be deploying numerous young players on a game-to-game basis. While general manager Bob Murray remains firm in his assertion that the team is capable of making the playoffs in 2021, the injection of more youth into the lineup should be the top priority. According to the Hockey Operations...
3 Things Ducks Fans Can Be Thankful For
November 28th, 2020 The turkeys have been stuffed and the Black Friday sales have been confirmed. It can be difficult to find things to be thankful for, especially during a year that has been filled with as many unforeseen circumstances as this one was. Anaheim Ducks fans, in particular, are one of the many groups in sports currently that may be finding it...
Anaheim Ducks' 3 Best Contracts for 2020-21
November 22nd, 2020 The Anaheim Ducks have done fairly well when it comes to getting value out of their young players. While the current crop of Sam Steel, Max Jones and Troy Terry among others hasn’t quite yet bloomed, there are plenty of players on the Ducks roster that are producing at a level higher than their salaries indicate. Rickard...
Best Ducks' Draft Picks By Round All-Time
October 9th, 2020 Every year at the NHL Entry Draft front offices around the league come together to try and find their next generation of stars, role players, and fan favorites. While not every player drafted plays for the team that picked them, nor does every player who gets drafted make the NHL, there are always a few surprises in the later rounds and...
Ranking the NHL's 31 Starting Goalies – 2019-20 Postseason
September 28th, 2020 The poet John Donne famously wrote, "no man is an island unto itself." But he wrote that in 1623, long before the game of hockey was invented. Had he survived to see it, Donne might have instead written: "no man is an island, except for NHL goaltenders." The job of an NHL goalie is one of the hardest in all of professional sport. It...
Big Names Must Go If Ducks Want to Rebuild
September 21st, 2020 It's no secret that the Anaheim Ducks are currently mired in what has been coined a "re-tool" by general manager Bob Murray. After back-to-back sixth-place finishes in the Pacific Division, it's clear that this should be more of a rebuild than anything. Related: Ducks' 5 Worst Trades in Franchise History Of course, it's never easy...
Ducks' Offense Can't Be Cured With Just One Trade
August 14th, 2020 With the Official Start™️ of the Official Playoffs™️ finally underway, eight more general managers (GMs) are asking themselves what went wrong. For some of those teams, such as the New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild, and Winnipeg Jets, their offseason plans shouldn't be too significantly altered by what happened in the bubbles....
A Look Back at the Anaheim Ducks' 2011 Draft
August 11th, 2020 With 14 games remaining in the regular season, the Anaheim Ducks aren't mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, but it's safe to say the season is over. They currently sit 27th in the NHL, and after drafting ninth overall last June, they are primed for another top-10 pick on June 26 in Montreal. Related: 2008 NHL Draft -...
Kitchener Rangers’ Top 5 Current NHL Alumni
July 11th, 2020 The Kitchener Rangers are one of the most successful teams in the entire Canadian Hockey League and have produced some real legends of the game including; Paul Coffey, Al MacInnis and Larry Robinson. They are four time recipients of the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL champions and two time Memorial Cup winners, with their most recent...
Today in Hockey History: May 10
May 10th, 2020 Before we begin our trek through all the great National Hockey League moments that occurred on this date, all of us at The Hockey Writers wish a very happy Mothers’ Day to all the moms out there. There are generations of hockey players who never would have achieved their success without the love and support from their “hockey...
Top 5 Players Wasting Their Best Years
March 28th, 2020 The National Hockey League boasts the most skilled hockey players in the entire world. Often, these superstars achieve success proportionate to their immense talent: Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, and Drew Doughty. Then there are the players that individually thrive but have yet to taste playoff success with their...
THW's Goalie News: Rask Returns, Gibson's Tribute & More
February 1st, 2020 Friday night was an evening to remember in the National Hockey League. We had the top two teams in the Atlantic Division keep on winning, history in Ottawa and an epic tribute in Anaheim. Vasilevskiy is a Points Machine Andrei Vasilevskiy was back in between the pipes for the Tampa Bay Lightning of Friday night and he kept both...
