Posts About "Matt Duchene"
Avalanche All-Decade Team: Forwards
January 23rd, 2020 It’s time for the final piece of the Colorado Avalanche All-Decade team – the forwards. In some ways, this is the most difficult compilation. The past decade saw the Avalanche move away from wily veterans who played during the team’s Stanley Cup days, to forwards who slogged through the mid-decade turbulence, onto those who are...
Capitals Strike the Right Deal With Backstrom
January 19th, 2020 There are certain molds of players in the NHL that are quite rare and hard to come by. A franchise goaltender, or an elite D-man make great examples. But there's another staple for every team that will always remain a focal point — the versatile, two-way center. Nicklas Backstrom is just that and was rewarded handsomely with his...
Matt Duchene Trade Analyzed
November 8th, 2019 At the beginning of the 2017-18 season, expectations were high for the Nashville Predators and the Ottawa Senators. The Predators were just coming off of their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final and the Senators were one goal away from meeting them there, taking the Pittsburgh Penguins to game seven in the Eastern Conference Final. The...
Predators’ Offence Putting League on Notice
October 26th, 2019 This year seems different for the Nashville Predators. The goals are coming in bunches and, for the first time in a long time, if ever, there is real confidence that they can go goal-for-goal with any team in the league. In football, some games are described as “shootouts,” meaning, high scoring and whoever has the ball last...
5 Predators Storylines for 2019-20
October 3rd, 2019 The 2019-20 NHL season is finally upon us. After a longer summer than they would have liked, the Nashville Predators are set to kick off their latest quest to lift Lord Stanley's Cup with a home date against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. The season is long, grueling and full of ups and downs. After an eventful offseason,...
Panarin, Bobrovsky, Duchene Among Many on the Move in NHL
October 2nd, 2019 The St. Louis Blues will look a lot like the team that won the franchise's first Stanley Cup when the puck drops for the NHL's season-opening game against the 2018 champion Washington Capitals. Ryan O'Reilly, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff M...
