Posts tagged with "Milan Lucic"
Looking Back at the 2005-06 NHL Trade Deadline
August 21st, 2017 This article was originally posted in March, 2016. Let’s rewind ten(!) years to the 2005-06 NHL Trade Deadline. It’s March 2016. Scoring is up in the NHL after years of obstruction, clutch-and-grab, and enormous goaltending equipment. The lockout is now over and the NHL has implemented a salary cap for the first...
Sophomore Oilers: Realistic Expectations
July 21st, 2017 There are a handful of players on the Edmonton Oilers who will be returning for their second season with the team. For these players, their first year was one that ended in disappointing fashion but at the same time was a year that has to be viewed as extremely promising. They joined a successful team that made the playoffs and has one...
Former Bruins More Affordable Than Beleskey & Hayes
June 12th, 2017 Boston Bruins fans are sick of Matt Beleskey and Jimmy Hayes. The two combined for five goals and eight assists in 107 games during the 2016-17 season. To make matters worse, their combined cap hit is $6.1 million. Their poor performances for Boston this past season have deemed their futures with the team questionable at best. While...
Top 8 Hitters in the NHL
May 15th, 2017 Hitting is an underappreciated art in the NHL. While many hockey debates revolve around the skill and point production of players, the narrative often leaves out the fact that good hitting can legitimately change a game. Whether it's a momentum shift after a booming hit, the fatigue that sets in after being hit repeatedly in a game or...
Have the Oilers Ever Had More Functional Toughness?
May 9th, 2017 The 2016-17 Edmonton Oilers have utilized a very unusual deployment of their toughest players—especially compared to other teams in franchise history. Whether you like the term or not, one of the Oilers' calling cards this season has been their "functional toughness". Before we go any further, we should try to define that. Of...
NHL Pushing Oilers to Their Limit
May 6th, 2017 Believe it or not, the sun did come up this morning in the city of Edmonton. After watching their beloved Oilers end up on the wrong end of a crucial video review decision for a second consecutive game, one couldn’t help but wonder if a dark cloud was making its way over the City of Champions. As if having to deal with a team as good...
