Posts About "NHL Playoffs"
In Defense of the NHL Playoff Format
April 5th, 2018 As the 2017-18 National Hockey League season winds down and the Stanley Cup Playoffs approach, it is becoming increasingly apparent the current playoff format, introduced for 2013-14, is widely despised. In an ideal world, there'd be a different format, no question about that. But, considering the current structure of the league and...
Pittsburgh Penguins Playoff Prophecy
January 18th, 2018 From before biblical, to the days of digital, mankind has fretted about the future. The seemingly simple, yet infinitely cryptic question of "What comes next?" perplexes prophets and economists alike. While the hockey world isn’t immune from wondering what’s to come, puck prophecies don’t usually run rampant until the NHL playoff...
Can the Regular Season Predict the Playoffs?
May 28th, 2017 Over the past few years, I’ve looked for clues in the NHL’s regular season that act a strong predictor for the postseason. For those involved in this quest, it’s mostly a case of 'misery loves company.' Before the playoffs, I reviewed this article summarizing three detailed predictions, including the odds for each team. The...
Oilers 2006: The Stanley Cup That Got Away
May 16th, 2017 If you remind any Edmonton Oilers fan that is old enough to remember that epic Cinderella run to the 2006 Stanley Cup Final, they quiver when you mention defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron and his blunderous gaffe in Game 1 of the final against the Carolina Hurricanes. The blunder in question was when he ran Hurricanes forward Andrew Ladd...
Off the Crossbar: McGuire’s Clichés Reach Stratospheric Levels
May 7th, 2017 The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2 Saturday night to force a Game 6 in their second-round series. It also unleashed a flood of clichés by NBC analyst Pierre McGuire. He fired them off before, during and after the game in a torrent. Instead of regaling viewers with seemingly endless tales of where each...
Off the Crossbar: Octopus Population Finally Recovering
May 5th, 2017 It’s been a rough few weeks for folks in the Motor City, where their beloved Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs for the first time since 753 BC -- the same year Rome was built. Their consecutive streak was finally snapped after roughly two straight millennia. “It was bound to happen,” said Romulus, one of the original Red...
