Posts About "NHL Playoffs"
Penguins’ 13 Seasons of Playoff Memories: Eastern Conference Final
April 1st, 2020 The Pittsburgh Penguins hold the longest active streak for consecutive playoff appearances in the NHL with 13 seasons. Though they failed to advance to the Eastern Conference Final in the 2019 postseason - as did other favored teams like the Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Vegas Golden Knights - there have been plenty of...
Bruins, Other Top Teams May Not Love Possible Playoff Structure
March 18th, 2020 Obviously, right now no one really knows when or if the 2019-20 National Hockey League season will resume. If it does, and it seems like the league wants to do everything it can to make that happen after the Coronavirus risk passes, it's not clear just what form the resumed season will take. However, on Monday, a possible 2020 NHL...
Maple Leafs Believe, but Game 7 Ghosts Linger
April 23rd, 2019 TORONTO — Connor Brown and the Maple Leafs sent all the right messages ahead of Game 7 last year. He insists this time they actually mean it. Toronto heads into the finale of a back-and-forth Eastern Conference quarterfinal with the Bost...
Maple Leafs & Bruins - Game 7 History Goes Back 78 Years
April 23rd, 2019 Tuesday night's Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs contest marks the fifth Game 7 in history between the Original Six rivals. Like the four previous Game 7s, the 2019 series finale will be played in Boston. All four so far have featured third-period com...
NHL Playoffs: Atlantic Bracket a Brutal Path to East Final
April 9th, 2019 Three of the top seven teams in the NHL are packed into a four-team murderers' row playoff bracket and only one can reach the Eastern Conference final. The Tampa Bay Lightning's reward for finishing 21 points ahead of the rest of the league during the ...
Why the NHL Should Integrate Goal Line Technology
May 1st, 2018 If Game 2 of the Washington Capitals versus Pittsburgh Penguins series taught us anything, it was that there is still no conclusive ruling on what a controversial goal is or is not. Penguins' Controversial No-Call In a game where the Capitals took a quick three-goal lead just minutes into the second period, Pittsburgh’s comeback bid...
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...
NHL Playoffs Predictions - Western Conference
April 12th, 2017 This is Part 2 of 2 of The Hockey Writers’ NHL Playoffs predictions for the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Eastern Conference prognostications can be read here. Nashville Predators vs. Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks completed the season as the best team in the Western Conference with...
