Posts About "NHL Playoffs"
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...