Bruins, Other Top Teams May Not Love Possible Playoff Structure Carrie Salls | March 18, 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…
Maple Leafs Believe, but Game 7 Ghosts Linger The Canadian Press | April 23, 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 The Canadian Press | April 23, 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 The Canadian Press | April 9, 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 Evan Peterson | May 1, 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…
In Defense of the NHL Playoff Format Peter Ferrell | April 5, 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.…
Pittsburgh Penguins Playoff Prophecy Henry Orth | January 18, 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.…
Can the Regular Season Predict the Playoffs? Zeke | May 28, 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…
Oilers 2006: The Stanley Cup That Got Away Shane Sander | May 16, 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…
Off the Crossbar: McGuire’s Clichés Reach Stratospheric Levels Jeff Seide | May 7, 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.…
Off the Crossbar: Octopus Population Finally Recovering Jeff Seide | May 5, 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…
NHL Playoffs Predictions – Western Conference Shayna Goldman | April 12, 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…