Posts About "Nikita Kucherov"
NHL Bridge Deals Are Falling Down
May 14th, 2018 A bridge deal is a team's way of saying to a young player: "So you had some success on your rookie contract. We'll give you a short contract to see if you can sustain it." It's a gamble for the team. If the player maintains or elevates his performance on the bridge deal, he has leverage for the next round of negotiations. But if he...
NHL Playoff Predictions: Slobberknockers in the Second Round
April 26th, 2018 It figures the division I follow the closest — the Pacific — is where I went the most wrong with my first-round playoff predictions. I was fully expecting an all-SoCal final there between Los Angeles and Anaheim, but both the Kings and Ducks got swept in four straight by Vegas and San Jose,...
Devils Pushed to Brink of Elimination
April 19th, 2018 Two nights after scoring five goals in a Game 3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning the New Jersey Devils only managed to get one goal and were pushed to the brink of elimination following a 3-1 loss in Game 4. They had scored first to take the early lead, but that only lasted for 3:07 and less than seven minutes after they scored New...
McDavid Should Win the Hart Trophy
April 3rd, 2018 With three games remaining in the Edmonton Oilers' season, Connor McDavid is perched on top of the NHL scoring lead with 103 points. Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov is second with 97 points. Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin is third with 96 points. Unless McDavid goes pointless and one of Kucherov and Malkin picks up...
The NHL's Top 10 Snipers
March 14th, 2018 His lightning-quick release and laser-like accuracy keeps goaltenders awake at night. He's the player they fear facing on a breakaway. He's the one who wires one into the top corner in the blink of an eye to win a game in overtime. He is the sniper, hockey's most dynamic goal scorer. Crunching Numbers This isn't a points contest. A...
Red Wings' Biggest Scoring Threats
March 9th, 2018 Every NHL franchise has to deal with its share of players that seem to always find the scoresheet against it game in and game out. Sidney Crosby has 108 points in 61 games against the New York Islanders, Patrik Laine is blossoming into Dallas Stars public enemy No. 1 and Nicklas Backstrom has haunted the Philadelphia Flyers for...
