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10 Best Players Left on UFA Market
September 7th, 2017 The 2017 summer free agent market was one of the weakest in the past few seasons. Names like Kevin Shattenkirk, Patrick Marleau, Martin Hanzal, Karl Alzner and Alexander Radulov were off the market fairly quickly. Then came a flurry of signings of teams trying to pick up the next tier of talents left. Now, as we near the start of...
Predicting PTOs: 62 Potential Tryouts
August 24th, 2017 Tis the season, with September fast approaching and training camps not far off, that NHL teams will start extending tryouts to the remaining unrestricted free agents. Affectionately known as PTOs — professional tryouts — in the world of hockey lingo. And there are many leftovers worthy of consideration this year, with only a...
The Colorado Avalanche: An Odyssey of Idiocy, Part 3
August 17th, 2017 The Colorado Avalanche's recent history is one of poor decision making and missed opportunities. As we saw in Part 1 of the Odyssey of Idiocy, the mistakes started early in Colorado's first rebuild. And as Part 2 showed us, those mistakes led to the second. The 2013 lockout shortened season kicked off with Avs fans optimistic....
The Colorado Avalanche: An Odyssey of Idiocy, Part 2
August 9th, 2017 In case you missed the news, the Colorado Avalanche were historically bad last year. So bad that the last team to be as bad was an expansion franchise. You can lay the blame for the Avs bad season on any number of things going wrong. An injury depleted defense that wasn't top-notch even before the injuries hit. A downtrodden forward...
Preview: Sharks & Predators Ready to Resume Rivalry
March 11th, 2017 The San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators are familiar foes, and the only Western Conference team that brought the Sharks to seven games last year in the Stanley Cup playoffs returns again. Predators Look to Rebound in NorCal The Predators played the Los Angeles Kings while the Sharks were handling the Washington Capitals. The...
Predators Playoff Prognostication
March 5th, 2017 The National Hockey League’s 2017 Trade Deadline has come and gone; now comes the furious sprint to the finish. For the Nashville Predators, however, it will not so much be a sprint as the calm before the storm. Let’s be honest: the Preds, who sit third in the Central Division with 18 games to play going into play against the...