Posts About "Phil Kessel"
Maple Leafs: Whipping Boys From the Last Decade
March 3rd, 2020 Toronto is often referred to as a mecca for hockey - a fishbowl city where the play of its players is criticized sometimes unfairly and their mistakes are magnified. For the Maple Leafs, they’ve had a number of whipping boys over the years - players that fans and press have piled blame on for the lack of success in Toronto over the...
20 Biggest NHL Trades in the Past Year
February 16th, 2020 There are many ways for a general manager to improve his team, be it free agency, the waiver wire and of course the trade market. It's a dance that is done not only at the trade deadline but throughout the season and offseason as well. Some come together quickly and painlessly, while others take several months of painstaking...
Kessel, Hall Score Twice Each, Lead Coyotes Over Sharks 6-3
January 15th, 2020 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Phil Kessel and Taylor Hall each scored twice to lift the Arizona Coyotes over the San Jose Sharks 6-3 Tuesday night. Lawson Crouse and Conor Garland also scored, and Garland and Derek Stepan had three points each. Arizona ended a thr...
Coyotes Weekly: Hall Making a Colossal Difference in Arizona
January 9th, 2020 Only 24 days have passed since Taylor Hall was acquired by the Arizona Coyotes, but it has become clear that the 28-year-old is already playing a significant role in Arizona's offense. Let's start with the basics: 5-on-5 play. Before acquiring Hall, the Coyotes had scored 61 goals at 5-on-5 in 35 games, just 1.74 per game, and good...
NHL's Top 5 Right Wingers of the Decade
January 3rd, 2020 In a sport where scoring is king, the 2010s can be defined by the prowess of some of the best forwards to play the game. As the decade comes to a close, let's look back at some of the NHL's best right-wing forwards who dominated the decade. By all accounts, Jakub Voracek has been one of the best right wingers of the decade. He just...
Coyotes Need to Make (And Keep) New Year's Resolutions
January 2nd, 2020 As the calendar has flipped to 2020, many people out there are setting resolutions for the New Year. Whether they involve changing current habits, or breaking bad ones, January is a month where a lot of people attempt to change things about themselves. The Arizona Coyotes should be no different - they had a solid 2019, but they'll...
