What Went Wrong Between Miller and Tocchet in the Canucks Leadership Clash? The Old Prof | August 11, 2025 In the NHL, leadership isn’t always smooth sailing. Teams can have a variety of strong personalities, each with their own ideas about how tasks should be accomplished. And sometimes, those…
J.T. Miller, Rick Tocchet, and a Canucks Breakup That Was Coming The Old Prof | August 1, 2025 When the Vancouver Canucks decided to trade J.T. Miller early this year, it wasn’t just about hockey—it had the feel of the end of a complicated and emotionally driven chapter…
Lehigh Valley Phantoms Have Plenty of Optimism Following John Snowden Hire Mike Fink | July 16, 2025 The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are entering a new era, not just with their rebuild but where they stand in the American Hockey League (AHL). They are a team on the…
3 Reasons Flyers’ Matvei Michkov Will Be NHL’s Top Breakout Star in 2025-26 Justin Giampietro | July 16, 2025 Matvei Michkov had a fantastic rookie season for the Philadelphia Flyers. Registering 63 points in 80 games as a 20-year-old learning the English language, it went about as well as…
Flyers Sign Dvorak to 1-Year, $5.4 Million Contract Declan Schroeder | July 1, 2025 The Philadelphia Flyers have signed two-way forward Christian Dvorak to a one-year deal worth $5.4 million. The 29-year-old left-handed centre spent the past four seasons with the Montreal Canadiens and…
Quiet Star, Loud Silence: Elias Pettersson and the Canucks’ Identity Crisis The Old Prof | June 9, 2025 NHL teams carry more than just their roster. Every season, they begin with expectations, history, hope, and sometimes, ghosts. For the 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks, those ghosts are less about past…
What One Canucks Photo Reveals About a Lost 2024-25 Season The Old Prof | June 8, 2025 Sometimes a single image captures what months of coverage, analysis, and speculation can only circle. For the 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks, this might be that image. At first glance, it’s just…
Flyers News & Rumors: Shabanov, Hague, Free-Agent Connections, & More Justin Giampietro | June 7, 2025 In this edition of our Philadelphia Flyers news and rumors report, we’ll take a look at a few things. First, what’s going on with 24-year-old Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) forward…
Fixing Elias Pettersson: Is the Canucks Star Forward About to Hit the Market? The Old Prof | June 6, 2025 It might have seemed like a small thing at first glance: a Vancouver Canucks team graphic making the rounds online, featuring key players — but notably excluding Elias Pettersson. The…
Dakota Joshua Is the Power Forward the Canucks Need The Old Prof | May 25, 2025 During a recent episode of Halford and Brough, the hosts shared a sentiment that’s becoming harder to ignore: if you want to win in the NHL playoffs, you need a…
Rick Tocchet’s Final Season with the Canucks: Honesty, Fractures, and What’s Next? The Old Prof | May 22, 2025 It’s still hard to say what Rick Tocchet’s legacy will be with the Vancouver Canucks. He arrived at a turbulent time and quickly turned things around, guiding the team into…
Comparing Rick Tocchet to Other Former Flyers to Coach the Team Andrew McGuinness | May 21, 2025 Last week, the Philadelphia Flyers introduced Rick Tocchet as the 25th head coach in franchise history. His candidacy has several pluses and minuses, but Tocchet’s previous role in the organization…