Posts About "Stanley Cup"
12 Years to Go for the Maple Leafs
December 19th, 2018 TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have 12 years to win a Stanley Cup before their name is removed from the iconic trophy. The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Wednesday that it has placed the latest band removed from the barrel-shaped cup — featuring 12 c...
No Shortcuts to Stanley Cup Championship
June 16th, 2018 Since the NHL became a salary capped league back in 2005 (following the lockout canceled 2004-05 season), there have been only two Stanley Cup Championship teams whose foundation was built without at least one top-5 draft pick. Those teams were the 2008 Detroit Red Wings and the 2011 Boston Bruins. For every other Cup-winning team, it...
Capitals Weekend With the Cup
June 12th, 2018 They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. That hasn't been the case for the Washington Capitals, whose celebration has gone from T-Mobile Arena and the visitor's locker room all the way to Georgetown in Washington, D.C. In fact, the party has raged on since Alex Ovechkin first hoisted the Cup following the team's 4-3 victory over...
2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and More
April 9th, 2018 The regular season is complete. The 16-team playoff table has now been set. The Stanley Cup playoffs kick off Wednesday, Apr. 11. It’s the best two months in all of sport, where every shift, every check and every play matters. It’s when real players perform their best, wins make players forget about pain and heroes are...
Bruce Cassidy Deserves Extra Credit
February 28th, 2018 Following the 2013-14 season, things went downhill for the Boston Bruins. In 2014, the team claimed the Presidents' Trophy and advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs only to fall in a disappointing series against their hated rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, in seven games. That was the last season that the Bruins made...
Pittsburgh Penguins Playoff Prophecy
January 18th, 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. While the hockey world isn’t immune from wondering what’s to come, puck prophecies don’t usually run rampant until the NHL playoff...
