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Should Islanders' Fans Temper Tavares Frustrations?
July 17th, 2018 It was bound to happen. Fans of the New York Islanders are already turning their backs on their former captain - criticizing him for leaving and heading home to Toronto to play for the his childhood Maple Leafs. Granted it’s not all Islanders’ fans, just a select few within their following who’ve decided to direct their...
Maple Leafs and Bruins, Cue the Nightmares
April 9th, 2018 Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs watched on carefully as the Boston Bruins took on the Florida Panthers on Sunday in the final game of the NHL’s regular season. While the Panthers had already been eliminated from playoff contention, the outcome determined whether the Leafs would meet the Bruins or Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round...
Tape2Tape: Luongo Pays Tribute to Hometown
February 23rd, 2018 It gave me chills. Listening to Roberto Luongo address the crowd prior to the Florida Panthers’ game against the Washington Capitals was emotional, inspiring and exactly why the netminder is one of the classiest in the league today. Luongo is a Parkland, Florida, resident. He has been for the last 12 years and he spoke of how his...
VOTE: Fighting for First Among NHL's Top Picks
January 30th, 2018 Readers continue to respond and now, we’re down to eight first overall picks from the last 32 NHL Drafts (excluding Nico Hischier). As we head into the third round of our little bracket, let’s refresh you on how we’re going to get down to just one top pick at the end. How it Works At the start, we ranked the last 32 first overall...
NHL All-Star Snubs? Who Cares?
January 28th, 2018 Like every all-star event in every sport, there’s been conversation after conversation about which players were snubbed of the chance to play in the mid-season classic. For me, it was Toronto’s Frederik Andersen. While questions of why he wasn’t named to the team circulate, a bigger question remains on the table - who really...
Cogliano's Suspension Exemplifying Inconsistency
January 17th, 2018 Eight hundred and thirty. That’s how many games Andrew Cogliano played consecutively before the NHL’s Department of Player Safety (DoPS) suspended the Ducks’ forward for two games - ending the longest active ironman streak in the NHL. While the hit was indeed questionable, did it warrant a two-game suspension? Or was the DoPS...
