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The NHL's Department of Player Safety - A Model of Inconsistency
April 21st, 2019 Personally, I think it’s been one of the best years in a while when it comes to supplemental discipline handed down from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety (DoPS). For the most part, they’ve been consistent and relatively fair in terms of who they suspend and for how long. Players like Evgeni Malkin and Connor McDavid even...
Tape2Tape: Canucks' Michael DiPietro and Overcoming Controversy
February 20th, 2019 It was a little over a week ago, on Feb. 11, 19-year-old Michael DiPietro made his NHL debut for the Vancouver Canucks against the San Jose Sharks. A third-round pick of the Canucks (64th overall) DiPietro had already seen one change in colours this season when his former junior club, the Windsor Spitfires, moved the young goaltender to...
Tape2Tape: Is Rittich Worthy of MVP Consideration?
February 17th, 2019 It wouldn’t be fair to say that David Rittich came out of nowhere for the Calgary Flames - after all this is the third season in which he’s appeared in an NHL game. That said, this is the first season in which he’s become a household name for fans of the league. While you still wouldn’t put him amongst the game’s...
Tape2Tape: Marner's Absence & My Annual All-Star Frustration
January 9th, 2019 It seems like we have a conversation about this particular weekend on the NHL’s schedule on a yearly basis - at least I do. I’ve written about previous all-star snubs, whether changes are needed to the NHL All-Star Game and even went as far as questioning whether the NHL should rid itself of the All-Star Game altogether. But...
Maple Leafs: What's Nylander Actually Worth?
November 6th, 2018 The first month of the NHL season has come and gone. The clocks fell back an hour, and we’re nearly a week into November and, still, William Nylander’s blue and white Toronto Maple Leafs jersey sits untarnished somewhere in the depths of Scotiabank Arena. Now, with the Dec. 1 deadline looming less than a month away, the...
The NHL's Most Underrated Superstar
September 19th, 2018 A superstar is a high-profile and extremely successful performer or athlete and it’s safe to say that the NHL has a handful of them littered around the league. While all of them are individually recognized for their pure skill and uncanny ability to dominate the game, some of them have flown under the radar - at least when it comes to...