Day: June 29, 2022

Breaking News: LA Kings Acquire Kevin Fiala

The LA Kings have traded for the top-six scoring winger they have been looking for when they picked up the rights to Kevin Fiala from the Minnesota Wild. In return, the Wild receive Los Angeles’s first-round pick in this year’s NHL Entry Draft (nineteenth overall) and the rights to defenseman Brock Faber. Fiala, a first-round […]

Cale Makar has already earned the distinction of ‘Great Player’

DENVER – We are witnessing greatness. Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar, who is just 23 years old, has done it all. Makar has now won the Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe (awarded to the MVP of the Cup playoffs), a Norris, along with a gold medal at the 2018 World Juniors, the Hobey Baker Award in 2019 […]

Opinion: Why the Devils Should Keep Mackenzie Blackwood

Overview The days of Martin Brodeur are long gone and over with. Filling his shoes is tough to do as it is, but the Devils have yet to find a consistent replacement for him. If only they could be as lucky as their rival New York Rangers, who went from Henrik Lundqvist to Igor Shesterkin. […]

Should the Bruins pursue the Stanley Cup Winning Center in free agency?

With Patrice Bergeron returning for another year, the Bruins are postponing what many thought would be a rebuild this off-season. Bergeron wouldn’t be returning if that was the case, as the future Hall of Famer is here to win and help deliver another Stanley Cup to the Boston faithful. Since the Bruins will be looking […]

Takeaways From Steve Yzerman’s Media Availability

NHL Draft: Detroit Needs at the Draft

The Detroit Red Wings have ten selections in the NHL Entry Draft next week. The draft begins on Thursday night at 7:00 PM ET with the first round. Day 2 of the draft will begin at 11:00 AM ET on Friday. The draft will once again consist of seven rounds. The Red Wings have the […]

Where Will Ville Husso Land this Off-Season?

Now that the 2021-2022 season has come to a close with the Colorado Avalanche hoisting the Stanley Cup, other teams around the league can begin to map out their plans for free agency. While some teams have a ton of cap space and can throw money at UFAs and RFAs, some teams must be smart […]

Projecting Nazem Kadri’s Next Contract

The Season Nazem Kadri will be one of the most demanding centers on the open market. You can’t ever have too many of those on your team, and Kadri has proven he can anchor a line. After spending the better part of his early career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dubas sent him off to […]

Riika Sallinen: Finn of Fame

Riika Sallinen is not the first European-born female player to get inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, but she is the first female from a European national team to be inducted. She has a career so impressive that the Hall was almost a given. To say that Sallinen was a fixture in professional women’s […]