Fanbases are excellent test subjects against the term “you can’t have enough of a good thing.” Take the Boston Bruins as an example, fresh off a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders Thursday night, improving their overall record to 11-1-1. A record due in large part to the outstanding performances of their two goaltenders, […]
For the first time since opening night, the Detroit Red Wings are close to having a fully healthy lineup. Derek Lalonde confirmed last week that Robby Fabbri would be making his season debut Wednesday versus the New Jersey Devils after recovering from an ACL tear. Jakub Vrana is also on pace to return at some […]
The Maple Leafs are only two months into the 2022-23 season, but I thought I’d give you my early season grades, starting with forwards: Mitch Marner-A+ I’m giving Marner an A+; not much else to say; he’s on a 22-game point streak and is the biggest factor for success at the moment in the month […]
1. The NHL still doesn’t understand what goaltender interference is. They didn’t understand the rule when Henrik Lundqvist was getting barraged with bodies during the 2014 Cup Finals, and they still don’t. Brian Dumoulin pushed Kaapo Kakko into the crease while making a distinct move to avoid the goalie and crease altogether. On top of […]
It’s been a pretty interesting week for the Savannah Ghost Pirates and Greenville Swamp Rabbits, as they’ve spent the last week of March 6-12 playing games that would be influential to their division standings. The Swamp Rabbits went in to play two back-to-back games at home, one against Jacksonville Icemen on Thursday and the other […]
The Ducks played several games this week, and they mainly went as expected and within the observer’s diminished expectations. Losing Troy Terry hasn’t helped much, either. Anaheim lost to Vegas 7-2, Buffalo 7-3, and the Los Angeles Kings 6-3. However, an incident in the Kings game concerned me and made me wonder, what happened to […]
The stage is completely set for the upcoming Memorial Cup, which is about to get underway this Friday, May 24th, in Saginaw, Michigan. The Memorial Cup is a very exciting tournament each year, and this year is shaping up to be one of the most talent-filled and entertaining tournaments in recent memory. Another interesting fact about this year’s event is that this year was the first year in history that […]
After the Philadelphia Flyers made a trade last week involving Ivan Provorov, even more trade talk started to rise over in Philadelphia after The Fourth Periods David Pagnotta’s tweet about Flyers current goaltender Carter Hart. The official tweet by David said, “The Flyers are also working in a trade involving goalie Carter Hart. It’s not […]
2021-22 was the end of an era in Edmonton. The Mike Smith and Mikko Koskinen duo has been carrying the load between the pipes for the oilers for the last few seasons. Now that Koskinen has signed overseas with HC Lugano and Mike Smith’s retirement status is up in the air, Ken Holland will finally […]
I said don’t take stupid penalties; they took a couple more stupid penalties. I alluded to McDavid not having any points in Game 1, and he only gets one point out of four goals in Game 2. They needed to be better at hanging on to a lead, then blew another two goal lead, and […]
