Covid-19

How Much Will the Cap Increase Next Year?

With the Flat Cap Era of the NHL nearly behind us, many people are starting to question what the future looks like. With the addition of two new American TV deals, ESPN and TNT, the NHL saw an influx of Hockey Related Revenue. The ESPN deal pays the NHL roughly $400m annually and TNT about […]

Source: The NHL May Need To Extend Their Season If Things Don’t Change

The NHL has been having significant issues with COVID all season, and right before the holiday, the league shut down and canceled their trips to the Olympics. That three weeks from the Olympics was supposed to be enough to cover for the COVID shutdown, but just a few weeks removed from the holiday break, it […]

Breaking News: Oilers VS Senators Game Postponed

As the news just seems to get worse day by day, the Oilers have been struck with more positive cases, which has now forced the league to postpone their game until next weekend, as they will play Saturday, January 15th. The Oilers covid protocol list now has these players on it: Connor McDavid, Derek Ryan, […]

NHL Files Lawsuit Against Insurance Companies for Over $1 Billion in Losses

According to Rick Westhead of the popular TSN Canada website, the NHL filed a lawsuit against multiple insurance companies for losses sustained due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This news comes as many teams have been feeling the financial pressures of the pandemic and as Canadian buildings have started reopening with reduced capacity. According to Westhead’s […]

Postponements Continue To Plague The New York Islanders

As 2021 ends, it turns out the year of postponements had one final parting gift to the New York Islanders. Following a 4-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, the Islanders are currently set to ring 2022 by welcoming Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and the Edmonton Oilers in a matinee matchup at UBS Arena. After […]

Breaking News: Team USA Forced To Forfeit At World Juniors

The defending World Junior gold medalists have run into some adversity in just their second game of the 2022 tournament. It was announced that Team USA has been forced to forfeit their game against Switzerland scheduled due to multiple positive tests for COVID-19. The game was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Red Deer, Alberta. The […]

NHL Adjusts Covid Mechanisms To Meet Growing Issues

There has been a tremendous amount of covid issues surrounding the NHL. As the outbreak continues to grow, it would appear the NHL has finally decided to acknowledge that playing games with fewer than the needed players isn’t a great idea. The two primary changes agreed to by the NHL and NHLPA are the re-introduction […]

NHL Shuts Down due to Pandemic Concerns

With the rapid spread of Covid-19 throughout the NHL, which has landed 119 players scattered across 23 teams into covid protocols, NHL and the NHLPA officially announced that they would postpone the NHL regular season effective 12/22/21. NHL and NHLPA officials agreed to postpone five games to start the holiday break sooner in hopes of […]

Where Does The NHL Go From Here With Covid?

There’s been a lot of discussion around Covid-19 and its impact on sports. 100’s of athletes have now been put on a covid protocol list, and leagues are looking at changing rules and adjusting their methods on safety. The NHL is one of those leagues, and as is true with most things the NHL does, […]

Covid 19 concerns and how they may impact the near future of the NHL

Chaos ensued this morning as the NHL announced several new personnel and teams were headed into the Covid 19 protocol. Head Coach of the Boston Bruins, Bruce Cassidy, was placed on the Covid Protocol List. To make matters worse, Don Sweeny, the General Manager, was available for media today and announced that the Bruins would […]