Jonathan Huberdeau

Presidents Trophy Curse Continues

Since the 2012-13 NHL season, when the Chicago Blackhawks won the President’s Trophy and then the Stanley Cup, no other team can match. This season, the Florida Panthers were the best team in all of hockey, and they were sent home by their cross-state rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in the second round. The President’s […]

Rangers: Shesterkin is number 1, 2, and 3 in our Harts

Igor Shesterkin continues to receive much-deserved recognition for his phenomenal regular season. Thursday morning, the NHL announced that Shesterkin (New York Rangers), Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers), and Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs) would be the three finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy for league MVP. The announcement comes two days after Igor received his first […]

Inside the Rink Playoff Predictions

The greatest tournament in professional sports is about to begin. I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to see what some of Inside the Rinks writers and contributors think about this year’s post-season. The Writers/Contributors: Luca Perito– Covers the New York Rangers and Nashville Predators- @elbigcalzonelp Spencer Lazary- Covers the Toronto Maple Leafs – […]

Hart Memorial Trophy Odds: Winners and Losers

With every season, we see players at the top of their game, whether they have been there for a couple of seasons or this is their breakout year. These players get recognized for this hard work and top of the gameplay that they demonstrate over an 82-game season by winning the Hart Memorial Trophy, the […]

Odds for the 2022 Stanley Cup Champion

These next couple of weeks are when you start to see which teams are going all in for the quest to raise the Stanley Cup. With less than a month to go till the NHL trade deadline and two months to go till the end of the regular season, the top teams in the league […]

Panthers Enter All-Star Break as NHL’s Most Dominant Team

Don’t look now, but the Florida Panthers are the most dominant team in the National Hockey League. In a market typically glanced over by most of the hockey world, Florida is forcing the national audience to notice. With a 32-10-5 record through 47 games, the Panthers sit atop the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference and […]

Predicting Panthers 20-plus Goal Scorers

The 2021-22 Florida Panthers are an offensive powerhouse. Forty-three games into their regular season, the team leads the league in goals with 173. Their 4.02 goals per game run second only to the Colorado Avalanche, averaging 4.10. Florida’s even-strength goal total (122) is 20 more than the following two best teams, Colorado and Vegas. The […]

Panthers Offensive Explosiveness Paves the Way for Successful Homestand

The Florida Panthers are becoming impossible to beat at home. Winning 21 of the team’s 26 victories at FLA Live Arena, it’s becoming commonplace for the Panthers to put on a show in front of their ever-growing fanbase. Still, no one expected the complete offensive tear Florida demonstrated in their recent three-game home stint. Taking […]