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NY Rangers Game 23 Recap: NYR Blow Multi-Goal Lead Again In 5-3 Loss to Devils
The NY Rangers, in recent seasons, have mostly dominated the New Jersey Devils, their rivals across the Hudson. Oh, how times have quickly changed. The Rangers lost to the Devils 5-3 last night in a showcase highlighting why both teams are currently heading in opposite directions. The Blueshirts stormed out of the gate, scoring two […]
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Bruins’ Defensive Prospect Becoming A Workhorse
The Boston Bruins have a long line of great defensemen in their history and one of the league’s top pairs in Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm. But defensive prospects aren’t quite as plentiful for Boston, especially minor leaguers and college players who are ready to take the next step. This is why the team is […]
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NY Rangers Analysis: Searching For Their DNA
There’s a saying about relationships that it’s never wise to go to bed angry. (Rangers’ losses on the West coast usually make that impossible.). Similarly, writing about sports while enraged is also a slippery slope. Your judgment could be clouded by raw emotion and produce analysis and takes that might come back to haunt you. […]
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Bruins’ Goaltending Prospect Turning Heads In Providence
The Boston Bruins have been an organization that does not get enough credit for developing and coaching goaltenders over the years. From Tim Thomas to Tuukka Rask, Linus Ullmark to Jeremy Swayman, the Bruins have been able to identify good netminders via the draft, trade, and free agency and continue a solid run of high-end […]
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This Week On Oilers Hockey: 8
If Saturday’s matinee game isn’t the Edmonton Oilers in a freaking nutshell, I don’t know what is. Being down 3-0 after two periods against the Rangers, it looked like they’d go winless on their three game road trip, ending it on a very sour note. When that reality looked inevitable, the team exploded with a […]
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Avs v Stars Post Game
On Saturday night, the Avalanche faced the Stars for the second time this week. They beat the Stars 3-2 in a shoot-out on Monday night and wanted to play a much better game at home. Which is exactly what they did. Sporting their new reverse retro jerseys, the Avs took hold of the game early. […]
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The Bruins’ MVP At The Quarter Pole
In the sixth round of the 2012 NHL Draft, the Buffalo Sabres selected goaltender Linus Ullmark from MODO of the Swedish Junior League. After playing 117 games for Buffalo and accumulating a winning record on one of the league’s bottom-dwellers. On July 28, 2021, the Boston Bruins saw potential in Ullmark and signed him to […]
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NY Rangers Analysis: Here’s Looking At You, Kid (Line)
As we sit here at basically the quarter-season mark for our New York Rangers, it’s hard to gauge exactly where this team stands. They currently reside in a wildcard playoff spot while possessing the same solid core and goaltending that drove the Blueshirts to the Eastern Conference Finals last year. Clearly though, something is a […]
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Bruins’ Prospect Shining In The OHL
The Boston Bruins have been looking to develop young centermen to eventually replace two all-time performers in the organization’s 98-year history. The Bruins acquired Pavel Zacha and hoped to sign the center, who is playing mainly wing this season, as the 25-year-old reaches restricted free agency. From there, Boston has its work cut out for […]
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Ducks: When It Rains, It Pours
It was a full team effort for the Ducks to drop the Black Friday Matinee by a score of 5-1 to the Ottawa Senators. Going into today’s game, the Ducks and the Senators were tied for last place in the NHL with 13 points. Penalties, poor execution, and bad coaching provided the perfect recipe needed […]
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