The Vegas Golden Knights are off to a pretty good start. 3-1-0 sitting 10th in the entire NHL. Not bad for an expansion team. In fact, their 3-0-0 start was the BEST among expansion teams. This is pretty incredible considering their team is a big giant mesh of NHL and …
OK, our sport is already amazing. But as the new season gets underway, why not play devil’s advocate and point out some ways it could be even better. #1 SHORTEN THE SEASON If you’re reading this, you already know hockey is the greatest sport on the planet. There is no …
Less than two weeks into the season you can’t know too much. No one wins or loses the Stanley Cup after their first five or six games. For all the Rangers fans out there already in a panic, don’t worry. I’m not worried. Until Alain Vigneault dresses his best lineup …
For the past few seasons, the Rangers have been ripping my heart out, usually in the second round of the playoffs. Many people in the hockey world have been saying that the New York Ranger’s window to win the Stanley Cup is closing. The Rangers have been putting up 100 …
As it is now the third week of July trades and free agent signings are slowly coming to an end. Free agency started almost 2 weeks ago, it is now the end of big money signings and teams are now becoming frugal with where they are going to eat …
The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs was hard to predict. My bracket took a harder hit than I thought it would. The only question to ask now is, are there more upsets in store for round 2? If this years round 1 felt more unpredictable than others, well, …
By now, everybody knows that after months of deliberation the NHL has officially decided that they will not be competing in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. While we have been anticipating this outcome for months the decision and announcement still comes as a blow to the entire hockey community, …
(cover photo courtesy of nhl.bamcontent.com) 1st #Blueshirts win game puck! pic.twitter.com/RgTVDa7OIu — New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 13, 2017 The Rangers started the playoffs just right last night, shutting out the Canadiens 2-0 on the road in what usually is a horror house for the Rangers. The Canadiens seemingly spent …
It has been 17 years since the NHL had an expansion draft. In 2000 the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild came into the NHL with lackluster results. Columbus finished 28-39-9-6 while Minnesota ended 25-39-13-5, proving just how difficult a debut season can be. A new NHL franchise in …
The U.S. Women’s National Team stood strong last Wednesday when they announced they’d sit out the World Championship as they seek equitable support from USA Hockey. The women aren’t looking for big-money contracts, as in the NHL. They aren’t asking for millions, they are only asking for a liveable wage. …
A fair number of players in the AHL will find themselves on the roster of a NHL metropolitan division team for the post season. These guys can be the addition each team needs to make a deep playoff run. Fans look forward to the trade deadline to watch their …
