NHL Conference Finals… Let the Games Begin.
Hockey fans all agree that the NHL playoffs are the most exciting part of the hockey season, but as we get to the last couple of rounds, why do fans and players find themselves sitting around waiting...
View ArticleA Microcosm of NHL Toughness in One Game Seven Period
All hockey players get the reputation of being tough. Toughness can be measured many ways in the combative sport. This consensus is demonstrated with extreme emphasis in the NHL playoffs. Especially in...
View ArticleAre Bandwagon Fans a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
As the Ducks prepare to head off to Chicago for Game 3 of their Western Conference series against the Blackhawks, there is a lot more noise being made in Anaheim and Chicago and anticipation continues...
View ArticleBabcock Situation Like That of a High-Profile Player
The biggest transaction of the summer went down yesterday as the Toronto Maple Leafs signed coach Mike Babcock to an eight year, $50 million dollar contract. Mike Babcock spent the last ten seasons as...
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How quickly can Mike Babcock turn the Leafs around?
The Air Canada Centre is excited about Mike Babcock. Good or bad, Toronto has the tag of being the hockey capital of the universe. Certainly from ice level, this is not the case, but from the media...
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Game 7 Excites and Terrifies Me
This is going to be that type of article. It’s going to be all over the place. It’s going to have an unhealthy mix of logic, fandom and anxiety. Today’s article talks about something I both love and...
View ArticleChallenges Await All New NHL Head Coaches
In the wake of Mike Babcock signing the biggest contract an NHL coach has ever signed, three more NHL teams have followed suit in finding new head coaches for their teams. The San Jose Sharks, the...
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Anaheim Ducks Choke Away a Chance at the Stanley Cup
I hate the word “choke” when it is used in sports. A lot of times it’s used unfairly and a lot of times it is used by uneducated fans who don’t know anything about the game. However, there are...
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Mostly Good Things Going on in Tampa Bay
Two months ago as the Stanley Cup Playoffs were on the horizon, many of us looked at the seedings and potential match-ups in both conferences and played “what if?” For the past decade or more, the...
View ArticleThe Propensity to Defeat Goliath (Chicago)
This Stanley Cup Final between two great teams will surely not disappoint hockey fans. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks are two great clubs that have high-end skill and play a fast and...
View ArticleMore NHL Rules Could be (Unnecessarily) Tweaked Soon
Like any technologically supplemented consumer-based enterprise, tweaking of its very foundation is necessary to adapt to the ever-changing times. The “New NHL” is headlined with phrases like speed and...
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The Blackhawks Cup win creates challenges.
It took 251 days, from the start of the regular season on October 8, 2014 to June 15, 2015. It took 1,319 games, including playoffs, but we have a new Stanley Cup champion. The Chicago Blackhawks...
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It’s a Blackhawks World, We Just Live In It
The NHL season ended Monday with the Chicago Blackhawks lifting the most valuable trophy in sports; Lord Stanley’s Cup. It was almost predictable as the Blackhawks have been here before twice yet it...
View ArticleA Very Special Stanley Cup Tradition
The Stanley Cup Playoffs play host to many great traditions in the NHL. Playoff beards, the handshake lines, and great hockey are all things that can be seen come playoff time. But there is a special...
View ArticleNHL Season-Ending Parting Gifts
With the conclusion of the NHL season last week and Chicago taking home their third Stanley Cup in six years, there is not a lot for the hockey community to look forward to. Following the season, there...
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Hockey’s Fifth Season
Former NHL great Wayne Gretzky once said hockey had four seasons: the pre-season, the regular season, the playoffs and the Stanley Cup Finals. We now have a fifth season. If we thought that the...
View ArticleBusy Week for Three Rebuilding NHL Teams
There are a few teams that are officially going through a rebuild in the NHL. The process of a rebuild suggests a team is focused on the future and consistent contention through drafting young players...
View ArticleThe New NHL Free Agency
In the past ten days two key pieces of the NHL “off-season” have taken place: The Amateur Draft and the opening of Free Agency. In more ways than one, these two events are tied together as teams use...
View ArticleA Higher Salary Cap and the Thriftless NHL Market
The NHL Salary is set to be at $71.4 million next season and teams have spared no expense utilizing the cap flexibility. Whether a team is trying to sign the best available player, reach the...
View ArticleHigh Rolling and an NHL Expansion to Vegas
What happens in Vegas could soon take place in 30-or-31 other cities across North America: National Hockey League hockey. There was much debate as to whether or not a hockey team at that level could be...
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