NHL Awards Watch: Likely finalists, hipster picks, unfair snubs
While there was some brief confusion about where statistics from the qualification round would end up, they’re now playoff stats and the regular-season numbers are set in stone. Hence, we got the news that the stat-based regular-season awards for 2019-20 have been decided, with Leon Draisaitl taking home the Art Ross Trophy for most points, […]
Continue readingBuilding the perfect NHL forward: Best skills, attributes among centers and wingers
We start the series here by building the ultimate forward from 19 different skills and characteristics of players around the league. (Check back later this week for our iteration of the perfect blueliner and goalie). Kids today want to shoot like Alex Ovechkin but skate like Connor McDavid. There’s nobody in the league with better […]
Continue readingRod Brind’Amour’s take on the NHL’s playoff format, empty arena games and his training camp plan
In an appearance on ESPN on Ice this week, Brind’Amour discussed why his team was one of two to vote against the 24-team format, how he’ll handle the return of European players, his thoughts on drawing the New York Rangers in the first round, the impact of crowdless games and, of course, what a post-pandemic […]
Continue readingNHL plans to test players for coronavirus daily if games resume
Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said NHL players will be tested for the coronavirus daily if games start happening. “We will have a rigorous daily testing protocol where players are tested every evening and those results are obtained before they would leave their hotel rooms the next morning, so we’ll know if we have a positive […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s coronavirus pause: Players, coaches offer opinions on return-to-play format
It has been 81 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft, the playoffs and how it […]
Continue readingNHL players and teams speak out on protests, George Floyd’s death
NHL players and teams made strong statements against racial inequality over the weekend, using social media to address the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed. Floyd died last week in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. He was 46. Chauvin, fired […]
Continue readingBuffalo Sabres owner says GM Jason Botterill will return for fourth season
Acknowledging the decision might be unpopular among some fans, Pegula said she and her husband, Terry, are confident in the job the GM has done. And while the plan all along was to retain Botterill before the NHL season was paused in March because of the pandemic, Pegula said it is even more important to […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s coronavirus pause: What the playoff format means for all 31 teams, updates on testing, more
It has been 75 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there have also been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft, the playoffs and how it […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s 2020 draft lottery explained: Everything you need to know
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced a new format for the 2020 NHL draft lottery as part of the league’s “return to play” plans for completing the 2019-20 season this summer. This version will retain some aspects of previous lotteries, with important updates to account for the unprecedented nature of this season. It was a lot […]
Continue readingSharks look for rebound following rough 2019-20 season
A slow start, a rough December and an injury-plagued final stretch of the season left last season’s Western Conference runners up at the bottom of the conference standings. “We didn’t get off to a good start. We were chasing our tail,” general manager Doug Wilson said Tuesday. “October we were awful, November we were one […]
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