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NHL Awards Watch: Nathan MacKinnon has Hart; new Jack Adams leader
Here’s the NHL Awards Watch for January. Again, this is a prediction of how I expect the voters would consider the current candidates, as well as a look at their merits. Keep in mind that the Pro Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) votes for the Hart, Norris, Calder, Selke and Lady Byng; broadcasters vote for the […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings update: the new generation of goaltenders
I don’t know if someone decided to speed up the process, but the current fantasy landscape for goaltenders is one of confusion, transition and surprises. Thirty days isn’t a season, but it’s a decent enough sample size. During the past 30 days, here are your top 10 goaltenders on the ESPN Player Rater: 1. Tristan […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s best and worst this week: How Sidney Crosby inspired Nathan MacKinnon to ‘take less’
The comments went viral. “That blew up more than I thought it would,” MacKinnon told me last week in Chicago. “I forgot I was in Toronto speaking. I’m used to being in Denver. If I said that in Denver it would have just been brushed aside.” Nonetheless, I wanted to know if MacKinnon stood by […]
Continue readingNHL experts: Keys to Flyers’ turnaround, West wild-card picks, rookies to build around, more
As we hit mid-December, we pulled together our panel of NHL experts to discuss some of the hot topics of the 2019-20 campaign. Which teams take the West wild-card berths? Who is the top rookie to build around? Where will the Lightning finish? How did the Flyers find their mojo? Which team deserves draft prize […]
Continue readingPittsburgh Penguins’ John Marino is the best rookie defenseman no one’s talking about
If this sound like something a Harvard student would play to pass the time on a team flight, that would be correct. If this sounds like something two NHL rookies would partake in while the veterans are dabbling in other pastimes on that same flight, that would also be correct. “I don’t think I’ve graduated […]
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