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Are Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings ready to turn the corner?
Dylan Larkin has a hard time sugar-coating it — last season sucked for him and the Detroit Red Wings. It’s tough to finish with a minus-122 goal differential and 23 fewer points than any other team. Larkin called it “embarrassing” to be on the first Red Wings team to finish dead last in the standings […]
Continue readingGrading the best, worst of NHL bubble fashion
“Once you get onto the plane, every team I’ve been on was different,” explains recently retired winger Kris Versteeg, who played for seven teams in his 11-season NHL career. “Whether you can change into jeans and polo, or some teams still make you wear your suit. Some teams still make you wear your suit and […]
Continue readingThe Alternative NHL Awards for 2019-20: Best team, goal, save, quote, meme and feud
For the most part, the truncation of the season affects only the dynamics of two major awards: the Jack Adams for coach of the year, which the broadcasters vote on, and the Hart Trophy for league most valuable player, for which the PHWA members vote. These winners are influenced by their team’s place in the […]
Continue readingWhy this will be the ‘worst possible offseason’ for NHL free agents
He doesn’t know when the offseason begins or when it ends or how long it lasts. He doesn’t know how the coronavirus shutdown will affect the financial ability of NHL teams to offer him a contract, nor how much escrow will be withheld from that contract to make up the owners’ revenue shortfall this season. […]
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