The best part is looking through that bubble at the person standing across from you as the soapy curtain ripples in the air. The bubble changes what you normally see and perceive. The last month of Stanley Cup playoff officiating in two different bubbles is evidence of that. Trying to define the refereeing in this […]
Continue readingTampa Bay won three of four regular-season matchups against Boston, as well as their contest in the round-robin portion of the postseason. Will the Bruins reverse that trend in this series? Note: Advanced stats are from Hockey Reference, Natural Stat Trick and Evolving Hockey More: Check out the full NHL postseason schedule here. What we […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NHL playoffs officially begin on Tuesday, as the 24-team tournament — with five-game qualification round series and round-robin seeding matchups — has moved on to a more recognizable, 16-team version. This round includes several matchups where revenge will be on the mind of one team (or both, for separate reasons), and based on […]
Continue readingJones pulled one of the jerseys out of the box, poured lighter fluid on it and lit it on fire in his driveway. He continued to burn jerseys from the box, documenting the process in a series of Instagram videos posted Wednesday. “I opened up my mailbox today, and I had these jerseys in my […]
Continue readingAs a service to fans who have a general interest in NHL hockey but have no idea what has happened in the past six months or why they’re playing again this summer, we’re happy to provide the FAQ as a guide to the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. So in essence, let’s get you caught up […]
Continue readingIt has been 130 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the sports world continues to reckon with adjusted schedules around the world, there also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the resumption of the NHL season, the draft, the playoffs and […]
Continue readingThompson, acquired from the Montreal Canadiens last month, stumbled into the corner boards awkwardly Tuesday night, along with Boston right wing Ondrej Kase, and injured his left knee in the Bruins’ 2-0 victory. Thompson had one point in seven Philadelphia games since the trade. He has four goals and 15 points in 70 game this […]
Continue readingSteven Stamkos is definitely out for the remainder of the regular season, while Mark Stone and Chris Kreider sound like they’ll miss a good chunk of what’s left. These are all massive impacts to fantasy, as all three players have been top-50 fantasy assets thus far. While the replacements on their respective NHL clubs won’t […]
Continue readingThe NHL trade deadline came and went, and we were treated to a flurry of moves of varying degrees of importance to the playoff races. For the most part, it was a pretty sensible deadline, in that the teams currently contending for playoff spots were the ones that generally added to their rosters at the […]
Continue readingThe stress of the NHL trade deadline is over, and it has been replaced with a completely different kind of pressure: trying to excel in the stretch run of the 2019-20 season. In this week’s NHL power rankings, we look at some of the players under the most pressure as the games tick down to […]
Continue reading