by Neal McHale | Sep 2, 2020 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, NHL
If there was one thing the Avalanche didn’t need, it was a limping Gabriel Landeskog in the final minutes of the second period. Colorado took a 2-1 lead over the Stars on a Cale Makar snapshot in the second period of a must-win game on Wednesday. But the period...
by Neal McHale | Aug 27, 2020 | Homepage, NHL
Neither of Thursday’s scheduled postseason games in the NHL will be played, according to various reports. This comes following a formal request from the Hockey Diversity Alliance to the National Hockey League to forego playing a pair of games including game...
by Neal McHale | Aug 26, 2020 | Arizona Coyotes, Homepage, NHL
When the Coyotes sent a package of picks and prospects to the Devils for Taylor Hall in December, they hoped they were getting ahead of the trade deadline frenzy and could focus on a push to the playoffs. And while they defeated the Preds in the qualifiers, they...
by Neal McHale | Aug 26, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
A year ago when Tampa spoiled their 128-point season with a first round sweep to the Blue Jackets, it was clear that the star-filled roster was missing something. That, being so powerful throughout the regular season and yet so unable to catch momentum in the...
by Neal McHale | Aug 23, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, Washington Capitals
In June, 2018, when Barry Trotz departed the Capitals organization days after the franchise won their first Stanley Cup, Brian MacLellan’s job was to find a quality replacement. Ideally, it would be a candidate with some sort of experience in the playoffs and...
by Anthony Garofalo | Aug 21, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
Loose headline translation: Charlie McAvoy has been good. Very good. The Boston Bruins took care of business against the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Sure, the offense started to pick up and the scoring was well distributed...
