by Jason Scales | Aug 12, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
The Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins renewed NHL Playoff acquaintances in Toronto on Wednesday morning in typical 2020 fashion. It took a Patrice Bergeron snap-shot at 1:13 of the second overtime to break the 3-3 deadlock. Bergeron buried a David Pastrnak pass...
by Neal McHale | Aug 9, 2020 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
If there’s one thing that makes me want to call the qualifying round, or round-of-24, part of the actual playoffs and not just the manufactured (albiet entertaining) tournament designated to decide the fate of “bubble” teams, it’s the Edmonton...
by Neal McHale | Aug 8, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
No, you’re not reading the same story from Thursday night. And yes, I’m sure it’s not the other way around. Though I understand your skepticism, yet another 3-0 deficit was blown. On back-to-back nights no less. But, as they say, you’ve seen...
by Angie Carducci | Aug 8, 2020 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
When the Penguins’ season ended Friday, it looked like this. A turnover from normally reliable fourth-liner Brandon Tanev to the stick of Montreal’s Paul Byron, then four white jerseys standing in front of goaltender Tristan Jarry, all of them neglecting to cover the...
by Neal McHale | Aug 7, 2020 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, NHL
In the moments that immediately followed the Panthers elimination from the qualifying round, a 5-1 loss to the Islanders, reports of a change at the top started. Dale Tallon, the club’s GM and President since 2010-11 (served as only President of Hockey...
by Neal McHale | Aug 7, 2020 | Columbus Blue Jackets, Homepage, NHL
It might’ve been when Auston Matthews scored the opening goal on Tuesday en route to a 3-0 win to even the series for the Leafs. Or, it could’ve been at the hotel, when a scroll through Twitter would show what everyone was watching–the center and...
