by Neal McHale | May 15, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Homepage, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, New York Islanders, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights, Washington Capitals
Predicting the Playoffs? You read it right. I can’t recall a time at this publication in which I went through the first round of the playoffs and wrote my predictions ahead of puck drop. I can’t exactly recall why I’ve decided to take myself out of...
by Brian Kennedy | May 9, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
It was another night of losing for SoCal NHL teams, albeit with some warm and hopeful moments thrown in. That latter point applies to the Anaheim Ducks, whose netminder, Ryan Miller, was finally playing his last-ever game. This after an emotional tribute from the...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 10, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage
One team entered Friday night coming off a big 5-1 win, the other off an 8-3 loss. So one was saying “We gotta keep the momentum” and the other one “We need to turn things around.” The losers had been Colorado, the winners Anaheim, and here they were, in SoCal, to...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 25, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Inside Hockey
This season is going to look like this: win one, lose one. All the talk of rivalries and series is going to come down to a lot of .500 hockey as teams split series with opponents, nullifying the supposed “four-point games”. Only minor proof is available thus far,...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 22, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Seven times prior to Thursday, Jonathan Quick had found himself playing in goal for the LA Kings on January 21st, his birthday. Four of those, he’d pulled off a win. Three times, he lost. As the Kings and Avalanche started out, it looked like he might go to 4-4. But...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 20, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Like many teams, the LA Kings have some questions to answer as this season cranks up. Some have already hinted at being resolved. One of those is, “How will Andreas Athanasiou, late of Detroit and Edmonton, fit in? First two games, excellent. Third game, versus...
