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...
by Jason Scales | Aug 19, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
Perennial playoff heroes aren’t easy to come by and the Boston Bruins are fortunate to have a few of them. Once again the Bruins were powered by veteran centers David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron, as Boston closed out the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 in game 5....
by Neal McHale | Aug 19, 2020 | Columbus Blue Jackets, Homepage, NHL
John, Jarmo and Ryan. Whether they knew it or not, they were to be the starring cast for the Blue Jackets 10 years ago. It was them, one from the bench, one from a suite atop and one helping bring Seth Jones in from Nashville that helped raise the expectation and...
by Neal McHale | Aug 18, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks
In each of the three prior games, the Canucks were able to answer whatever the defending champs threw their way. Even in Sunday’s 3-2 overtime loss, they took just 37 seconds to answer the Blues first lead of the series. On Monday they couldn’t find the...
