by Neal McHale | Jul 23, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
The unofficial start to the offseason has arrived. I suppose the actual start began moments after Tampa captured their second-straight Cup in a five-game Stanley Cup Final. There were some moves that came just prior to what was, comparably speaking anyway, a quiet...
by Anthony Garofalo | Jul 23, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
The Boston Bruins have had quite the interesting offseason thus far. After an unceremonious second-round exit in the Stanley Cup playoffs last season at the hands of the New York Islanders, the Bruins quickly found themselves looking ahead towards next year. As it...
by Neal McHale | Jul 16, 2021 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
Tom Fitzgerald said the pursuit of Ryan Graves didn’t happen overnight. In fact, it was a two-three year dance between the New Jersey General Manager and Avs GM, Joe Sakic before Thursday’s trade that saw defenseman, Ryan Graves traded to the Devils for...
by Neal McHale | Jul 15, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
Two more sleeps. Then comes expansion. Soon, the Seattle Kraken will have an organizational depth chart that will chart the course of the league’s 32nd franchise. It’s unlikely the Kraken will challenge the Golden Knights inaugural season that was like...
by Kenneth Cross | Jul 8, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – Given history, who would bet against Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy going to the Lightning’s 1-0 win in Wednesday night’s Game 5 as Tampa Bay captured the Stanley Cup? Vasilevskiy turned away 22 shots and had an amazing defense...
by Neal McHale | Jul 6, 2021 | Buffalo Sabres, Homepage, NHL
Not since 1996 has a draft class gone without a top-five selection playing in the NHL in the next upcoming season. That, being the year in which Ottawa nabbed defenseman, Chris Phillips first overall–he’d debut his all-Sens 1,179-game career in 1997-98....
