by Mike Stern | Mar 30, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Beware the Slide of March –A Hockey Soothsayer With apologies to William Shakespeare, the Dallas Stars should’ve heeded this chilling phrase of warning. On the morning of Saturday, February 10, the Stars were celebrating their fifth straight victory, a 4-3 win...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, NHL
What do you think of the mutual opponent hypothesis? What’s that? The idea that if team A and team B each play team C, then whoever does better against team C would do better against the other, as well. If it’s anything to go by, the Anaheim Ducks are in a sweet spot...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 17, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, NHL
It might seem odd to say this. Perhaps even cruel. But here’s the analysis of the Detroit-Ducks game Friday night: A bad team got a mediocre-but-still-hopeful team off its game by distracting them with taunts that led to fights and chippy play that led to penalties....
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 4, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
Standing in front of Jonathan Toews in the Chicago dressing room on Saturday in LA, what came to mind in the aftermath of their come from behind spanking of the Kings was this: What makes this team so bad this year? The thought was the result of knowing how they can...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 26, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Leagues
You want to make the playoffs, right, Anaheim Ducks? I mean really, really wanna with all your heart? Well you don’t let a weaker team come into our building and score with thirteen seconds gone in the first period off a turnover that your captain makes. At center...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 25, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
It was a sad night in SoCal Saturday. Sad, and a little bit pathetic. The two NHL teams, like Casey at the bat, struck out. For no good reason, because each of them was playing a team either below them or significantly below them in the standings. And both lost and...
