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...
by George Grimm | Aug 6, 2020 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
Edgar Laprade was considered by many to be the best senior hockey player in Canada during the early 1940s. Laprade began playing junior hockey with his hometown Port Arthur, Ontario, Bruins at the age of 16 in 1935. Three years later he moved up to senior hockey and...
by Angie Carducci | Aug 6, 2020 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the first time in his career, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will play a meaningful hockey game on his Aug. 7 birthday. It couldn’t be much more meaningful, as it turns out, as his fifth-seeded club now faces elimination at the hands of the 12th-seeded Montreal...