by Neal McHale | Jun 26, 2020 | Homepage, NHL
Why? Because, of course. That’s why. Because in the absurdly-twisted and wildly-strange year that is 2020, it was just too perfect for the NHL Draft lottery not to be impacted. Because when Bill Daly entered Friday’s lottery with eight–not seven...
by John Zielonka | Jun 26, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, Seattle Kraken
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced on Thursday his company’s purchase of the naming rights for the arena hosting NHL Seattle’s games. In his Instagram posted on Thursday, Bezos said: “I’m excited to announce that Amazon has bought the naming...
by Anthony Garofalo | Jun 25, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
We are so close. The return of hockey is drawing near. Soon enough, a sense of normalcy will be upon us fans of the National Hockey League. However, this has been a wild summer. The unpredictability of hockey, professional sports as a whole, and (quite honestly)...
by Neal McHale | Jun 19, 2020 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
One fired coach to go with a dismissed general manager and a teammate, just over a season removed from winning a Hart Trophy, sent away in a trade inspired by the team’s dismal start to the season–and while you’re at it, throw in a global pandemic to...
by John Zielonka | Jun 18, 2020 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL, Seattle Kraken
NHL Seattle announced a two-month delay in the completion of the privately financed KeyArena $930 million renovation, according to the Seattle Times. Construction was expected to finish in early June and is now pushed back to the August-September timeframe. Work...
by George Grimm | May 29, 2020 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Do the names Hub Anslow, Ron Rowe, Herb Foster, Huddy Bell, Jean-Paul Denis or Alex Ritson, ring a bell? How about Len Wharton, Henry Dyck, Max Labovitch or Art Strobel? Unless you’re a true student of the game and the Rangers of the 1940s and 50s, most of those names...
