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 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....