Gary Bettman must be rubbing his hands together with glee right now. Last season he got his dream Stanley Cup matchup when teams in the two biggest markets in the U.S. – Los Angeles and New York – reached the finals. Now this year he has three of the...
It is widely believed that the balance of power in the NHL these days is heavily weighted in the Western Conference. With the last three Stanley Cups going to the Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings respectively, it is an easy assessment to...
Who is the greatest NHL hockey player of all time? That debate has raged over the decades and has, of course, evolved as new legends emerged to throw their hat in the ring for the coveted title. Once upon a time diehard fans of the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red...
Wow, this list was a tough one! When I set out to create it I already had four or five definite individual seasons in mind, and I figured filling out the remaining positions in my top 10 wouldn’t be much of a chore. Boy, was I wrong. Not only did I have...
Well, it didn’t take the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres long to ramp up the hate. The teams had a full line brawl (+1) including goalies. The chaos started following a scrap between Toronto’s Jamie Devane and Buffalo’s Corey Tropp....