With the puck dropped on the NHL pre-season we are just a few weeks away from the start of the 2011-12 NHL campaign. Once that happens each team will play a full 82 game schedule. Following that the top 16 teams will go through a grueling 2 month tournament to try and...
If you stopped by the site earlier this week you saw that I posted my NHL Western Conference Power Rankings going into the 2010-11 season. I meant to give the Eastern Conference the same treatment sooner, but as usual, life interfered. I finally got around to...
Back on April 10th the Montreal Canadiens secured the 8th and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with a less than inspiring 4-3 OT loss to the rival Toronto Maple Leafs. This followed a 5-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, and a 4-3 shootout loss to the New...
Well, after 1,230 games the curtain has finally closed on the 2009-10 NHL regular season, and what a season it was. There was no shortage of compelling drama down the stretch as multiple bubble teams struggled to capture a coveted playoff spot. As a result fans have...
*** Update *** Wow, I am eating crow today. Ovechkin limped down the stretch following the Olympic break, while Henrik came through in the clutch. Amazingly, Sidney Crosby, who looked like he would finish a distant third, had a great surge toward the end to finish...