Capped: Playoff-Bound Players Needing New Contracts
Only a few more days and then we are off to the playoffs. This is an exciting time of year for both the players and the fans. It’s also a bit of a nice change that the salary cap doesn’t count during playoffs, and we don’t need to focus on managing our fantasy teams [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Malkin, Letang, Karlsson, and Kuemper; Down Years – April 4
Good news for Pens fans as Evgeni Malkin was skating at practice on Wednesday in a normal jersey. He hasn’t played in nearly three weeks but the team was always hopeful he’d get a game or two before playoffs, and that may be on Thursday against Detroit. I suppose it’s not much comfort [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Suter, Johnsson & Reinhart
Welcome back to another installment of “Goldipucks and the Three Skaters.” For first time readers, or those needing a refresher, this column is a play on the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, except instead of there being three bowls of porridge I’m covering three skaters and declaring one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably [...]
Ramblings: Trouba, Parise, Sergachev, Klingberg, Domi & TBay Chasing History (April 3)
The season is quickly winding down. Several playoff series are already locked into place, division titles have been decided, and teams are dressing lineups with that in mind. Look no further than Calgary to see the results of a team shutting it down. This was heading into Monday night’s game. At optional morning [...]