The Washington Capitals have announced that Todd Reirden will not be returning as head coach next season. In spite of back-to-back Metropolitan Division titles and an 89-46-16 record, Reirden could not advance the Capitals past the first round in either of his two seasons as head coach. Most recently, the Capitals were eliminated by previous [...]
No. 300 - It's a Live Playoff Pool Draft! On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, it's a live draft! The Keeping Karlsson Playoff Pool began with 96 managers, but now only 32 remain competing for a spot in the Four-Way Final. This week, Ben hosts a live draft with 8 of [...]
The second round (conference quarterfinals) began on Saturday with the heavily favored Colorado Avalanche taking on the Dallas Stars. To find out how many of our writers chose the Avalanche, see our Experts Panel: Playoff Round 2 Predictions, posted earlier today. Dallas 5, Colorado 3 (Dallas leads series 1-0) Well, how many of us want [...]
Remember when many of us thought that the play-in round teams were at an advantage from already playing more important games than the round-robin teams? Well, it turns out that only two play-in teams (Vancouver, NY Islanders) are still remaining in the playoffs. The first round of the “actual” playoffs didn’t see the widespread number [...]
Have you gotten your hockey fix yet? Well, it has been a few weeks of nonstop action and so far, we have had no shortage of excitement. As we head into the second round, the number of games we see each day has tempered off, meaning we now have a chance to catch our breath [...]
With all of the conference quarterfinal series now wrapped up, we now have our conference semifinal playoff matchups set. Eastern Conference Philadelphia vs. NY Islanders Tampa Bay vs. Boston Western Conference Vegas vs. Vancouver Colorado vs. Dallas https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1297028475862351872 Look for our Round 2 Expert Panel playoff picks coming up later this weekend. They may be [...]
Matt Niskanen has been suspended one game for his cross-check to Brendan Gallagher’s face during Game 5 on Wednesday. This is no doubt a light suspension if you consider that the time that Gallagher would likely be out. However, I’ve heard that one game in the playoffs is considered to be worth at least two [...]
Welcome back to another Thursday Capped article. I hope you’ve been finding some ways to enjoy yourself this summer. As you’re reading this, I’m up at a cottage probably sitting on the beach, unable to check the hockey scores. There are pros and cons to having hockey during the cottage months. **** One of [...]
On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian visit each Round 1 playoff series to drop a take for each team still in contention-- which, at the time of recording, was all 16 of them. Players discussed on this episode include Ondrej Kase, Charlie Coyle, David Krejci, Jake Debrusk, Vincent [...]
Chicago was the first team out of the NHL playoffs (the play-ins don’t count), falling four games to one at the hands of Vegas. The Golden Knights are the deeper team with the better players. This is the result of that kind of matchup. I do wonder about Chicago’s coaching. Starting Game 5 with John [...]
