We had our first weekend of real NHL hockey in over four months and here are some impressions from each team after one game. There were some surprises, some stellar performances and some lineup decisions that either paid off or didn’t. Arizona Coyotes Taylor Hall, Phil Kessel, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Christian Dvorak and Clayton Keller all [...]
The Play-ins begin August 1st and here is a look at players in the West on each team that are taking part in the Play-ins or Play-offs that might be value picks in your playoff pool. Not involved are Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Jose. Dallas and Vegas are through automatically to the actual playoffs. [...]
Now that we can focus on real-time hockey events, it is time to write about things that are about to happen. Not involved are Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Jose. Colorado, St. Louis, Dallas and Vegas are through automatically to the actual playoffs but will play a round-robin to decide home ice advantage. First round [...]
In part twelve of our look at the GMs of the Western Conference, we will look at Jim Benning in Vancouver who before being named GM with the Canucks, was Director of Amateur Scouting in Buffalo for almost eight years and Assistant GM/Director of Player Personnel in Boston for over seven years as well. Category [...]
In part eleven of our look at the GMs of the Western Conference, we will look at Doug Wilson in San Jose. Wilson was the Director of Player Development in San Jose for five years before taking over as GM in 2003. Category Ratings: 5: below average 6: average 7: above average 8: top ten [...]
In part 10 of our look at the Western Conference GMs, we will look at Doug Armstrong in St. Louis. Before St. Louis he was the Assistant GM in Dallas from 1993 to 2002 and the GM from January 24th, 2002 through November 13th, 2007. He was hired in St. Louis as the Director of [...]
In part nine of our look at the Western Conference GMs, we will look at David Poile who has been an NHL GM for almost 38 years. I’d almost forgotten that he was the GM in Washington from 1982 to 1997 and has been the GM in Nashville since they started as an expansion franchise [...]
In part eight of our look at the Western Conference GMs, we will look at Rob Blake in Los Angeles who served as Assistant General Manager for the Kings for just under four years, before being named the GM of the team at the end of the 2016-17 season. Category Ratings: 5: below average 6: [...]
In part seven of our look at the Western Conference GMs, we will look at future Hall of Famer Ken Holland who was the GM of the Detroit Red Wings for almost 22 years, the assistant GM before that for three years and the director of amateur scouting for seven years before that. He has [...]
In part six of our look at the Western Conference GMs, we will look at Jim Nill in Dallas. Before being hired in Dallas as GM in 2013, Nill was with Detroit for over 24 years in player development and as Assistant GM for almost 15 of those years. The Red Wings won four Stanley [...]
