The Edmonton Oilers announced on Tuesday afternoon that they agreed to terms with 29-year old Finnish goaltender Mikko Koskinen for a one-year contract. The second-round pick of the Islanders back in 2009 just completed his fifth season in the KHL and is now turning his eyes back to the NHL. Obviously, this isn’t official until [...]
The big news from Monday afternoon was that Lou Lamoriello would not be returning in 2018-19 as the GM for Toronto. He took over three years ago and has righted the team from a bottom-dweller to a playoff team. With all the talent they’ve amassed in the last few years, there is indeed a lot [...]
The thing a lot of people expected to happen, happened. Maybe it didn’t happen when they expected it to happen, but it happened. And was it ever a happening. Washington carried a 1-0 lead into the third period and Alex Ovechkin scored 28 seconds into the frame to push his team to 2-0. Everything was [...]
Boston fell behind a couple times against Toronto in what was a wild game from pretty much start to finish, but third-period goals from Jake DeBrusk and then David Pastrnak gave them the lead and the insurance to take Game 7. They will now face Tampa Bay in the second round. From a fantasy perspective, [...]
We are going to get a Game 7 out of the first round thanks to Toronto’s 3-1 win last night over Boston. After falling behind 3-1 in the series, the Leafs have evened things up and are one win away from their first series win since before the 2005 lockout. Toronto, and Frederik Andersen more [...]
In a pretty shocking turn of events, Patrice Bergeron did not dress for the Bruins on Thursday night with what the team described as an upper-body injury. We won’t get more of an update other than day-to-day. It is the playoffs, after all. Riley Nash took Bergeron’s spot on the top line. Boston didn’t draw [...]
The second elimination of this postseason came at the hands of the San Jose Sharks as they sent Anaheim packing in a four-game sweep following a 2-1 Game 4 win. The story of the series was Martin Jones. He allowed just four goals in the four games, allowing one or none in three of them. [...]
Marcus Johansson made his return to the Devils lineup following a recovery he from a concussion he suffered back in late January. Needless to say, this is a big boost to a Devils lineup that has had trouble handling the depth scoring of the Lightning so far. He was slotted on the second line with [...]
After his hit on Will Carrier in Game 1, it was kind of up in the air as to whether or not Drew Doughty would hear from the Department of Player Safety. Not only did he hear from them, but Doughty was suspended one game, I think to the surprise of many. Not necessarily that [...]
I’m sure much of the hockey world was looking forward to the Flyers/Penguins series. Anyone following hockey for the last 10 years or so would vividly remember the 2012 series which featured goals and fights to the heart’s content. Game 1 wasn’t so much a playoff game as it was a public execution. Pittsburgh skated [...]
