A Fit for Yandle, Sheahan Signs, the Carlyle Effect, Teravainen Traded, Johansen **** The Detroit Red Wings signed RFA Riley Sheahan to a two-year contract. This locks up what looks to be the team’s third line centre for the next couple of seasons. Not long ago, I though there was a good chance that Sheahan [...]
Penguins/Sharks, Tuukka Rask, Henrik Lundqvist, Seth Jones, Ekblad/Hedman **** A wild start to this game led to a furious pace by the Penguins for most of the game, but San Jose was able to hang on and take Game 5 by a score of 4-2, extending the series. It didn’t take long for the Sharks [...]
Pens/Sharks, The Art of Trading, Evander Kane, Justin Faulk, Carolina **** Pittsburgh is now one win away from the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history after a 3-1 win last night in San Jose. Ian Cole opened the scoring in Game 4 as a seemingly innocent shot from a bad angle by Phil Kessel went straight [...]
Looking at Potential Draft Targets, Tyson Barrie, Faceoffs, Casey Cizikas **** Given how the overtime winner was scored in Game 2 of this Stanley Cup Final, there has been a lot of talk around faceoffs. This is perhaps one of the more contentious issues in hockey. Let’s look at this year alone: The top two [...]
Pens/Sharks, Duclair, Las Vegas Expansion, Perry/Getzlaf, and More High-Danger Chances **** The Stanley Cup Final got an overtime, and it landed in Pittsburgh’s favour by a 2-1 score. It gives the Penguins a 2-0 series lead heading back to San Jose for Saturday. Game 2 picked up where Game 1 left off, and that was [...]
Bolts/Pens, Bernier, Mason, Klingberg, Eichel, Team Canada, and more **** Pittsburgh advanced to the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-1 Game 7 win over Tampa Bay. I wouldn't go so far to say "one of the best ever" but this game was absolutely enthralling from start to finish. When hockey fans think of "Game 7 [...]
Sharks advance to Cup Final, Offside Replay, Torey Krug, Vancouver and Florida Trade **** With a 5-2 Game 6 win, the Sharks finally got their Stanley Cup Final appearance that the franchise has probably deserved for close to a decade now. The Sharks drew first blood – pun totally intended – as Joe Pavelski was [...]
Blues/Sharks, Justin Abdelkader, Gustav Nyquist, Jaroslav Halak, Thomas Greiss **** The shot totals might have been somewhat close, and the game wasn't a huge blowout, but this contest never really seemed in doubt. San Jose took Game 3 by a 3-0 score to take the series lead 2-1, dominating for about 80-percent of the game. [...]
Recap of Pens/Bolts, scoring chance numbers from this year, Artemi Panarin, and some eulogies. **** Though the final score of 4-2 for Pittsburgh looks fairly close, and the score for most of it was, this game was a showcase for how good the Penguins are. You know, there is a lot that can be said [...]
Rambling: Stars implode, Value Indicators for Drafts, Pittsburgh’s Re-tool **** Well, this one was pretty much over after the first 20 minutes. Robby Fabbri potted a goal for his 11th point of these playoffs about five minutes in. After a disallowed Blues goal thanks to an offside, Paul Stastny snuck one past the short side [...]
