The Chicago Blackhawks have finished their coaching search and have landed on former Detroit bench boss Jeff Blashill. Blashill was let go by the Red Wings after the 2021-22 season but is returning to head coaching duties with the Blackhawks being not very far off from where the Red Wings of the late 2010s found [...]
It was hard for the Edmonton Oilers to ask more from their opening game of the Western Conference in Dallas against the Stars… at least through the first 40 minutes. Goals from Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had opened a 3-1 lead for the Oilers going into the second intermission as they were poised to [...]
Toronto lost Game 7 to Florida and there is already a lot of chatter about what should happen this summer. With John Tavares and Mitch Marner as free agents, there are clearly a couple of critical topics to cover. One thing worth mentioning is the blue line. Writing about fantasy hockey year after year helps [...]
The Los Angeles Kings’ general manager search did not last long as they hired former Oilers boss Ken Holland to take over the direction of the team. Given Los Angeles’ struggles against Edmonton in the playoffs in recent memory, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, I guess? The forward group is largely fine, so [...]
Max Domi was fined $5 000 for his hit on Aleksander Barkov in the waning seconds of Game 4 on Sunday night. If nothing else, Game 5 should be a lot of fun because that fourth game saw Toronto start pushing back physically, so it’ll be interesting to see how Florida reacts to that. If [...]
The Anaheim Ducks hired Joel Quenneville to be their next coach after firing Greg Cronin last month at the end of the regular season. I wrote about that hiring here. * Connor McMichael intercepted a puck in the neutral zone, sped past the Carolina defenders, and scored on Frederik Andersen to give the Washington Capitals [...]
When the Anaheim Ducks fired head coach Greg Cronin after the conclusion of the 2024-25 NHL regular season, there were instantly rumours that this would be a landing spot for Joel Quenneville. There had been rumours that Quenneville was in the running for any number of coaching positions, as has been the case since his [...]
We can stop calling the Utah franchise whatever we were calling them before (it was never Hockey Club in my book), as the team announced on Wednesday that the franchise is officially named the Mammoth. Overall, not a bad choice. The name is kind of fun and the logo looks good. That logo does kind [...]
The NHL Draft Lottery took place on Monday night, and in a huge move up the board, the New York Islanders ended up winning the first overall pick. So, the team that currently does not have a general manager now has the first overall pick in the Draft. I wonder how much this changes the [...]
Carolina, fresh off their elimination of the New Jersey Devils, announced that Taylor Hall is sticking around, signing him to a three-year deal with an AAV under $3.2-million. He has 21 points in 36 games with Carolina, including the playoffs, since the trade from Chicago and has formed a very good middle-six duo with Jesperi [...]
