Perhaps the least-discussed injury of the season is that of Washington defenceman John Carlson. He hasn’t played since Christmas thanks to a puck to the head, and that put a strain on the entire lineup. Up until his injury, Washington was 13th by expected goal share at 5-on-5, 14th by overall goal share and ahead [...]
For all the bellyaching I’ve done about the NHL’s playoff format – and it does need to be changed – we went into Monday night’s action with a little over five weeks left and the East had six teams within four points of each other for two playoff spots. Some have more games played than [...]
If the Dallas Stars were a Canadian-based team, or team based in America’s northeast, we might be hearing a lot more about their recent slide. Going back to January 9th, a span of 20 games for Dallas, they have the fewest regulation/overtime wins in the league. In that span, Anaheim has eight, Philadelphia has seven, [...]
After acquiring the big defenceman they had been seeking for a while in Mattias Ekholm, the focus of the Edmonton Oilers turned to filling out the forward roster. The team has had serious problems generating offence whenever Connor McDavid is off the ice and they made a deal with the Arizona Coyotes to help address [...]
After spending 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, goaltender Jonathan Quick has now been drafted twice in the last few days, first going to Columbus (which was written about by Alex at the time), and now he’s back in the Western Conference following a trade to the Vegas Golden Knights: https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1631365226506354688 The full trade [...]
When Detroit traded defenceman Filip Hronek to the Vancouver Canucks for a pair of draft picks, including a first-rounder, it appeared another shoe was going to drop. It did not come in the form of Jakob Chychrun (he’s in Ottawa now) or Erik Karlsson (he should be back in Ottawa but I digress), but rather [...]
There was no shortage of trades over the last couple of days and the Dobber Hockey team has you covered. We have a special section just for trade/signing analysis so head on over there to read up on what myself, Alex, Ian, and Dobber have to say about the trades of Patrick Kane, Filip Hronek, [...]
Shout out to all the TV hockey pundits for what they have to do on Friday because the trade deadline seems to be an impetus to get things done now rather than having teams wait to the last minute. There have been a slew of significant trades over the last few days and one more [...]
Having their cap hamstrung by a pair of buyouts has limited what Minnesota can do to improve the team, and it’s shown up front with a number of centres getting a crack at the top line, and a rotation of wingers across from budding star Matt Boldy. The Wild have attempted to improve their situation [...]
Toronto made a number of trades to shake up their depth on Tuesday, and though the focus has often been on the blue line, this one meant moving the bottom-6 around. Pierre Engvall was sent to the New York Islanders in exchange for a third-round draft pick in 2024: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1630684621972156418 Envgvall set a career-high with [...]
