The Toronto Maple Leafs and their blue line, for whatever reason, is a spot of debate for hockey fans of all stripes, at least online. Kyle Dubas has altered his approach to defencemen and the deadline a bit and gone heavy on depth. Part of this depth is now Erik Gustafsson, acquired from Washington for [...]
One of the long-rumoured players to be traded was in fact dealt on Tuesday afternoon as the Jesse Puljujärvi era in Edmonton has finally come to an end. After many ups and downs, 51 goals, 317 games, and a pair of playoff appearances, he is off to Carolina in a straight one-for-one player swap: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1630620295785594907 [...]
Though there were lots of significant trades made over the weekend (and over the last 10-ish days), there are still a couple of big names in Vancouver that are in the rumour mill. One of them is JT Miller, who has taken a lot of the frustration towards the team’s lack of success. The Canucks [...]
Cuts from skates are just a part of playing hockey and in the NHL. We have seen some absolutely gruesome injuries in this manner over the years, with Evander Kane being an example from this season alone. Something similar happened to Ryan Johansen a few nights ago and that was why he left the game [...]
It was almost a shock at how fast things moved. As of Thursday afternoon, the Washington Capitals were on a slide with two wins in their previous seven games, but Alex Ovechkin was returning and they were just two points out of a playoff position. Then just after 5 PM ET, Pierre LeBrun tweeted that [...]
Ryan Johansen was not on the ice for Nashville’s third period at home against Vancouver on Tuesday night. He left the game with an injury late in the second period, needing help from his teammates, and did not return. We got word from Elliotte Friedman on Wednesday that Johansen was having surgery: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1628412514387083266 No immediate [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins got a boost to the lineup as goaltender Tristan Jarry was in net for the team’s game at home to the New York Islanders on Monday night. He had missed nearly a month with an upper-body injury and has just three starts in calendar 2023. Staying healthy has been an ongoing concern [...]
Auston Matthews was back in the lineup for Toronto on Wednesday night as the team hosted Chicago. He missed nearly three weeks (though one of those was the All-Star break) due to his injury. He was back on the top line with William Nylander and Michael Bunting, which is interesting because Matthews/Nylander had been spending [...]
Though Boston had to deal with injuries earlier in the season, they easily overcame those and have largely been healthy since. That ended when Jake DeBrusk was injured in the Winter Classic and was set to be out a month. He was back in a normal jersey at practice on Monday: https://twitter.com/mattyports/status/1625153561851043840 The team would [...]
The last few years have taught us all to be used to seeing shocking news in the NHL on a near-daily basis, but what we saw from Calgary on Thursday pushes the boundaries of what we’re used to seeing in the league: Calgary Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson was hit by a car while on his [...]
