Eastern Edge

The Columbus Blue Jackets just had their most successful season in franchise history, finishing third in their division (and the Eastern Conference) with 50 wins and 108 points. It was a surprising result, considering that the team finished 15th in the conference the previous season.   It would be hard to talk about the Blue [...]

  Last season, Washington was the odds on favourite to win the Stanley Cup, but once again, fell short in the playoffs. The Capitals lost in seven games to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. A case could be made that had Washington won that game seven instead of Pittsburgh, they might have been [...]

  Happy Fourth of July to our American friends. The Ottawa Senators were the only team to qualify for the postseason with more goals allowed than goals for. They allowed the tenth fewest goals against while ranking 22nd in goals scored. […]

  For the first time in 25 years, the Detroit Red Wings didn’t have a partner when the music began to play for the annual post-season dance. Most everyone agrees that this was inevitable and ultimately a good thing, allowing the franchise to restock the prospect shelves with some higher-ranked draft picks. Those shelves aren’t [...]

  Heading into last season, the Boston Bruins were looking like a team in transition. The shelves appeared relatively barren of prospects with only a dented can of SpaghettiOs sitting at the very back of the pantry. Many would not have been surprised if the Bruins had missed the playoffs, but the team battled its [...]

  The New Jersey Devils are a team most fantasy poolies avoid and for good reason. At the height of their goodness, they were the poster child for boring, low-scoring hockey while playing the trap to perfection. Before trading for Taylor Hall, they were devoid of high-end talent and relied on a strong defensive structure [...]

  The Toronto Maple Leafs appear to be ahead of where most pundits predicted they would be on their rebuild timeline. Their reward for successfully battling for a playoff berth was to face the NHL’s top regular-season team. Toronto gave the Capitals all they could handle in a six-game playoff loss, taking five of the [...]

  The loveable losers that are the Carolina Hurricanes can’t seem to catch a break. Since their improbable Stanley Cup winning run back in the 2005-06 season, the Hurricanes have missed the playoffs in 10 of 11 seasons. I say loveable, but what I really mean is that no one actually hates this team…well, except [...]

  The Philadelphia Flyers were well represented at the World Championship with 10 players donning their countries colors. Five suited up for the silver-medal-winning Team Canada, Claude Giroux, who was named team captain, Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny. Jakub Voracek and Radko Gudas played for the Czech Republic. Defenseman, Ivan Provorov [...]

    The Buffalo Sabres certainly didn’t expect the 2016-17 campaign to go down the way it did. It didn’t help that the new face of the franchise suffered a high ankle sprain on the eve of the regular season. Jack Eichel missed 22 games to start the campaign, but the good news is that [...]