Geek of the Week

Ever since being drafted 12th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Czech forward Martin Necas has had a decent amount of hype surrounding him. He was touted as a strong skating, high hockey-IQ player who could end up being a major part of the Carolina Hurricanes long-term plans within a few years. What he [...]

When discussing the Toronto Maple Leafs forward core, the usual names like Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews and John Tavares often come to mind first and foremost. While it’s true that all the aforementioned players are elite offensive talents, there’s one man who often flies under the radar of hockey pundits and fantasy hockey fans alike. [...]

Jean-Gabriel Pageau has always been a very steady and reliable hockey player. While never touted as an offensive dynamo, he plays hard and competes night in and night out. Pageau was a product of the QMJHL and spent three seasons between Gatineau and Chicoutimi before being drafted by his hometown Ottawa Senators in the fourth [...]

Danish-born winger Nikolaj Ehlers was primed to be a hockey player from a young age. He moved to Switzerland at a young age and began playing and fine-tuning his game under his father Heinz. During his time in Switzerland, his team played overseas in the Quebec International Pee-Wee tournament, which was surely a great chance [...]

Over the past decade or so, there’s been a plethora of elite American-born hockey players that have developed as top stars in the National Hockey League. Amongst those players, TJ Oshie has been one of the most consistent and exciting players to watch, and I would even go as far to say he could be [...]

When I think back to when Vincent Trocheck first started to catch my attention, I can’t help but reminisce about the 2016 World Cup of Hockey tournament. To me, this event was a coming-out party for many of the young up-and-coming stars in this league. The tournament was formatted to do exactly that by including [...]

Editor's note: Larkin missed Saturday's game against Chicago, and is also expected to miss Sunday's game. When Dylan Larkin was taken 15th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Red Wings fans were over the moon that the team had landed a young stud right out of their own backyard in Michigan. Larkin was touted [...]

The window to buy low on Conor Garland didn’t last long. Garland has arrived. What you’re witnessing is a real-time offensive breakout. Garland was originally passed over in his 2014 draft year even though he notched 54 points in 51 games with Moncton. At 5-8, 160 lbs, it’s not a surprise all 30 NHL teams [...]

Christian Dvorak quickly became a Dobber Darling. He was touted one of the best second-round picks of the draft and a real sleeper to outperform his draft position. To put it in context, forum members posed questions such as, “Who would you rather have, Christian Dvorak or Kyle Connor?” Today, it seems a glaringly obvious [...]

More often than not, teams and players that reach the Stanley Cup Finals suffer a hangover regardless of victory or defeat. With longer-term injuries to Ben Bishop and Tyler Seguin it would unexpected for Dallas to start slow. That just hasn’t been the case. Shadowed by the hot starts of Joe Pavelski, Alexander Radulov and [...]