Lining Up: Yurov’s Opportunity; Kindel’s Ascension; Anaheim’s Fourth Line, and More
We are (almost) entirely into the second round of the postseason as we wait for the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens series to get going. The Carolina Hurricanes already hold a 2-0 series lead over [...]
Ramblings: Carolina Earns Game 2 Overtime Win; Karlsson Returns for Vegas; Shot Improvements for Samuelsson, Raddysh, Byram, Nemec, and Luke Hughes – May 5
Taylor Hall poked home a loose puck with a minute left in the first overtime period as the Carolina Hurricanes toppled the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in Game 2 of their second-round matchup. Hall now has [...]
Top 10 Big-Name Buy-Low Candidates for the Offseason
With Caleb Desjardins sidelined today, I’m stepping in for the Top 10 for this week. Since this was unplanned, I’ll dispense with the preamble. I will say this – most of these guys won’t be [...]
The Wild West: Mammoth, Oilers, Stars Postmortem, Semifinal Matchups, and More
Happy Monday y’all! We are officially into the second round of the playoffs, with the Colorado Avalanche facing the Minnesota Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights taking on the Anaheim Ducks. Lots of fun story [...]
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Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Point, MacKinnon & Draisaitl
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare [...]
Ramblings: Cats Take Game One; Morrow’s Playoff Debut and Odds for Next Year & How to Trade Auston Matthews (May 21)
The Panthers jumped out ahead of the Hurricanes with a 5-2 win last night in game one of the Eastern Conference final. Carter Verhaeghe led the way with the opening goal and an assist. Fredrerik [...]
Eastern Edge: Reviewing Seasons from Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, and New Jersey
Today we’ll continue our Eastern Edge offseason series by tackling the next quartet of teams in alphabetical order – those that punched their playoff tickets only to bow out in Round 1: the Montreal Canadiens, [...]
Ramblings: Scoring From The Blue Line; Changing Roles For Young Players and Rising Production From Young Defencemen – May 20
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 [...]
Experts Panel: 2024-25 Playoff Conference Final Predictions
The panel picked three out of the four second-round series correctly, only missing on the Oilers defeating the Golden Knights. The panel’s lifetime record is now 150-93 when it comes to postseason predictions. Congratulations to [...]
The Wild West – Western Team Free Agency Previews for 2025-26 – Part Three
This week, we will examine Dallas, Edmonton, Vegas, and Winnipeg, looking at the players who will become free agents on July 1st or at the end of 2025-26. We had looked at part one and [...]









