West Versus East Makes All the Difference When Canes Contest Canada Jonathan Gardner | January 17, 2015 For many, many years, the Western Conference teams have had a winning record against Eastern Conference teams. According to NHL.com, it’s been that way since the 05-06 season. There are…
Preview: Leafs Head West on Important Road Trip Craig Hagerman | January 11, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak Friday with a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. It was the team’s first victory and their second game since…
False Narratives: Joe Pavelski’s Impact Decreases at Center Andrew Bensch | January 9, 2015 Many of you already know I’m a big proponent of Joe Pavelski playing his natural center position. Truthfully, the topic of Pavelski centering his own line has well been beaten…
TJ Oshie & Blues Look Forward to 7-Game Home Stand Mike Poepping | January 8, 2015 The NHL’s first star of the week, TJ Oshie, has been on quite the tear over his last 5 games, amassing 10 points (5G, 5A, plus-5) during that time, but it’s…
Canada-Russia: Gold Medal Game Prediction Devin Slawson | January 5, 2015 On the final day of the 2015 World Junior Championships, the medals will be handed out to the deserving teams. It’s been a very interesting tournament so far to say…
Pipeline Reloaded, Doug Wilson Should Pull the Trigger Andrew Bensch | December 23, 2014 Reset & Refreshed Two years ago San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson traded away veterans Michal Handzus, Douglas Murray, and Ryane Clowe all for draft picks. Each trade occurred shortly…
Pep Talk: 5 Ways the Blues can Beat the LA Kings Mike Poepping | December 16, 2014 Pep Talk is a semi-regular series where current Blues playing trends are discussed in a constructive way. Find more musings about your St. Louis Blues by following Mike Poepping on Twitter:…
Current NHL Situational and Open-Play Corsi Joshua Weissbock | December 16, 2014 Last week I had reviewed previous work on open-play corsi and looking at the league averages within specific faceoff situations. The idea with open-play corsi is that winning or loosing…
One Player on Every NHL Team Who Should be Traded Brett Slawson | December 16, 2014 As the December 19th holiday roster freeze quickly approaches, trade talks will be heightened as teams look to make moves in order to improve their respective squads. Although there is no rush…
3 Outsiders That Will Get Into the Playoffs Devin Slawson | December 15, 2014 About a third of the way through the 2014-15 season, we’re at a point in which some teams are transferring from a disappointing start to their season being into a…
By The Numbers: Best Top Line in the NHL Chad DeDominicis | December 14, 2014 I started this exercise by looking to see where the Sabres top line measures up around the league. After pulling a few teams statistics, I realized not very well. I…
Pavelski’s Goal Scoring Will Doom Sharks Andrew Bensch | December 10, 2014 Making Others Better When the San Jose Sharks acquired Joe Thornton in late November of 2005, he immediately made players around him better. Jonthan Cheechoo went from a 28 goal…
