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The Columbus Blue Jackets are not having the season they hoped they would. And to an extent, one can excuse their start to the year given their off-ice drama prior to training camp. That said, a poor start to the season is hard to overcome. And it also makes figuring out who will represent the […]

The Arizona Coyotes are playing good hockey right now. In fact, they are in possession of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference as I write this. It’s an incredible start to the season for a franchise that has faced a wild amount of adversity, especially off the ice. Arizona isn’t a Cup contender […]

The Detroit Red Wings have played rather well at times this season. However, they currently aren’t playing well. Detroit dropped the sixth of their last seven contests on Monday night to a bounceback Anaheim Ducks squad. After the game, head coach Derek Lalonde made an eye-opening admission about his team. The Red Wings have struggled […]

The Detroit Red Wings are in the midst of a slump right now. Detroit has lost six of their last seven games following their 4-3 loss at home to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night. As a result, the Winged Wheel is no longer in possession of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. To […]

The Ottawa Senators made the move their fans have been wanting for weeks. Ottawa fired head coach DJ Smith after an extremely disappointing start to the 2023-24 NHL season. In his place is a familiar face, as Jacques Martin takes the reigns behind the Sens bench for the first time since 2004. Interim Ottawa general […]

Hockey fans have enjoyed the ongoing 2023-24 NHL season, and for good reason. There has been a lot to talk about early in the year and there is certainly more to come. However, as the calendar year draws to a close, there is one more competition that piques the interest of fans. The IIHF World […]

The MLB offseason is in full swing, and we’ve already seen some crazy moves. In the American League Central, the most active teams are the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers. The Minnesota Twins, who won the division in 2023, have yet to make a significant move. However, that could be changing sometime soon. […]

Colorado Avalanche forward Jonathan Drouin made an interesting move this summer. As a free agent, he chose to join Colorado in order to play with former Halifax Mooseheads teammate Nathan MacKinnon. The former third-overall pick hoped the move would reignite his career following time with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens. Through the first […]

The Anaheim Ducks finally broke through on Sunday night. Away from home, veteran forward Adam Henrique scored his first career hat trick as they took down the New Jersey Devils 5-1. Anaheim’s win is just their second victory in their last 15 games, and it marked the end of a five-game losing streak. After the […]

The Chicago Blackhawks are going through it right now. They entered their Sunday night contest against the Vancouver Canucks having lost their last three contests. Furthermore, Chicago’s top three defensemen — Seth Jones, Alex Vlasic, and Kevin Korchinski, all missed this game for various reasons. Still, the Blackhawks battled. In the end, it wasn’t enough. […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets are not in contention for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In fact, they are the second-worst team in the Eastern Conference right now, ahead of the Ottawa Senators. Columbus invested heavily in its NHL roster in the summer, making two major trades to bolster their blueline. Columbus did deal with quite a […]

Connor Bedard joined the Chicago Blackhawks with a lot of expectations ahead of him. Chicago moved on from two franchise icons, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, after last season. Bedard, touted as a generational prospect, is expected to lead this historic franchise into their next golden age. The Blackhawks have played 29 games, with Bedard […]

Many believed that Zach Benson was going to be a fantastic NHL player. However, the 2023 NHL Draft was absolutely stacked with promising talent. Benson had top-10 potential, but actually going within the first 10 picks was no guarantee. On draft night, he fell to the Buffalo Sabres at pick 13. And Buffalo is certainly […]

The Anaheim Ducks are in free-fall right now. After a rather impressive start to the season, things have completely bottomed out in Anaheim. Their loss to the New York Rangers on Friday night is their fifth in a row. Furthermore, they have won just one game in their last 14 contests. Things started well enough […]

The Carolina Hurricanes entered their Friday night game hoping to keep its momentum going. They ended their four-game losing streak against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. On Thursday, they defeated the Detroit Red Wings to make it two in a row. However, their attempt at a three-game winning streak fell short against the Nashville Predators. […]

Connor Bedard has, predictably, been a major bright spot for the Chicago Blackhawks this season. The 2023 first overall pick started slow, to be fair. However, he has rebounded to lead the team in goals (12), assists (12), points (24), and average ice time among forwards (19:22). Beyond him, though, Chicago could certainly use some […]

Noah Dobson and the New York Islanders picked up a big win over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. The Isles have now own four in a row and six of their last seven games. They are playing a good brand of hockey right now, and Dobson believes there is a major behind-the-scenes reason for […]

The New York Rangers have proven to be a wagon early in the 2023-24 NHL season. There is no team in the league playing better hockey than them right now. Head coach Peter Laviolette is seeing a ton of early success after taking over behind the bench for Gerard Gallant this past summer. The Blueshirts […]

The Seattle Kraken made the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and even defeated the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round. They came within a single win of the Western Conference Final, in fact. Seattle did all of that while not having a clear-cut bona fide star on their roster. Expectations were high for the […]

The San Jose Sharks are not playing well so far this season. They are well and truly in the thick of the Macklin Celebrini sweepstakes less than 30 games into the season. Part of their poor start can be attributed to the absence of Logan Couture. The San Jose captain has not taken the ice […]

The St. Louis Blues have not had the start to the season they envisioned during the offseason. The Blue Notes are in sixth place in the Central Division following their Tuesday night loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Furthermore, they have lost four games in a row. Tuesday’s loss led to the firing of head […]

The St. Louis Blues fell to the Detroit Red Wings in front of their home fans on Tuesday night. It was a brutal loss that saw the Blue Notes drop their fourth game in a row. St. Louis currently sits in sixth place in the Central Division after Tuesday night’s contest. After the game, the […]

Los Angeles Kings fans have awaited word on the status of defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov since Sunday night. The veteran defenseman left his team’s game against the New York Rangers with a lower-body injury. And in the game before that, he suffered a knee-to-knee hit against the New York Islanders. On Tuesday, fans received an update […]

The San Jose Sharks are clearly in a rebuild. That much was obvious prior to the 2023-24 NHL season. It became painfully evident when they started the season by losing their first 11 games of the year. To be fair to them, they have played better as of late. In fact, they are 5-3-2 in […]

The Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks are set to clash on Tuesday night. This game marks the first time that superstar Connor McDavid will take the ice against hyped prospect Connor Bedard. Bedard took time to praise McDavid prior to this game. However, the praise is going both ways before puck drop. Bedard entered the […]

The 2024 NHL Draft is still a ways away. Many are focused on the ongoing 2023-24 season, and that’s understandable. We are still in the middle of the season, after all. That said, we finally know that this year’s draft will take place at The Sphere in Las Vegas. So, I am pushing all of […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs fell on Monday night to the New York Islanders on Long Island. New York needed just 46 seconds into the overtime period, as Bo Horvat sent the crowd home happy. However, the biggest story coming out of this game revolves around a former Islander. Maple Leafs star John Tavares scored his […]

New York Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick likely had December 11 circled on his calendar in preseason. December 11 marked the day that his Rangers would face the Los Angeles Kings. After 16 seasons in the City of Angels, Quick would have a chance to face his former team for the first time. On Sunday night, […]

Toronto Maple Leafs star John Tavares laced his skates to face his former team on Monday. Toronto hit the road to take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. But this game had more to it than a return to former stomping grounds for Tavares. The Toronto star entered elite NHL company with his […]

The Detroit Red Wings knew they were going to lose forward David Perron for a few games. He was ejected from their game against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday after a cross-check to the head of Artem Zub. On Monday, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced a six-game suspension for Detroit’s veteran forward. This […]

The Edmonton Oilers are on a roll right now. Edmonton defeated the Minnesota Wild on Friday night to earn their sixth consecutive victory. Defenseman Evan Bouchard scored twice in the win against Minnesota. And after the game, he earned some interesting praise from teammate Stuart Skinner. Skinner met with the media on Friday night where […]

The Florida Panthers continued their impressive start to the 2023-24 NHL season on Friday. They matched up with the Pittsburgh Penguins in front of their home fans. Florida skated away with a 3-1 victory as goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stole the show for the defending Eastern Conference Champions. Bobrovsky made 26 saves in the win on […]

Boston Bruins fans held their breaths on Thursday as they watched star defenseman Charlie McAvoy leave the game in the third period. It appeared as Buffalo Sabres forward JJ Peterka made contact with McAvoy’s head. On Friday, though, head coach Jim Montgomery provided a positive update that certainly should bring relief to the fanbase. “Day […]

The Detroit Red Wings have found some success as of late. Despite a brutal loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, Detroit has won six of their last eight games. Part of their success can be attributed to the play of goalie Alex Lyon. The journeyman netminder has posted a sparkling .947 save percentage […]

New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette is gearing up for a return to the nation’s capital. His Rangers travel to Capital One Arena for a date with the Washington Capitals on Saturday. This game will be Laviolette’s first in Washington DC since his contract with the Caps expired this past summer. Washington had some […]

The Buffalo Sabres entered the 2023-24 season as potential playoff contenders. Right now, however, the team is at a crossroads. After 26 games, Buffalo is the second-worst team in the Eastern Conference by points percentage. Only the Columbus Blue Jackets have a worse points percentage than Buffalo at this current juncture. The Sabres have shown […]

The Carolina Hurricanes entered their Wednesday night clash against the Edmonton Oilers hoping to keep up their momentum. They picked up a big win over the Buffalo Sabres their last time out. Unfortunately for Rod Brind’Amour and his team, the Oilers came to play. And the Carolina head coach didn’t even wait for the game […]

The Washington Capitals made a bold move earlier in the week. Ahead of a game against the Arizona Coyotes, the Caps announced that veteran forward Evgeny Kuznetsov would not play. For the first time since 2021, Washington made Kuznetsov a healthy scratch. Now, the veteran forward is speaking out about that development. The Capitals star […]

St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou entered Wednesday’s game without a goal in his last 10 games. Kyrou has played well in other aspects of the game, though. And that allowed the 25-year-old to keep a level head in spite of the frustrating lack of goals. That said, Kyrou certainly has to be pleased that […]