NHL News

Wednesday NHL Roundup! Taylor Hall was traded from the New Jersey Devils to the Arizona Coyotes for three prospects, a conditional first rounder and a third round pick. The Devils also retain 50% of Hall’s salary. I’m a bit skeptical…
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The Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues have also been cited as potential destinations for Hall, but Arizona is reportedly the frontrunner at this time. The Coyotes could certainly use Hall to bolster their offense and it’d be interesting to…
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I have been moderately remiss in posting of late as my Hockey Fandom has been slightly wounded. I love Hockey. I hate Hockey’s internal politics. The spate of Coach firings extending all the way to the corner has painted the…
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Give credit to Joakim Nygard and Riley Sheahan. They both played solid games on Sunday night and found their way into the goal column. Their contributions were part of a terrific second period by Edmonton. That period bought the Oilers…
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The John Hynes era came to an abrupt end on Tuesday. The Devils fired their head coach in somewhat shocking fashion, axing him between back-to-back games and not officially making the move until about three hours prior to their game…
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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe was behind the bench at Scotiabank Arena as an NHL bench boss for the first time on Saturday, and he soaked it all in as his club skated to a 2-1 overtime victory over…
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Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock was fired last week – just after I posted so I didn’t get a chance to address it. I’m pretty glad I missed that deadline because that story seems to have exploded into a…
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The NHL’s Hall of Fame just inducted Hayley Wickenheiser, Guy Carbonneau, Sergei Zubov, Vaclav Nedomansky, Jim Rutherford and Jerry York. Congratulations to all of this year’s deserving entrants. I enjoyed this year’s inductees so much more than last year when…
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Steven Stamkos continues to make his mark on the record books more than a decade into his career. The Lightning captain, who has been the face of the organization since being drafted first overall in 2008, scored the 400th goal…
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NEW YORK (Nov. 11, 2019) – Ottawa Senators goaltender Anders Nilsson, Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews and Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending Nov. 10. FIRST STAR – ANDERS NILSSON, G, OTTAWA SENATORS Nilsson stopped 96 of the 101 shots he faced,…
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