NHL Season Recaps, Predictions, and Analysis
NHL 2024-25 Recap Week 4 Ovechkin gets closer, Jets still flying high, Other hot NHL teams
Alex Ovechkin gets closer, Panthers, Hurricanes and Wild roll, the Winnipeg Jets are still flying high but does it matter?, Is the Atlantic over?
2023-24 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round Preview
A preview of the more compelling slate of second round games as we march closer to the Stanley Cup.
NHL 2023-24 Recap Week 23 Are the Predators the next Blues? Hurricanes also hot, Tom Wilson in trouble again
Are the Predators the next Blues? Did the Hurricanes find a superstar? Did Chris Simon have CTE? and will Tom Wilson ever change?
NHL 2023-24 Recap Week 21 NHL trades, Devils fire coach, Stars comeback
The NHL trade deadline brought us no bad trades for once. The Devils fire another coach and the Stars make an epic comeback against the Sharks.
2022-23 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Preview
And then there were four. This has definitely been the most wide-open NHL playoffs in some time.
2022-23 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round Preview
No sweeps and only one five-game series made for a compelling first round of the NHL playoffs, where both first-round teams were eliminated, but neither was too surprising.
2022-23 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round Preview
A first round preview to the widest open Stanley Cup Playoffs in some time.
NHL 2022-23 Recap Week 24 McDavid's memorable 60th goal, Ferguson's memorable start, Ovechkin and Crosby net milestones
And down the stretch they come. While the Boston Bruins chase history, everyone else except the Atlantic Division chase seeding.
NHL 2022-23 Recap Week 19 Hurricanes rock NC State, tight Pacific division, Maple Leafs get O’Reilly, comeback victories
I like nothing more than a tight race during the final stretch run. Since most playoff races are lacking, the Pacific Division will provide all the drama.
NHL 2022-23 Recap Week 17 Matthew Tkachuk wins All-Star MVP and breakaway challenge, Hurricanes comeback again, Horvat traded to Islanders
ESPN’s second year covering the NHL All-Star skills competition seemed very different than the first, unless I don’t remember last year.
NHL 2022-23 Recap Week 16 Hurricanes come back, Maple Leafs and Penguins get big wins, Bettman says no tanking and more
This was a great week of NHL games with several recurring themes. Many will be touched upon later in the column.
NHL 2022-23 Recap Week 13 Surros and Rangers stop Hurricanes, Bedard Sweepstakes, Thompson joins elite club
The All-Star rosters were released, and we got some new faces. Tage Thompson, Matty Beniers, Andrei Svechnikov, Elias Pettersson, and Jason Robertson.