There are many factors that attribute to the decision to induct a player into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Some are more obvious – their on-ice production and the awards they won for instance. But other factors are more convoluted and have to do with the player’s off-ice contributions and the importance that they had…
Name of the Game: 2017 NHL Entry Draft – Atlantic Division
I would be the first to tell you that I do not know enough about the prospects that were drafted in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft last Friday and Saturday to judge the picks in detail. So let’s judge players by the first thing that everyone sees, their name. After all, players with more interesting…
The NHL Can Take This For Free: The Most Improved Player Award
I can go on and on about how the NBA are leading the way on how a professional sports league should be run. But I won’t. I just think it would be cool if the NHL stole some ideas from them. For instance, the Most Improved Player of the Year award. That would be pretty…
So You Want to Win the Stanley Cup?: A 2017 NHL Playoffs Preview
Oh, this is Christmas. But instead of running down stairs to open presents, we are sitting on our couches for up to 12 hours watching the NHL playoffs. What a wonderful time of the year. This year was almost filled with intense rivalries to open up the first round. In the West, there was such…
Matt Murray Deserves Another (Smaller) Trophy
The approach of the NHL trade deadline signifies something we all don’t wish for —, the end of the regular season. Along with that comes awards and plenty of talk about which player should win which award. We saw just this week the fierce head-on-head competition of Patrik Laine vs. Auston Matthews, being labelled as…
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