NHL

An Ode to the St. Louis Blues

James Franklin 3 mins read

Flashback to January and tell me who the hell would have seen this coming from the St. Louis Blues? Dead last in…

The Toronto Maple Leafs: Better, Worse, or The Same?

James Franklin 5 mins read

The Toronto Maple Leafs: Better, Worse, Or The Same? The Toronto Maple Leafs have made the playoffs two straight years. However some…

Calm Down Jersey, It’s Only November

James Franklin 3 mins read

The New Jersey Devils are 9-10-4. They sit 5 points out of the wild card spot with 59 games left. 59 games!…

Stopping the Bleeding in New Jersey

James Franklin 5 mins read

Well... The second end of that back-to-back didn’t go as planned for the Devils from New Jersey. The team showed up for…

Ilya Kovalchuk Returns to the NHL with the Kings

Stefan Morrone 5 mins read

One of Ilya Kovalchuk’s last NHL memories is a tough defeat in the 2012 Stanley Cup Final, when his team, the New…

NHL Quarter Recap: Teams Chances of Playoffs

James Franklin 11 mins read

With roughly a quarter of the season done it is time to look at the odds of each team making the playoffs.…

Three Storylines for the 2017-2018 NHL Season

James Franklin 4 mins read

After the conclusion of the NHL’s centennial season, which resulted in the Pittsburgh Penguins becoming the first repeat champions of this millennium,…

Trade Alert: Blackhawks Repeating Problems

James Franklin 5 mins read

The NHL Draft is tonight, but the Chicago Blackhawks didn't wait to make some blockbuster trades today. The Chicago Blackhawks traded two…

NHL Awards Plus Expansion Revealed!

James Franklin 6 mins read

It is the night hockey fans have been waiting for, the NHL Awards. This year not only will players be nominated for…

NHL Expansion Draft Protected List Revealed

James Franklin 17 mins read

The NHL released the list of players that are being protected and exposed for the upcoming expansion draft held June 21st. Anaheim…

All Trades On Expansion Deadline Day

James Franklin 3 mins read

Expansion Deadline Normally on June 17th not too much happens, but this year has been completely different. With the expansion draft coming…

Blue Jackets Trade 1st-Rounder for Expansion Draft Protection

James Franklin 2 mins read

With the upcoming expansion draft, teams are in scramble mode. Trying to make trades or decide who will be protected and exposed…

Blockbuster Trade With Tampa and Montreal

James Franklin 4 mins read

Blockbuster Trade For weeks now there were rumblings that Jonathan Drouin was on the move. The destination was narrowing to the point…

Keys to the Las Vegas Golden Knights Inaugural Season

James Franklin 5 mins read

Despite only Reid Duke and Vadim Shipachyov under contract, and misfortune regarding the draft lottery the NHL’s newest team, the Las Vegas…

What It Feels Like to Miss the Playoffs For a Red Wings Fan

James Franklin 3 mins read

Well, this is weird. For the first time in 25 years (and my entire lifetime), my favorite team--the Detroit Red Wings--have missed…

NHL Trade Deadline: Winners and Losers

James Franklin 3 mins read

The NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone, and it was a rather calm Wednesday. The trades are starting to become more…

NHL Department of Player Safety Controversy

James Franklin 3 mins read

The NHL Department of player Safety announced yesterday that it had suspended Jets Defenseman Jacob Trouba for 2 games for his illegal…

What Mike Illitch Meant to Me

James Franklin 3 mins read

On July 20, 1929, a baby boy was born on the west side of Detroit. Little did anyone know at that time…

Claude Julien Out as Bruins head man

James Franklin 1 min read

The higher-ups in Boston have decided that they've had enough of head coach Claude Julien. Julien was relieved of his duties today…

Blues fire Hitchcock, promote Yeo to head coach

Stefan Morrone 4 mins read

The chaos surrounding the St. Louis Blues just keeps getting deeper. The Blues shocked the hockey world with the announcement that they…

Why Auston Matthews should be the favorite for the Calder Memorial Trophy

James Franklin 5 mins read

  Auston Matthews has had a great first half to his year, and I believe that he is the best newbie in…