Red Wings’ 3 Most Dangerous Shooters Tony Wolak | December 7, 2023 Last year, the Detroit Red Wings took a step back offensively while adjusting to Derek Lalonde’s style of play. This year has been different, though. Through 24 games, the Red…
2023-24 Calder Trophy Race: Quarter-Mark Check-in Alex Chauvancy | December 1, 2023 The Calder race was expected to have a crowded field in 2023-24, and that’s turned out to be the case about a quarter of the way through the season. There…
Colorado Avalanche 2023-24 Quarter-Season Review Marko Zlomislic | November 29, 2023 With their emphatic 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 27, the Colorado Avalanche officially crossed the quarter-point of their 2023-24 campaign and improved their record to 15-6-0.…
NHL Bubble Teams at American Thanksgiving: In or Out Alex Chauvancy | November 22, 2023 American Thanksgiving is always a key benchmark in the NHL season. About 75 percent of teams in a playoff spot on that date end up qualifying come the spring. Still, that doesn’t…
Avalanche’s Offensive Stats On the Rise Stefano Rubino | November 21, 2023 Through 17 games of the 2023-24 NHL season, the Colorado Avalanche are 11-6-0 and starting to look like the offensive juggernaut they are, scoring 22 goals while allowing 10 in…
Avalanche Need to Better Manage Georgiev’s Workload Marko Zlomislic | November 21, 2023 By most measures, the Colorado Avalanche have gotten out to a strong start to the 2023-24 season – frustratingly late-blown leads and uncharacteristic blowout losses aside. They boast a record…
2023-24 NHL Entertainment Rankings: The Top 16 Teams Marko Zlomislic | November 17, 2023 Welcome to part two of The Hockey Writers‘ NHL entertainment rankings, created after a month’s worth of games have given us a decent sample with which to evaluate each team…
2023-24 NHL Entertainment Rankings: The Bottom 16 Teams Marko Zlomislic | November 15, 2023 Welcome to part one of The Hockey Writers’ NHL entertainment rankings. These rankings are not meant to be a statement of how good or bad a particular team is this…
Sabres’ Tage Thompson Showing Early Defensive Dominance JP Gambatese | November 10, 2023 There’s no going around it – the Buffalo Sabres are one of the leakiest teams in the NHL in the early goings of this season, especially at even strength. At…
3 Avalanche Players Exceeding Expectations Early in 2023-24 Marko Zlomislic | November 8, 2023 The Colorado Avalanche hit the 11-game mark of the 2023-24 season with a wild 6-3 win against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday (Nov. 7). They currently own a record…
5 NHL Players off to Hot Starts: Who’s for Real and Who’s Not Marko Zlomislic | November 4, 2023 With the 2023-24 NHL calendar recently turning to November, we’ve accumulated just enough of a sample size to begin picking out a few trends from around the league regarding player…
2023-24 Avalanche Analytics Report: October Observations Marko Zlomislic | November 1, 2023 The Colorado Avalanche concluded the month of October by hitting a bit of a speedbump, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres by identical 4-0 scorelines. Despite a…