Top 20 Fastest NHL Skaters
One step, maybe. Two steps, highly unlikely. Three steps, forget about it. Catching up to an NHL speedster when they’ve gotten the jump on you is difficult, frustrating and usually…
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The Best Line in Hockey is…
Hockey lore has long held that the crucial component for any championship team is a heavyweight scoring line, a lamp lighting juggernaut that consistently threatens the oppostion at even strength…
Top 20 Enigmas in the NHL
Flipping a coin is gambling in the simplest and purest sense. While the odds are always the same, what’s at stake usually varies. How does this affect a hockey player?…
Top 10 NHL 2009 Entry Draft Scouting Performances
Christopher Ralph is a hockey writer with a focus on prospects and the entry draft, as well as the Leafs’ correspondent here at THW. Well over a week has…
Giguère for Heatley Swap Looking More Likely
One of the most compelling storylines of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs was the rapid rise of backup goaltender Jonas Hiller, supplanting former Conn Smythe winner J.S. Giguère as the…
Lowe’s Evaluation of Ryan Proves ‘Questionable’
“I’ll tell you this, they have not much coming. Bobby Ryan has been a questionable pick at No. 2 (overall in 2005)” Former Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe July 5,…
Overlooked and Underrated: Todd Marchant
Accepting a pass from Doug Weight while approaching center ice, he picks up the pace and bolts by Grant Ledyard who stumbles to the ice. Head up and nobody except…
Wings Smoke Ducks; Hiller Gets Yanked
Anaheim Ducks coach Randy Carlyle yanked his starting goalie early in the third period of Detroit’s 6-3 win on Thursday night, not because he allowed five goals on 33 shots…
Sharks-Ducks Series Preview
MJ Kasprzak previews the first round playoff series between the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks that begins Thursday at 7:30pm PDT at HP Pavilion.
Top 20 Break-Out Performances of the 2008/2009 NHL Season
Witnessing a player develop is like watching a child ride their bike for the first time. Year after year, many NHLers turn a season of poor expectations into a stunning development.
Normally, I’d like to keep a list like this down to ten or 15 names. There were just so many terrific performances that I had to extend it to 20. A few elements had to be present to meet our criteria.
Is Jean-Sebastian Giguere’s Time Running Out In Anaheim?
While Giguere pines away on the bench, searching for a way to break his puck stopping issues Hiller is stealing the show, and the starting job.