Facing Off: Kane for Hart, Holtby for Vezina? Larry Fisher | December 7, 2015 Facing Off is a weekly column debating five of hockey’s hottest topics each and every Monday. From current events like trades and hat tricks, to bigger-picture stuff like scandals and expansion —…
The Art of Scouting Dennis Schellenberg | December 6, 2015 Scouting is the backbone of a “heatlhy“ franchise, one of the success factors for an organization to continuously be a playoff team. Scouts have to foresee the future and evaluate how…
Should The NHL Get Rid Of The All Star Game? Shane Sander | December 5, 2015 Is it finally time to get rid of the All Star game altogether? The NHL All Star Game is entering it’s 61st edition and it might be time to reconsider…
Edmonton Oilers Monthly Analysis: November 2015 Brett Slawson | December 1, 2015 In October, the Oilers season began on a rough, yet entirely to be expected note. Posting a 4-8 record, the Oilers sat fifth in the Pacific Division, not great, but…
Contract, Stats and TOI: The Worst Value Players in the NHL James Tanner | November 30, 2015 We spend a lot of time writing about the best of the NHL, but what about the worst? I hate to be terribly negative, but I thought it would be…
Facing Off: Oilers, Oilers and More Oilers Larry Fisher | November 30, 2015 Facing Off is a weekly column debating five of hockey’s hottest topics each and every Monday. From current events like trades and hat tricks, to bigger-picture stuff like scandals and expansion —…
Updated Predictions for East John Gove | November 29, 2015 The first quarter of the 2015-2016 NHL regular season is officially behind us. For better or worse, there have been plenty of surprises early on that has to have people…
The Wrong Kind of Fight Hits Hockey Rick Rischall | November 28, 2015 Last night the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in a hockey game. Seems innocent enough right? One team wins, while the other loses. It happens every day, in…
Updated Predictions for the Western Conference John Gove | November 28, 2015 The first quarter of the 2015-2016 NHL regular season is officially behind us. For better or worse, there have been plenty of surprises early on that has to have people…
Poker Superstar “Bad Beats” Blue Jackets Mark Scheig | November 27, 2015 File this one under “Where in the world did that come from?” Poker superstar Daniel Negreanu has a lot going for him. Known as “kid poker” to those that closely…
A HawksStrength Thanksgiving to All of You Rick Rischall | November 26, 2015 I realize that the easy and trendy thing to do as Thanksgiving arrives is to write a piece related to being thankful, appreciative, etc. Yet, sometimes easy is absolutely appropriate.…
NHL Trade Rumours: Ryan Johansen and Travis Hamonic Anthony Fusco | November 25, 2015 Few things in the NHL drive news and speculation like trade rumours. There’s just something satisfying about debating for hours the possible trade routes and pieces involved in a potential…