Players Contract Implications for the 2020-21 NHL Season
The NHL’s 2020-21 season will be unique: New schedule, new divisions, new playoff format, even new roster limits. One thing that doesn’t change with the reduced schedule is the value…
The Business of Hockey
Kings’ Financial Woes Should Be Helped by 2020-21 NHL Season Format
The shortened 2019-20 season and the unique format of the playoffs due to COVID-19 showed financial issues for all of the NHL’s 31 teams. Forbes recently ranked the Los Angeles…
NHL Hints at Helmet Advertisements: What’s Next?
Per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the NHL is investigating the idea of selling advertisements on their helmets. Friedman noted that it was brought up during last Wednesday’s Board of Governors call,…
Andy Sutton Equipped For Life After Hockey
Playing big was never a problem for retired NHL veteran Andy Sutton. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound defenceman played a fearless style of game, blocking shots, making big hits, and standing up…
NHL “Flat Salary Cap” Will Lead to Bumpy Road
Reduced hockey-related revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a “flat” NHL salary cap for the 2020-21 season. With no increase from the previous year’s upper limit of…
NHL Popularity Is Poised to Grow
COVID-19 notwithstanding, the National Hockey League (NHL) may now be poised to experience renewed growth in popularity. With the addition of the Vegas Golden Knights and their stunning debut season…
NHL and NHLPA Should Be More Open About Player Health
Professional sports and especially the National Hockey League (NHL) have long done what they can to not disclose player health to the media. Individual team staff and players have also…
NHL’s 2004-05 Lockout Still Affecting League
Current discourse about the National Hockey League’s quality of play waxes among those who feel that league talent is at an all-time high, while some suggest that given-so, that talent…
NHL Should Allow Sponsored Logos on Team Jerseys
How do you grow revenue if you are the NHL? Continuing growth is rather difficult to do in any business and the way the NHL has gone about it has…
2020 NHL Playoff Hub Cities – Vegas Checks ALL the Boxes
With all due respect to Vancouver and Edmonton — both absolutely lovely cities — (if) when the NHL gets down to making the hard decisions of which four cities will…
NHL Reserve Lists and Rosters Explained
Before the NHL Entry Draft and free agent seasons arrive, let’s take a look at some numbers from the NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA): 90, 50, 23, and 20. Reserve Lists and…
THW Writers’ Poll: Load Management in the NHL
Ah yes, March. It’s that time of the season when good teams clinch playoff spots and bad teams get mathematically eliminated from postseason contention. It’s when some teams start to…