Oilers First Playoff Game Full of Lessons Shane Sander | April 14, 2017 Well, the Edmonton Oilers played their first playoff game in 11 years, and they left with a lot of hard lessons to take in. Chalk it up to a giant…
Overtime With BSC: Penguins Goaltending Depth Crucial Brandon Share-Cohen | April 13, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the 2016-17 season with a good problem on their hands. With Marc-Andre Fleury missing the majority of their 2016 Stanley Cup run, the Penguins were forced…
Wild Shouldn’t Change a Thing Dustin Nelson | April 13, 2017 Game 1 of the opening-round series between the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues is mercifully over for the Wild. It took a little more than 77 minutes for the…
Maple Leafs News: Playoffs and Nikita Zaitsev Anthony Fusco | April 13, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs. Reading that sentence is a bit surreal because many pundits and fans believed that the team was destined for a bottom five finish…
Penguins Open Postseason With a Haymaker Mike Necciai | April 13, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed the Columbus Blue Jackets to PPG Paints Arena with open arms, and plenty of open ice. After a decent start to Game 1, the Penguins fell…
Lundqvist, Rangers Fire First Playoff Salvo Jim Cerny | April 13, 2017 “Expect the unexpected”. Those were the first words Tanner Glass said to the media following the Rangers impressive 2-0 Game One victory over the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night. Likely, no…
Flames Have Recipe to Cook Ducks Glenn Eberth | April 13, 2017 Prior to the playoffs kicking off with five games last night, NHL.com collected 19 of their experts to make their predictions of every series in round one. It wasn’t exactly a…
Are the Leafs as Good as Gone? Brett Slawson | April 13, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ 2016-17 season was nothing short of shocking. Expected to conclude the campaign as one of the NHL’s least successful teams given their influx of young talent,…
My First NHL Playoffs Without the Detroit Red Wings Tony Wolak | April 13, 2017 My Detroit Red Wings will not be participating in the annual quest for the Stanley Cup this year, and, as a result, a variety of emotions are flowing through me…
Swipe Right for an NHL Spring Fling Peter Ferrell | April 13, 2017 Has your favourite National Hockey League team let you down? Have they been relegated to the golf course while 16 others are competing for the Stanley Cup? Could you use…
Calgary Flames Playoff Primer Ryan Pike | April 13, 2017 Depending on your perspective, the 2016-17 edition of the Calgary Flames is either a scrappy underdog team that overcame a sluggish start to make the playoffs or a star-studded cap-spending…
Maple Leafs Injury Update: Who’s Playoff Ready? Will Billinghurst | April 13, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs were one of the healthiest teams in the NHL this season. So it was only fitting that the Leafs had three injuries in the last two…