Realigning the NHL for the 2020-21 Season Alex Brunstrom | November 17, 2020 The NHL has been discussing how they are going to move forward after a successful playoff bubble experience. They’ve discussed a shortened season, which is almost a guarantee. They’ve also…
It’s Time for the NHL to Revamp the Playoffs Matt Brauckmann | March 7, 2016 March is probably one of the most agonizing months of the year for hockey fans. It’s a time when teams make or break their season, it’s a time when dark…
Dallas Stars Could Spend Less Time in the Sky After NHL Expansion Matt Pryor | August 4, 2015 Adding one team, much less two, to the National Hockey League is akin to dropping a rock into a still pond, the ripples spread across the water in every direction.…
The Best NHL Realignment: No Divisions or Conferences Dan Rice | July 28, 2015 There has been a lot of talk lately, deservedly so, about realignment as a result of impending expansion in the NHL. Let’s assume that you are a hockey fan reading…
NHL Realignment Two Years Later Anthony Pucik | June 17, 2015 It has been two years since the NHL adjusted its conferences to two divisions apiece, and shifted two teams to the Eastern Conference and one to the Western Conference. In…
First Look At AHL Realignment For 2015-16 Scott Walsh | May 13, 2015 Since the American Hockey League announced in January that it was relocating five franchises to California and creating a Pacific Division, you knew the league was going to have a…
NHL Realignment: Bad for Habs’ Playoff Chances Matthew Macaskill | November 7, 2013 By Matthew Macaskill (@Habsology) I came to a disappointing realization 16 games into the 2013-14 season: I had no idea how the playoff seeding worked with the new NHL realignment…
A Look at NHL Teams on Top of Their Division Early in Season Josh Marks | November 4, 2013 With the NHL season in full swing, let’s take a look at who leads the newly realigned divisions. There are two surprises and two not so much. Of course, with…
Penguins vs Blue Jackets: The NHL’s Next Big Rivalry Meesh Shanmugam | September 11, 2013 As training camps begin and single-game tickets go on sale, fans are rushing (what lockout?) to their computers or arenas to reserve their seats for the NHL’s hottest matchups. With…
The Canucks’ Clean Slate Peter Chau | September 9, 2013 We Are All Freaking Out That’s the unofficial tagline that Canuck fans have been declaring after witnessing a short season & summer break of underachievement (second straight first round exit),…
Welcome to the East Detroit! Jamie Shinkewski | August 23, 2013 A new season, a new conference, a new division, and Detroit hasn’t seen any of these teams in over a year. Without any inter-conference play during the lockout, the Red…
How Do The Vancouver Canucks Stack Up In The Pacific Division? Andrew Eide | August 8, 2013 You can excuse the Vancouver Canucks if they weren’t doing cartwheels over the NHL’s new alignment of divisions and conferences. Vancouver owned the Northwest Division under the old plan, winning…