June 15th, 2021 It’s funny when someone you’ve always liked either personally or because of their play becomes available. You clamoured for weeks, maybe even months on different ways to acquire such a player, whether trade or free agency. Then you star rummaging through different roster moves to coordinate the…

June 11th, 2021 A lot has been said over the last decade or so about specific teams and their ability to choke in the playoffs. We are all aware about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ inability to win a playoff round despite being a regular season dynamo. Outside of their Stanley…

June 7th, 2021 At one point in time, when you thought of Canadian hockey teams, the Vancouver Canucks were close to the top of that list. Everyone knew about the Toronto Maple Leafs and to a lesser degree the Montreal Canadians, but the Canucks were a rather successful team and…

June 7th, 2021 There’s a notion out there that trades have to be equal but then at the same time everyone is quick to peg a winner and a loser. When the Edmonton Oilers traded Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils for Adam Larsson or when the Philadelphia Flyers…

May 29th, 2021 The big 3 in Pittsburgh have been together since 2007–08 and have gone on to win 3 Stanley Cups in 4 attempts. For a team that’s been in a win-now mode for almost a decade and a half now, you were always going to dread the end…

May 27th, 2021 After being swept in the first round at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets, a lot is being said about Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. Rightfully so, but at the same time, expectations need to be tempered for the time being. First and foremost, hockey is…

May 20th, 2021 The easiest scapegoat of the Philadelphia Flyers season is the goaltending. No matter how you slice it, they let the team down time and time again. After their hot run in 2019–20 and the emergence of Carter Hart, it seemed like the Flyers had finally solved their…

May 19th, 2021 The true weakness of this team was their team defense as a whole and their defensive corps. Whatever could’ve gone wrong, went to hell this year and the team suffered dearly. Everyone knew that when Matt Niskanen suddenly retired, it was going to be an impactful loss…

May 18th, 2021 The Philadelphia Flyers season was abysmal, it was tough to watch, and we were lucky this was a shortened season because I don’t think we could’ve taken 82 games. Last year was such a breath of fresh air, it finally seemed like the tide was turning. What…