NHL Random Takes – July 9, 2023
The Montreal Canadiens created a stir among their fans with their selection of Austrian defenseman David Reinbacher as the fifth-overall pick in this year's NHL Draft. If social media was anything to go by, most of them preferred much-touted - and little-scouted -...
Why the Bitterness Toward the Golden Knights?
It's been a week since the Vegas Golden Knights won their first-ever Stanley Cup. They're the seventh team since 2000 to win their first Cup, joining the Tampa Bay Lightning (2004), Carolina Hurricanes (2006), Anaheim Ducks (2007), Los Angeles Kings (2012), Washington...
There Could Be More Short-Term NHL Contract Signings This Summer
For the first time since 2019, the NHL's annual free-agent period will open on July 1. Apart from spoiling the Canada Day holiday for pundits, bloggers and freelancers (like me), it represents another return to normalcy for a league that – like everyone and everything...
2023 Stanley Cup Final Prediction
Well, my Stanley Cup playoff prediction record for this season is in ruins. I went a respectable four-for-eight in the first round, a pathetic one-for-four in the second round and an embarrassing oh-fer in the Conference Finals. Honestly, I've enjoyed the chaos of...
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