Tag: NHL
Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 1/20/18 @ 8:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (24-17-5) 53pts 6th in the Central 2.85 Goals For Per Game (17th in the NHL) 2.83 Goals Against…
Read more »Contenders Next Season?
Last season was a well deserved breath of fresh air for everyone involved with the Edmonton Oilers, from the fanbase…
Read more »Ready….Set…..GO! Deadline Season Has Begun
As we barrel towards the All-Star break, which starts in eight days, we are officially into trade deadline season. The…
Read more »A Case For Keeping Anton Slepyshev
Exactly one week ago, Sportsnet’s Mark Spector passed on word that Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has made forward Anton…
Read more »Isles Insights: Tired Islanders struggle in loss to Devils
Updated:NEW YORK — The New Jersey Devils scored three times in the second period to blow open a 1-1 game and…
Read more »Oilers Prospect Update
No Oilers hockey until Saturday night, so we’ll need to get our fix elsewhere this week my friends. The good…
Read more »Oilers Bye Week Thoughts
When I initially saw Edmonton’s bye week on the docket for mid-January, I figured this would be a nice week…
Read more »Boston Bruins driven by trio of rookie breakthroughs
On the night of Nov. 15, 2017, the Boston Bruins appeared headed for an up-and-down season, and likely towards a…
Read more »The Paul Martin Power Ball
As waiver wire activity was announced today there was something a little interesting on the wire: San Jose, who currently…
Read more »Wild give away point in 3-2 overtime loss against Canucks
In the daily grind that is life, often the toughest day to get yourself up and moving is Monday after…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks 1/14/18 @ 6:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (24-17-4) 52pts 4th in the Central 2.87 Goals For Per Game (16th in the NHL) 2.82 Goals…
Read more »Wild Wear Down the Jets in 4-1 Home Victory
With lots of buzz about the upcoming NFC Playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints, I…
Read more »Isles Insights: Barzal, Beauvillier both score twice as Islanders beat Rangers, 7-2
Updated:NEW YORK — Mathew Barzal had a five-point night, Jordan Eberle had a four-point night, Anthony Beauvillier had two goals and…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets 1/13/18 @ 6:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (23-17-4) 50pts 6th in the Central 2.84 Goals For Per Game (17th in the NHL) 2.86 Goals Against…
Read more »The St. Louis Blues are one of the tallest and heaviest teams in the NHL
Updated:Each year, James Mirtle compiles a fascinating article looking at the average heights, weights and ages of each team in…
Read more »Are The Oilers Poised For A Mini-Rebuild?
When Peter Chiarelli made his rounds earlier this week to talk with Edmonton media, he said a number of different…
Read more »Edmonton’s Direction Should Be Quite Clear
Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli made the media rounds for the second time this season on Monday, doing a number…
Read more »Suter gets game winner in come from behind 2-1 regulation win against Blackhawks
Last night we would’ve liked to have provided you our normal in-depth game recap but unfortunately our internet provider was…
Read more »Buying Low On Anthony Duclair
Friend of the blog Jonathan Willis wrote a tremendous piece over on Sportsnet yesterday outlining why Arizona’s Anthony Duclair could…
Read more »Stay Far Away From Brent Seabrook
When a season goes as horribly as Edmonton’s season has, there are changes to be made. The Oilers will be…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks 1/10/18 @ 7:00PM CST at United Center
Minnesota Wild (22-17-4) 48pts 6th in the Central 2.86 Goals For Per Game (16th in the NHL) 2.91 Goals Against…
Read more »Oilers Drop Seventh Game In Eight Tries
At this point, we might be able to call the second half of the season ‘The Death March of 2018’….
Read more »Bye week biz: Beating Boston and Winter Classic musings
Updated:The Penguins earned a much-needed win Sunday night, 6-5 in overtime at home against Boston, resulting in their first two-game…
Read more »Bye week biz: Beating Boston and Winter Classic musings
Updated:The Penguins earned a much-needed win Sunday night, 6-5 in overtime at home against Boston, resulting in their first two-game…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames 1/9/18 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (22-17-3) 47pts 6th in the Central 2.88 Goals For Per Game (16th in the NHL) 2.90 Goals Against…
Read more »Poor Defense By the Wild Lead to 7-2 Rout By the Avalanche
Trash talk, bulletin board material whatever you want to call it, most teams want to avoid motivating their opponent but…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche 1/6/18 @ 8:00PM CST at Pepsi Center
Minnesota Wild (22-16-3) 47pts 5th in the Central 2.90 Goals For Per Game (15th in the NHL) 2.80 Goals Against…
Read more »Sweet, Sweet Fantasy, Baby: (NHL) U.S. Olympic Team
Updated:Last spring, shortly after the NHL announced that players would not participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, Pensblog Leah…
Read more »Sweet, Sweet Fantasy, Baby: (NHL) U.S. Olympic Team
Updated:Last spring, shortly after the NHL announced that players would not participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, Pensblog Leah…
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