Tag: NHL
Young Players Lead Wild to 4-2 Win Over Calgary
Updated:As the smoke continues to clear from what was an eventful and perhaps ‘messy Monday’ the Minnesota Wild showed little…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames 3/2/19 @ 9:00PM CST at Scotiabank Saddledome
Updated:Minnesota Wild (31-27-6) 68pts 5th in the Central 2.73 Goals For Per Game (26th in the NHL) 2.88 Goals Against…
Read more »Isles fans finally say their piece in Tavares’ return to Long Island
Updated:UNIONDALE, N.Y. — It’s not too often that something as hyped up as Thursday night’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs…
Read more »Oleksy to Oleksiak: Every Penguins trade in the Jim Rutherford era
Updated:Jim Rutherford is a man of extremes. The same man who shrewdly sent three non-first round picks and scrap metal…
Read more »Oilers Gameday: @ Ottawa
Well, that sucked. The Edmonton Oilers played a great first twenty minutes in Toronto last night, took a one goal…
Read more »Wild Trade Deadline – Fenton’s Follies
In what has been a season overshadowed by injuries and streaky play, the Wild limped into the trade deadline. Paul…
Read more »Oilers Gameday: @ Toronto
A tough loss on Monday, but a well earned point for the Edmonton Oilers. That is the story heading into…
Read more »How To Fix The Edmonton Oilers: The Roster, Part 2
Updated:Late last week I entered the roster phase of the “How To Fix The Edmonton Oilers” series. I took a…
Read more »Islanders fall in first game after NHL trade deadline passes
Updated:UNIONDALE, N.Y. — A day after the Islanders stood pat at the NHL trade deadline, the team struggled to back up…
Read more »Persistent effort leads Wild to 3-2 regulation win over Jets
Updated:It is civil war as Minnesota Wild fans seem to be polarized into camps that loved what the team did…
Read more »Oilers Lay Groundwork For Busy Summer
Updated:It was a shocking development when the NHL’s trade deadline came and went without a single move made by the…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets 2/26/19 @ 7:00PM CST at MTS Centre
Updated:Minnesota Wild (30-27-6) 66pts 5th in the Central 2.73 Goals For Per Game (27th in the NHL) 2.89 Goals Against…
Read more »2019 Edmonton Oilers Trade Deadline Live Blog
Updated:All of the rumors and talk come to an end today. It’s NHL trade deadline day, unquestionably one of my…
Read more »Donato’s Goal Lifts Wild to 2-1 Overtime Win Over the Blues
Updated:Anyone get the feeling of deja vu? A week ago the Minnesota Wild faced this same St. Louis Blues club…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues 2/24/19 @ 6:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Updated:Minnesota Wild (29-27-6) 64pts 6th in the Central 2.74 Goals For Per Game (26th in the NHL) 2.92 Goals Against…
Read more »Wild Bend But Don’t Break in 3-2 Win Over Detroit
I’ve followed this team as far back as the announcement NHL hockey was going to return to Minnesota on June…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Detroit Red Wings 2/22/19 @ 6:30PM CST at Little Caesar’s Arena
Minnesota Wild (28-27-6) 62pts 5th in the Central 2.74 Goals For Per Game (27th in the NHL) 2.93 Goals Against…
Read more »Watch: Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov Nets 100th Point
It's Feb. 21 and @86Kucherov has 100 points. The 25-year-old @TBLightning forward is the first player in 22 years to…
Read more »Wild’s offense wakes up in 4-1 against Rangers
“Blow it up”, “fire the coach”, “trade ’em all away” are probably all phrases you’ve heard the last few weeks…
Read more »Oilers Gameday: Vs. New York Islanders
The Edmonton Oilers worked their asses off in the final 20 minutes of regulation time on Tuesday night. They played…
Read more »How The Fix The Edmonton Oilers: The Roster, Part 1
Updated:Over the course of the next few days, I’m going to ramp up the “How To Fix The Edmonton Oilers”…
Read more »Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. New York Rangers 2/21/19 @ 6:00PM CST at Madison Square Garden
Minnesota Wild (27-27-6) 60pts 7th in the Central 2.72 Goals For Per Game (27th in the NHL) 2.97 Goals Against…
Read more »How To Fix The Edmonton Oilers: Behind The Bench
Let’s be honest with each other for a second here, okay? Ken Hitchcock has been horrible. I know the roster…
Read more »You Don’t Choose Your Hockey Heroes, They Choose You
“We will win tonight,” New York Rangers forward and captain Mark Messier tells reporters with the Rangers down 3-2 in…
Read more »Wild Go Through the Motions in 4-0 Loss to Anaheim
We’ve all be embarrassed at some point in our lives. Maybe we trip and fall in front of a bunch…
Read more »Oilers Gameday: Vs. Arizona
1-7-2 in their last ten games, 0-3-0 on their recent three-game road trip. Things are bad right now when it…
Read more »The Rig Radio 02-19-19, “(Almost) Live with our Eastern Correspondent.”
Updated:In this episode Sean and special guest Paul (Jason was away moving). Paul is based in Toronto and is a…
Read more »Cam Talbot Will Help Flyers’ Goaltending Troubles
Updated:The Philadelphia Flyers acquired goalie Cam Talbot Friday night (February 15th) in exchange for goaltender Anthony Stolarz. Talbot will serve as the…
Read more »How To Fix The Edmonton Oilers: Deadline Time
Updated:We are six days away from the NHL’s annual trade deadline. That means movement, in some cases big movement, will…
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