The NHL’s 84-Game Schedule Is Pure Empire Building and I Love It
The NHL’s first 84-game slate since 1993-94 is not about rest or purity. It is more divisional blood feuds, Europe primetime, and Bettman empire mode.
Category: NHL
Yzerman abruptly steps down as Red Wings GM
Steve Yzerman just quit on the Yzerplan before it could finish cooking the entire franchise. Seven years. Zero playoffs. One very public trade request from…
Canadiens Could Have A Big Problem In Net
The Montreal Canadiens aren’t staring down a “problem” in net, folks. They’re staring down a full-blown, five-alarm, code-red DISASTER if they don’t make a move,…
Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid lead 2026 ranking, but the rest is an affront.
Let me tell you something, America, when I saw those 2026 fantasy hockey rankings drop, with Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid rightfully perched at the…
$15 Million? $20 Million?!? How Hughes, Makar Will Shatter NHL Rosters
I’m telling you, when I heard the whispers turn into a roar – $15 million, maybe $20 million, for Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar –…
Isles launch fan design contest for third jersey
The New York Islanders just pulled a stunt so audacious, so utterly *unprecedented*, that I’m still trying to decide if it’s a stroke of genius…
Leafs fire Wickenheiser amid front office purge
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. But what do you call…
Ducks match Flyers’ $90M offer to Carlsson
I’m still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor. I mean, I’ve seen some wild swings in this league, man. I’ve watched GMs…
Winners and losers of the Leo Carlsson offer sheet: NHL RFA dynamics redefined
The Anaheim Ducks’ decision to match the Philadelphia Flyers’ five-year, $90 million offer sheet for Leo Carlsson represents more than a mere transaction; it is…
Blackhawks star Bedard to miss start of season
My chest actually tightened when I saw the headline, a familiar, sickening lurch that tells you something just went sideways, something that wasn’t supposed to…