Although it may not be as surprising as the Kings making to the Conference Final, I certainly didn’t see the New Jersey Devils getting a chance to play for a berth in the Stanley Cup Final. The New York Rangers, despite two very hard fought series, are proving there was good reason they captured the [...]
TSHQ Western Conference Final Preview
Wow, the Kings. Whoddathunk that the 8th seed Los Angeles Kings would beat both top seeds in the Western Conference to make it all the way to the Conference Final series…in only 9 games. They’ll take on the 3rd seeded Phoenix Coyotes who have been very impressive in their own right beating a tough Predators [...]
Jeremy Roenick needs to cut Braden Holtby a break
Jeremy Roenick just inspired me to open up Microsoft Word and write this article. I’ve had enough of him and what’s been being spewed forth from his mouth. I’ve had enough of people spewing the same nonsense. Most of NBCSport’s NHL commentators have annoying tendencies. Whether it’s Pierre McGuire being creepy or Mike Milbury constantly [...]
Eastern Conference Semifinal: Flyers vs Devils
When four teams from one division make the playoffs, they’re bound to meet. In our last installment of Semifinal previews, we’ll look at the series between Atlantic Division rivals Philadelphia Flyers against the New Jersey Devils. The Flyers have won the last two playoff meetings between the teams after the Devils broke the Flyers’ hearts [...]
Western Conference Semifinal Preview: Blues vs Kings
Remember two years ago when the 8th seeded Montreal Canadiens beat the heavily favored Capitals and Penguins in the first two rounds? I think that this year’s Habs are the Los Angeles Kings. They played that defensive style just well enough to beat some of those offensive first teams. The Kings sit back and clog [...]
Eastern Conference Semifinal Preview: Rangers vs Capitals
Once again, I picked both of these teams to lose in the opening round. The Rangers were able to finally finish off the Senators in 7 (I was almost a genius picking the Sens in 7) and the Capitals outlasted the Bruins in 7 games as well. It’s funny, last year I caught some flak [...]
Western Conference Semifinal Preview: Phoenix Coyotes vs Nashville Predators
Let’s see, I picked both of these teams to lose in the first round. I’ll try not to pick them both to lose again this round. I was going to write my regular sort of preview here, but I’ve decided against that. Instead, I’m going to look at a few factors that I think will [...]
What if Nicklas Grossmann decided to stay down?
That’s the question I ask. And not just once, I ask it twice. The NHL wants to get rid of headshots in the NHL. And they also use the metric of an injury to determine justice, which if you’ve read me recently, you’d know I’m completely against that. On Wednesday night, on two different occasions, [...]
The NHL is setting itself up for someone to get seriously injured
Could I have been any more wrong with my initial analysis in the beginning of the season regarding Brendan Shanahan as the new NHL disciplinarian? It’s just been more of the same and maybe even worse. And you know it’s really bad when there is literally no one who is ever happy with any decision [...]
