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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday, I previewed the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Today, we’ll take a look at the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal matchups… #1 New York Rangers vs. #8 Ottawa Senators It’s fitting that these two teams would meet up in the first round. No one saw the Rangers taking the top seed in the East and not many were [...]
Are you concerned about carbon dioxide emissions? Don’t worry, for the next few months, NHL fans around the world won’t be exhaling at all. The NHL playoffs are back! It’s time for my absolute favorite part of the sports year and, in case you didn’t know, every single game will be televised this season. It’s [...]
It’s the popular thing to say these days: “I want my team to get the 6th seed in order to play team XYZ!” This year, team XYZ is the Panthers. What a terrible thing to wish upon your team. Can you say short term benefit at the expense of the long term? However, to justify [...]
