NHL

Many fans bemoan NHL GM’s for not signing young talent through the avenue of NHL offer sheets. However, many GM’s have responded with saying that offer sheets are a pointless endeavor. Offer sheets are matched over 90% of the time. So, I understand the GM’s who echo the statement about the pointlessness of attempting this...

I had just teed off on the 10th hole, not expecting the Leo Carlsson offer sheet news to blow up my phone until the holiday weekend had passed.. While walking down the fairway my phone began to ring endlessly. When I grabbed my phone, I looked down and saw a completely shocking piece of news....

Penguins free agency day one has come and gone The Penguins made a few signings, and an intriguing trade. No one notable left the roster and none of the RFA’s have signed a contract. Analytically, all of the signings look to be solid bets. Shea was allowed to walk, so too were Acciari and Clifton....

NHL free agency opens in mere hours. However, absolutely no needle movers are available. Due to this, the NHL is experiencing one of the first true offseason trade booms of our lifetimes. Teams have little reason to spend big today, and historically it’s been a terrible way to build a team. The only real way...

The NHL draft has come and gone and the Ruck twins are headed to Pittsburgh, but almost everything else about the Penguins roster for next season has likely not changed at all.. For the first time in years, there was a considerable amount of trade action throughout the league, but the Penguins did not participate....

The NHL may have just experienced its craziest day in recent memory, and if you’ve been following Penguins trade rumors, things are about to get real. About a decade ago we got the famous 1-for-1 deals involving Larsson for Hall and Subban for Weber but yesterday may have been even more explosive. Many pundits have...

This weekend in the NHL started out rather quietly. After the Darren Radysh and Michael Kesselring trades, not much seemed to be happening. Sure, plenty of rumors were swirling, as they always are this time of year. Sunday saw an uptick in action and ended in a blockbuster, and it might be the clearest sign...

So I’m sitting there watching Canada hang six on Qatar yesterday and somewhere around the second red card, when Qatar’s down to nine guys defending a World Cup match with two fewer humans than everybody else on the grass, all I could think was damn, that sucks, and then about four seconds later the better...

NHL trade rumors are already flying and Carolina hasn’t even had the Cup for 48 hours, which tells you everything you need to know about what kind of offseason this is actually going to be. It has long been speculated that this will finally be the offseason of massive player movement. Usually, NHL insiders dub...

The Jordan Staal Conn Smythe win was the story last night, and the Carolina Hurricanes were not leaving Las Vegas without the cup. Congrats to the Canes and their fans, it has been a long time coming to be honest. They have been a premier team in the Eastern Conference for damn near a decade...

Jordan Staal’s scoring streak through five straight Stanley Cup Finals games has been the story of this series, and last night only made the case louder. Once considered regular season merchants have done a complete 180 on the narrative this season. They also did a 180 on their second period performances throughout this series. Carolina...

We have a tied series after the opening four games, the Mike Babcock Oilers situation is somehow real, Jordan Staal is making Finals history, and the NHL handed us more drama this week than any sport deserves. Let’s get into it.. We had incredible drama once again take place in game 4. Carolina shot out...

Look at that trophy case. Six Art Ross Trophies. Three Hart Trophies. One Conn Smythe. One Rocket Richard. Five Ted Lindsay Awards. The only player in NHL history who has won the Ted Lindsay five times is Wayne Gretzky. Connor McDavid is 29 years old. I have been watching hockey my entire life and I...

Holy shit, do we have a great final on our hands. Both games were incredible theatre. Both games were one by one goal with the most recent game reaching OT. So far, this series has been everything you could ask for as a hockey fan. Oh, and a Dylan Larkin trade request just came out...

That is exactly why the Stanley Cup Final is the best thing in sports. Carolina jumped out to a two-goal lead only to lose 5-4 in regulation. The game was fast, chaotic, and captivating. The Carolina fans nearly blew the roof off the building when Ehlers scored 30 seconds into the contest. As an aside...

The always underachieving, regular season merchant, Carolina Hurricanes finally broke through. They quickly dispatched the Montreal Canadiens to set up a clash with the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2026 Stanley Cup Final. For the first time in years the Hurricanes didn’t have to tango with a team like the Florida Panthers, as a matter...

Mitch Marner is going to the Cup Final, the Presidents’ Trophy winner just got swept, and Toronto is drafting first overall. This year felt different though. Colorado looked just as mighty in the post season as they did in the regular season. I didn’t think any of the remaining teams in the playoffs could beat...

During the season ending presser, GM Kyle Dubas spoke extensively about the team getting younger. He also spoke about the team acquiring someone of elite talent in the mid 20s age range. For the latter, we have spoken about a few players who fit that category (i.e. Jason Robertson). The Pittsburgh Penguins prospects developing in...