What makes a great goalie? Is it just simply doing enough to get the win and making the big save at the big moment? Is it short-term brilliance and dominance?
In a lot of ways the 2019 NHL trade deadline was a predictable one. The Ottawa Senators sold off their few remaining good players. The Nashville Predators were heavy buyers.
At the start of every NHL season every team and player has a set of expectations they want to meet. Some, obviously, are higher than others. Often times those expectations get exceeded and a team or player comes out of nowhere to surprise and do better than we expected. Sometimes, though, they do not quite reach those expectations. This is about those players.
With the trade deadline arriving on Monday, we take a look at the 10 trades we would like to see.
The NHL trade deadline is later this month and every team — whether it is a contender or a pretender, a playoff team or a lottery team, or anything in between — will be trying to position itself for the best possible short-term and long-term outlook.
With the NHL's trade deadline less than a month away, the trading season is officially here and we have already seen a couple of major moves. There will definitely be more and perhaps one or two that could significantly alter the 2018-19 season for several teams.
Here we focus on the players that sneak in under the radar, whether due to their roles or just the simple fact that they get overshadowed by megastars elsewhere on the roster.
The current NHL is full of superstars covering multiple generations. You have future Hall of Famers in Joe Thornton and Roberto Luongo still hanging on and making an impact in San Jose and Florida respectively, with Thornton still trying to break through and get a Stanley Cup.
There is still half of the 2018-19 NHL season remaining, but the first half has given us a pretty good look at who the contenders are going to be for the major individual awards.
The first half of the season was full of excitement, surprises and even a little bit of chaos thanks to some coaching changes and a CEO publicly calling out his team's best players. All of it has set the stage for a fantastic second half...
The rosters for the 2019 NHL All-Star game in San Jose, California, were announced this month, and it reinforced an undeniable truth in sports: The thing sports fans love the most about All-Star games is talking about the players who should have made it but didn't.
As we reach the NHL's halfway point, we should have a pretty good understanding as to where every team in the league sits.
The NHL is currently swimming in great young talent, from superstars like Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine, to an impressive field of rookies that includes Rasmus Dahlin, Miro Heiskanen, and Elias Pettersson.
From 18-year-old Rasmus Dahlin with the Buffalo Sabres to 42-year-old Matt Cullen with the Pittsburgh Penguins, we take a look at the best player in the NHL at every age.
No matter where your team sits, it probably has a significant question to be asked regarding the remainder of the season.
Here we take a look at all of the coaches, general managers, and yes even players, who might be on the hot seat with their respective teams.
The first quarter of the 2018-19 NHL season has produced some interesting results. The teams getting the most attention will almost certainly be the positive developments, such as the Buffalo Sabres looking like a playoff team — and an exciting one at that!
The one constant in any given NHL season should always be to expect the unexpected because there is always going to be something that surprises you — maybe even shocks you.
With the exception of a surprise team or two that might emerge from nowhere (like the Vegas Golden Knights and Winnipeg Jets this past season), we should have a pretty good understanding of who the Stanley Cup contenders in the NHL are this season, and perhaps even next season.
Last season, a few players enjoyed surprisingly good seasons. Look no further than Vegas, where Williams Karlsson had 43 goals. However, several players were not as lucky as Wild Bill.
The 2017-18 season provided us with some of the most intriguing award races in recent memory and the 2018-19 season could be even better. Connor McDavid chases some history as he goes for a nearly unprecedented third consecutive scoring title.
After a remarkable season in the NHL in 2017-18 that was full of surprises, there is no shortage of questions to be answered around the league heading into the 2018-19 season.
Every team in the NHL has its core of top-line players. Some of them are superstars. Some of them, All-Stars. They are the players who get the bulk of the attention, as well as the credit, when things go well.
The 2018-19 NHL season is upon us, with teams starting training camp this week. It is sure to be an exciting season, as the Washington Capitals look to defend the Stanley Cup, we see what the Vegas Golden Knights have for an encore in Year 2 and we anticipate whatever else the league has in store for us.