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Suddenly, Fleury
Unexpected goalies have a history in Pittsburgh. They probably don’t get that first Cup back in ‘91 if Frank Pietrangelo hadn’t stepped in for an injured Tom Barasso and robbed Peter Stastny. Johan Hedberg was a career minor leaguer before leading the Penguins to the conference finals in 2001 and be...
Jack Eichel Missed Out On A $2 Million Contract Bonus By A Painfully Thin Margin
Young Sabres center Jack Eichel missed 21 games with an ankle injury, eventually finishing this season with 24 goals and 33 assists, good for 57 points in 61 games. That’s a 0.934 points per game average, which was 11th in the NHL this season, just behind Leon Draisaitl’s 0.939. As infinitesimal as ...
The Los Angeles Kings Have Cleaned House
The day after they ended the 2016-17 season with an overtime loss to their crosstown rivals in Anaheim, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they had fired head coach Darryl Sutter and longtime GM Dean Lombardi and promoted a pair of Hall of Famers. Rob Blake will replace Lombardi and Luc Robitaille...
Riley Sheahan Avoided Historically Sucking
Red Wings center Riley Sheahan, best known for his brief role as “super-drunk” Tinky Winky, had gone the entire season without scoring a goal. The effort was there, as Sheahan had 106 shots on goal going into Detroit’s final game, but he just hadn’t finished any of them. His luck changed Sunday agai...
Yes, Connor McDavid Is This Good This Fast
Everyone loves an underdog story, but at heart that’s about exceeding only modest expectations. There is nothing more satisfying to me than when a player comes in with sky-high, borderline unrealistic expectations—and then surpasses them. Connor McDavid, for years before his pro debut, was supposed ...
Bryan Bickell Scores First Career Shootout Goal In Final Game Before Retiring Due To MS
Bryan Bickell announced his retirement yesterday due to his multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and the Hurricanes started the longtime NHL forward for the final two games of his career—and gave him first crack when Carolina and Philadelphia remained deadlocked after overtime, even though Bickell had neve...
Bryan Bickell Returns To Hurricanes After Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis, Announces Retirement For End Of Season
Carolina Hurricanes forward Bryan Bickell rejoined the team for two games this week, nearly five months after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Visibly emotional after Thursday’s game, he indicated that retirement might be his next step, as had been speculated after his diagnosis with the dis...
Lawsuit: NHL Owner Daryl Katz Offered Actress Millions For Sex
Canadian billionaire and Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz has been accused of luring Brazilian model and actress Greice Santo into hotel rooms on multiple occasions and offering her money for sex, according to documents filed in a recent lawsuit. But that’s not what the lawsuit is about. The allegat...
Proud Hockey Grandpa Cries, Shovels Popcorn
Last week, the Colorado Avalanche signed their 2016 10th-overall pick Tyson Jost, a forward who spent the season at the University of North Dakota. Last night, in his fourth game, Jost scored his first career NHL goal against Minnesota....
You Wanna See A Pretty-Ass Goal?
The Penguins beat the Devils 7-4 in Newark to clinch the second spot in the Metropolitan, and, crucially, home-ice advantage for their first-round matchup against the Blue Jackets. Pittsburgh got goals from seven different skaters, but the highlight of the night was, without question, an assist....
The Detroit Red Wings Appear To Have Signed A 13-Year-Old
Some Detroit Red Wings news:...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, But The Capitals Won The Presidents' Trophy
One quirk of the NHL’s divisional playoff format is that clinching the Presidents’ Trophy for the best regular-season record in the league didn’t matter nearly so much to the Capitals as winning their division. Of course, they’re happy to do both....
Sabres' Kyle Okposo Sent To Neurosurgical ICU With An Undiagnosed Illness
Sabres winger Kyle Okposo recently returned to the ice from an injury, but after playing in just two games, he’s since missed the team’s last four games....
Joe Louis Arena Was Crude And Perfect
Whenever I feel exhausted or beat down, I hop on Youtube and watch Darren McCarty drop a natural hat trick on Patrick Roy....
Penguins Fan Flips Very Solid Double-Bird
The Penguins beat the Blue Jackets 4-1 yesterday, and the best performance of the night belonged not to anyone on the ice, but to this spectator:...
Bruins' Brad Marchand Ejected For Spearing Guy In The Dick And Balls
With 40 seconds left in the first period of the Boston Bruins’ 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston’s Brad Marchand was suspended for whacking Lightning defenseman Jake Dotchin in the dick....
Maple Leafs Go Crazy, Score Three Goals In 43 Seconds
The Maple Leafs are locked a tight race down the stretch of the season to secure one of the last three Eastern Conference playoff spots still in the balance. The team got off to the best possible start this evening against Buffalo, scoring three goals in 43 seconds in the first period to chase Sabre...
NHL Announces It Won't Participate In 2018 Olympics
The biggest event on hockey’s international calendar, and one of the biggest events of every winter games, will not happen next year. The news disappoints players, who want to play, and fans, who want them to play. But it makes owners happy! The NHL will not participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics i...