While the Colorado Avalanche defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday, Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals in the contest. The Avalanche earned a berth in the playoffs with their victory. For Colorado, Mikko Rantanen and Devon Toews each had two assists in addition to Jack Johnson and Evan Rodrigues scoring. With 28 […]
Alex Ovechkin of Washington became the first player in NHL history to score 40 goals in a season by surpassing Wayne Gretzky. This is Ovechkin’s 13th 40-goal season. On Tuesday, the Caps were the featured attraction, but the Columbus Blue Jackets’ shocking 7-6 overtime victory against them stole the show. After falling down 3-0 and […]
T.J. Tynan is a center who started his junior career (USHL) with the Des Moines Buccaneers during the 2009-2010 hockey season. He played in 60 games with the Buccaneers and scored 17 goals and added 55 assists. Tynan would move on to the University of Notre Dame where he would play collegiate hockey for the […]
In the 2016-2017 NHL Season, the Columbus Blue Jackets had their most successful year in franchise history. In John Tortorella’s first full season behind the bench, the Blue Jackets went 50-24-8 and placed third in the Metropolitan Division, qualifying for the playoffs for the third time in franchise history. The Blue Jackets would face the […]
William Karlsson was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks with the 53rd overall pick in the 2011 NHL Draft. Karlsson was drafted out of Sweden in the J20 SuperElit league. He would split time between the J20 SuperElit league and Hockey Allsvenskan, another minor league in Sweden, until 2012. For the 2012-2013 season, Karlsson was a […]
The 2017 NHL Draft has come and gone with teams stock piling future talent that could potentially end up playing in the NHL. This year’s draft was considered to be somewhat weak as the number of elite prospects was few and far between. Therefore, difficult decisions had to be made for all 31 teams. Here […]
The Chicago Blackhawks had an interesting day before the start of the 2017 NHL Draft. After trading away defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson, the Blackhawks made a deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. They traded Artemi Panarin, prospect Tyler Motte, and a 2017 sixth-round pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for left winger Brandon Saad, goaltender Anton […]
Sam Gagner of the Columbus Blue Jackets is coming off one of the best seasons of his career. In 81 games, Gagner scored 18 goals and recorded 32 assists for 50 points, the highest he has scored in any of his seasons. It would be a no brainer for the Columbus Blue Jackets to re-sign […]
The notorious Ilya Kovalcuhuk is looking to return to the NHL after leaving the New Jersey Devils in 2013. Kovalchuk’s remaining contract included $77 million dollars over the course of 12 years which the Devils had to buy out when he left. For Kovalchuk to return to the NHL, New Jersey will have to sign […]
The Las Vegas Expansion Draft will impact the entire NHL because the Knights have to pick one unprotected player from each NHL team. In addition to protecting certain franchise players, some teams are looking to protect other players not on the protection list. General managers have the option to negotiate deals with the General Manager, […]
On Sunday, the National Hockey League and Player Association both released a statement that confirmed the salary cap for the 2017-18 will be raised to $75 million. The lowest amount each team must spend on their players is now $55.4 million, while the upper-limit is getting bumped up $2 million from this last season to […]
After another disappointing playoff exit, it seems the New York Rangers are making changes to their roster. First they bought out the contract of defenseman Dan Girardi and now it looks they could be moving center Derek Stepan. TSN insider Bob McKenzie announced on June 14th that Stepan’s name is “fairly prominent in trade chatter”. […]
