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Since being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008, Steven Stamkos has been consistently been one of the Bolts’ best forwards. Now the team is facing a long campaign without him after he fell on November 15th playing against the Detroit Red Wings. With a torn lateral meniscus (the piece of cartilage that separates the thigh and shin), Stamkos will likely miss about four months while recovering. A four month recovery period means the Lightning won’t see Stamkos on the roster until March 2017, and while losing a superstar center might cripple some teams, the Lightning aren’t writing off the season just yet. OnRead More →

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Last time we looked into the challenging road trips that the eight teams in the Metropolitan would face this season. And it’s safe to say that the New York Islanders have been well and truly screwed over, that nine-game road trip might just destroy whatever chances the team may have had at the playoffs. Until air-travel became the norm, teams would travel between cities by train. Often in specialised sleeper cars. Roy Conacher‘s departure from the Detroit Red Wings left the number 9 available and it was offered to a young Gordie Howe. Howe accepted the number not because of any historical or personal significance,Read More →

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When the Tampa Bay Lightning face off against the Detroit Red Wings on October 13th, coach Jon Cooper will face the dilemma of which goalie to start between the pipes. Ben Bishop has the experience, but Andrei Vasilevskiy is the future face of goaltending in Tampa Bay, and is by no means just Bishop’s back-up. So which goalie does Cooper go with on opening night? Bishop’s career stats are better overall, although the 29 year old American is seven years older than his Russian colleague and six more NHL seasons’ worth of experience. Here are the pairs’ basic NHL statistics as of the end ofRead More →