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The New York Rangers; a team with a legacy enveloped in tradition dating back to the days of the Original Six. They have done everything there is to do in the NHL, well, almost. They may have led the league in every on-ice stat at least once in the last 90 plus years, but there is an unseen and unusual category off the ice, that they find themselves dead last in. To elaborate, let’s bring things back to September 24, 2018. The Philadelphia Flyers unveiled their newest member of the team. A large and in-charge monster with wild eyes and a personality to match. Gritty,Read More →

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The term ‘Mr Irrelevant’ is given the player picked last in the NFL draft, but what happens if we apply it to the NHL? What if instead of just looking at the last player picked, we worked our way backwards and picked an entire team? 12 forwards (four from each position), eight defensemen and two goalies. Mr Irrelevant just became Team Irrelevant. Starting with the 2010 draft, we’ll take a look at each member of our team and explore how their NHL career has panned out since draft day: Forwards – Centre Embed from Getty Images Joonas Rask – you might be wondering is JoonasRead More →

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The sun has set in Sunrise. The end of the 2018-19 NHL season marked the retirement of the greatest goalie to ever dawn a Florida Panthers Jersey, sorry John Vanbiesbrouck. The exit of the legendary Roberto Luongo marks the end of an era in Panthers hockey. Embed from Getty Images Luongo ends his career with his name being synonymous with the likes of Brodeur, Roy, and Belfour as the 3rd winningest goalie in NHL history. It’s only appropriate that as he sang his swan song, we take a look at the jersey he wore while doing it. We’ve already looked at the Los Angeles Kings’Read More →

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With the school year ending, an impressive class (arguably the best ever) of RFAs are ready to graduate to bigger and better contracts. So with so many talented students ready to reap their just rewards, we ask ourselves, who’ll head to the top of the class? Will any be starting with a new school? And for the love of God can we please stop talking about Mitch Marner… Embed from Getty Images Mitch Marner: The Popular Kid The one all the teachers seem to be discussing. While some of his classmates are sick of hearing about him, his class’s overblown reputation has him constantly atRead More →

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With the 2019 NHL draft in the books, it’s time to look back with hindsight and see who went where. Who had the best draft? Who had the worst draft? Who is Mortiz Seider? And, can Carl correctly identify the names of NHL draft picks? In the midst of that, a trade happens as Calvin de Haan heads to Chicago for Anton Forsberg. Surprise! This is added to the Patrick Marleau, P.K. Subban and J.T. Miller trades from the weekend. Lastly, the NHL is changing the way that they are doing reviews next season. But is it for the better? All this and more onRead More →

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Jerseys are the ultimate way for hockey fans to show their team pride while making an aggressive fashion statement. The Jersey Spotlight brings to light the tarps of yesterday and today, dedicated to the sweaters worn by the 31 NHL. Sweaters that have made a significant on the history and culture of the teams as we know them today. Jerseys that have been there for franchise defining moments, and those that you may find in the five dollar bin at your local thrift store, The debut spotlight belongs to the Los Angeles Kings alternate from the 1995-96 season, one of the first, one of theRead More →

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NHL Draft Day is here! 31 management and scouting teams have prepared for months while millions of fans await the big event. For some, it will be franchise changing while for others it is about adding to the future. The top-two selections are all but official, with Jack Hughes likely to go first (Devils) and Kappo Kakko immediately after (New York Rangers). Where serious interest lies is in the following 10 picks. No one has any idea how it will proceed but there is potential to be very good prospects from pick 3-12. If your favorite team is picking in those spots, you should doRead More →

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Surely there are lots of Carl’s in the NHL. It’s a popular enough name, isn’t it? Turns out there aren’t. There have been so few, that we can take a look at and get to know most of the different Carl’s that have tried to earn a living in the NHL: Carl Brewer Blueliner Carl Brewer played 604 games in the NHL, mostly for his home town team the Toronto Maple Leafs. The four-time all-star lifted the Stanley Cup three times with Toronto (1962, 63 & 64) and was even inducted into the Finnish Hall of Fame. Aside from some time in Finland, the WHARead More →

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While the NHL was preparing for the Stanley Cup Final; on the other side of the world, Finland were victorious in the IIHF World Championship final. The Finns won gold for only the third time, with victory over Canada. Russia beat the Czech Republic in the bronze medal game. Well done Team Finland, and to every team that took part, you provided a nice distraction for those of us whose teams didn’t make the playoffs. Embed from Getty Images Therein lies the problem. Unless your team is in the hunt for Lord Stanley’s mug, there’s nothing really else for your team to play for. Sure, there’sRead More →

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‘Who will hoist the cup?’ NHL.com proudly asks as it promotes it’s TV service. Well Uncle Gary, I hope for your sake it’s the St. Louis Blues because who really cares about a Sharks-Bruins final? Aside from Sharks and Bruins fans. Obviously. This post-season has been dominated by two talking points. Firstly the officiating, which has been discussed and critiqued ad-nauseum. Secondly, the giant-killing comedy of the Carolina Hurricanes. Embed from Getty Images They took the reigning champions Washington to a game-seven decider then blew away the Islanders in a clean sweep to reach the Eastern Conference final. Alas it wasn’t to be. The StormRead More →