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With all the hype that swallows up the NHL’s Entry Draft, it’s easy to forget the player who wasn’t quite good enough, in the scouts’ eyes at least, to be chosen first overall. This short series will be looking that the other guy; the fella who went second. We’ve already looked at Eric Staal, Tom Lysiak, Jason Spezza, Dave Babych, Trevor Linden and Kirk Muller; and as there’re just 6 days to go until Christmas, here’s #6 in the 4th Line Podcast’s top 12 2nd Overall Picks. 6. Brad Park, D Embed from Getty Images Drafted 1966, New York Rangers Games Played 1113 Points 896 TheRead More →

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As the playoffs rumble on Joel, Joe and Mike are here to take a look at which players teams should protect from the upcoming Las Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft. Today, we’re looking at the Eastern Conference teams eliminated in round one of the playoffs. Click here and here to read about the teams that couldn’t even make it that far. While the Western conference surprised with which teams were knocked out, the east has been somewhat less exciting. Pittsburgh, Washington, Ottawa and New York all advanced while the Boston, Montreal, Toronto and Columbus all exited. Those latter four teams are the four we’ll be looking at, saving Joel’sRead More →

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It’s the first game out of the all star break for both the Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning with both teams trying to decide if they will be buyers or sellers at the deadline. The Bruins currently sit in the 3rd seed in the Atlantic division with 52 games played and 56 points, while the Bolts have played 50 games and have 50 points and sit 6 points out of a wild card spot and 6 points behind the Bruins. The Bruins will have Tuukka Rask starting in net Tuesday night while Ben Bishop will start for the Lightning. While Rask has establishedRead 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 →