Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Having recently scanned the U23 players excelling in the first round of the NHL playoffs, let’s turn our attention this week to the playoff action in Canada’s top three junior leagues. [...]
There were two games of playoff pucks on Friday. Vancouver advances to the second round, while Nashville’s season comes to an end. Meanwhile, Vegas forces a winner-take-all Game 7 with Dallas on Sunday. Canucks 1, Predators 0 (Canucks win series 4-2) It wasn’t an overtime goal, but it almost seemed that way. Pius Suter scored [...]
We will return to the playoffs once the first round is concluded, but for this week we are moving on with part two of our Most Valuable series. Last week we reviewed the center position and this week we will be taking a look at right wings. As a reminder here is some context for [...]
Only one game of playoff pucks on Thursday… and it was quite the night for Leafs fans. Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1 (series tied 3-3) Maybe losing Auston Matthews was what the Leafs needed to figure out how to dig deep and play with passion. Of course it’s not as simple as that, but the [...]
As we are heading to the end of round one with a couple of series left, let’s take some time to analyze some of the series which have already concluded. We will be going over each series with an analytical lens, looking at the difference in statistics and finding some interesting numbers in the data. [...]
The finalists for the Norris Trophy were announced and without much surprise, they are Roman Josi, Quinn Hughes, and Cale Makar. It is quite the trio of defencemen who all have some argument to being the winner: Josi was probably the best defenceman in the league after the Christmas break, Makar led the league in [...]
Although it’s not even been seven months, it feels like a lot longer since the puck dropped on 2023-24. With the regular season having come to an end, it’s time for housekeeping in the form of revisiting my 15 Fearless Forecasts for 2023-24 to see how I did, plus – and arguably more importantly – [...]
One of my friends asked me if I thought Steven Stamkos was going to retire. To me it seems like a ridiculous notion, but I can see where that discourse has come from. For a player in his mid-30s, who has won two cups, played a lot of hard hockey over the last few years, [...]
Depending on the timing of when you’re taking in this article, the second round of the Eastern Conference playoff picture could already be crystal clear. For what is supposed to be the most intense and hard-fought action of the entire NHL season, the first week-and-change of games have been somewhat underwhelming in terms of competitive [...]
The finalists for the Vezina Trophy were announced on Monday. In no particular order, Vancouver’s Thatcher Demko, Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck, and Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky were all voted as the top-3 goalies this season. The winner will be announced at the NHL Awards at the end of June. This is Demko’s first time finishing in the [...]
