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In the pressure cooker of a Canadian hockey market, the margin between a “hockey move” and a “franchise-altering mistake” is razor-thin. For Patrik Allvin, that margin finally evaporated this week. Following a dismal 25-49-8 season that saw the Vancouver Canucks bottom out at the very floor of the NHL standings, Allvin has been officially relieved…
After winning his second straight Stanley Cup, Nikita Kucherov, still shirtless, walked up to the podium and made a comment that Montreal Canadiens fans and players alike have not forgotten. “The fans in Montreal acted like they won the Stanley Cup last game. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Their final was last…
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager (GM) search continues to evolve, and while no final direction has been set, the process is clearly moving into a more focused phase. After early candidates like Sunny Mehta came off the board, the Maple Leafs have continued to interview a broader mix of executives from across the league….
The underdog (well, now favored) Philadelphia Flyers have to be feeling good after that one. They visited the Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 1 of their first-round 2026 Stanley Cup Playoff series on Saturday, April 18, and came away with a 3–2 win. It wasn’t a particularly high-event affair, but the Flyers couldn’t have drawn it…
On Saturday, April 18, the New York Sirens played the Ottawa Charge for the two teams’ final meetup of the 2025-26 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) season. Heading into this game, the Sirens won two of the matchups, while the Charge won one in overtime. The Sirens scored a power-play goal to get on the…
The Minnesota Wild captured a huge Game 1 win on the road in Dallas with a dominating 6-1 performance. Every team will tell you they just want to win one game through the first two on the road, and the Wild did it in a spectacular effort. I can’t complain about anyone who wore a…
The Ottawa Senators are back in the playoffs for the second straight season. It was touch-and-go for a while, but in the end, they pulled it off. Unfortunately, squeaking into the playoffs means that they are up against the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes, who have made the playoffs for the past eight seasons and haven’t…
The Edmonton Oilers are currently focused on trying to win their first Stanley Cup since 1990, and coming up short in the Stanley Cup Final for two straight seasons to the Florida Panthers should give them some extra motivation, and this time around, they won’t have to go through the Panthers, who missed the playoffs….
After days of waiting, the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway. Regarding the Carolina Hurricanes, they begin their quest for another deep playoff run in their eighth straight postseason under Rod Brind’Amour. They took on the Ottawa Senators for the first time in the postseason, and right from the jump, Game 1 got physical. What…
It is always easy to determine the winner and loser of a trade long after the fact. The Chicago Blackhawks have made some awful trades that looked like mistakes the very moment they made them. Here are the five worst trades in franchise history. 5. October 25, 1991 Blackhawks trade away offense to get better…
