Pacific Division: Vancouver Canucks Season Outlook
Forwards Consider the Canucks’ youth movement in effect. For the first time since 2005-06, one of Vancouver’s top two scorers last year wasn’t named Sedin. 22-year-old center Bo Horvat led Vancouver with 52 points on 20 goals and 32 assists.…
Pacific Division: San Jose Sharks Season Outlook
Forwards Along with franchise icon Joe Thornton, young forwards will play a larger 2017-18 role in tandem with stalwarts Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture. After arriving at the deadline from Vancouver, right wing Jannik Hansen is a candidate to join…
Pacific Division: Los Angeles Kings Season Outlook
Forwards The incoming Blake/Robitaille/Stevens administration seeks increased goal scoring and a quicker pace, but philosophy alone won’t put points on the board. Anze Kopitar could still use some help. With just 12 goals and a career-worst 0.68 points-per-game, he led…
Pacific Division: Edmonton Oilers Season Outlook
Forwards There is stability in Edmonton with Art Ross winner Connor McDavid now signed long-term. 2016-17 sidekick Leon Draisaitl who finish eighth-best in scoring with 29 goals and 48 assists, and 27 power play points. Expect Islander import Ryan Strome…
Pacific Division: Calgary Flames Season Outlook
Calgary Flames 2017-18 Outlook Forwards Calgary’s promising young forwards, including leading scorers Johnny Gaudreau (61 points in 72 games) and Sean Monahan (a team-high 27 goals contributing to 58 points) hope to build on success next year. Matthew Tkachuk, vital…
Pacific Division: Arizona Coyotes Season Outlook
Arizona Coyotes 2017-18 Outlook Forwards If it wasn’t obvious last year, Shane Doan’s departure officially signaled it’s time for the young players to step up. Arizona’s returning treasure trove of youth begins with forwards Christian Dvorak and Max Domi.…
Pacific Division: Anaheim Ducks Season Outlook
Anaheim Ducks 2017-18 Overview Defense While not quite the same as last year, the Ducks’ blue line is still deep even after losing Shea Theodore and Clayton Stoner to Vegas. The problem is, two of their mainstays Vatanen and Lindholm…
2018 Calder Trophy Sleeper Candidates
2018 Calder Trophy Sleepers In the second of a series briefly examining the upcoming season’s Calder Trophy candidates, we’ll take a look at a few sleepers. In our previous post, we detailed several favorites as training camps approach. Joshua Ho-Sang,…
Top Calder Trophy Favorites For The 2017-18 NHL Season
In the first of a series briefly examining this season’s top Calder Trophy candidates, we’ll take a look at some the favorites out of the blocks. In upcoming posts, we’ll also speculate about some less-publicized sleepers and viable long shots.…
NHL Draft: Top 2018 NHL Draft Prospects – Defensemen
With the World Junior Summer Showcase recently ended and the Ivan Hlinka Tournament in progress, NHL prospect talk has picked up. Now an apt time to examine some of the top candidates for early selection in the 2018 NHL Entry…
NHL Draft: Top 2018 NHL Draft Prospects – Forwards
The World Junior Summer Showcase recently concluded and with the Ivan Hlinka Tournament in progress, NHL prospect talk has picked up. It’s an apt time to examine some of the top candidates for early selection in the 2018 NHL Entry…
NHL Expansion Draft: Los Angeles Kings Primer
Forward Decisions The Kings are trying to work their way out of salary cap purgatory, largely due to pricey, lengthy contracts with two forwards that no longer produce much – Marian Gaborik and Dustin Brown. Unfortunately for Los Angeles, Vegas…