Pucks in Depth: Three Western Conference Players Poised For Breakout Seasons
With the 2018-19 NHL season just around the corner, let’s take a closer look at some young, up-and-coming players poised to breakout this year. Ondrej Kase - Anaheim Ducks Despite averaging fewer than 14 minutes per game in a 3rd…
Pucks in Depth: Two Western Conference Teams Who Could Bounce Back in 2018-19
Every season there is plenty of turnover in the playoff picture. On average, a couple of teams per conference fail to qualify for the playoffs the year after doing so. That means the door opens for some non-playoff teams to…
Pucks in Depth: Two Eastern Conference Teams Poised To Bounce Back
Every season there is plenty of turnover in the playoff picture. On average, a couple of teams per conference fail to qualify for the playoffs the year after doing so. That means the door opens for some non-playoff teams to…
Pucks in Depth: Four of the best NHL free agent signings
There are still a handful of useful players available but, for the most part, all the best talent has been scooped up. With that in mind, let’s look at a few of the best signings made thus far. I should…
Pucks in Depth: Five of the worst NHL free agent signings in 2018
We’re less than a week into NHL free agency and there have been no shortage of signings general managers will surely regret down the road. In no particular order, let’s take a closer look at a few that stand out. Jay…
Pucks in Depth: Three Teams Who Didn’t Do Well In Day One Of NHL Free Agency
The opening day of free agency was remarkably busy as we saw dozens of contracts inked and hundreds of millions of dollars spent. Winners and losers will sort themselves out down the road but I'm going to take a stab…
Pucks in Depth: Three Players NHL Teams Should Avoid In Free Agency
Every year general managers go on spending sprees in free agency. Sometimes things work out, of course, but much more often we see players fail to live up to the lucrative contracts they sign. In this post, I'll take a…
Pucks in Depth: Antti Raanta’s extension a good one for the Arizona Coyotes
Today the Arizona Coyotes took care of some house-keeping by signing goaltender Antti Raanta, who would have become a free agent in July, to a three-year extension worth $4.25 million per season. On the surface, it seems odd for a…
Pucks in Depth: Mrazek a solid add for the Flyers … Canucks should have sold Gudbranson
The Philadelphia Flyers made a solid addition in trading for Petr Mrazek ... With Brian Elliott and Michal Neuvirth sidelined for the foreseeable future, the Philadelphia Flyers needed an established NHL goaltender to help them not only stay afloat in…
Pucks in Depth: The Chicago Blackhawks shouldn’t sell low on Brandon Saad
Sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make. That’s something that could probably be said of Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman should he hold onto Brandon Saad. Less than a year after re-acquiring Saad in a blockbuster deal…
Pucks in Depth: Blackhawks’ Playoff Aspirations Take A Huge Hit With Loss Of Corey Crawford
The Chicago Blackhawks’ road to the playoffs just became a lot more difficult. As if it wasn’t tough enough to grab a spot in the ultra-competitive Western Conference, the Blackhawks will now have to try and do so without the…
Pucks in Depth: Taylor Hall Worthy Of Hart Trophy Consideration
We’re more than halfway through the 2017-18 NHL season, which means races for the league’s major awards – like the Hart Trophy – are starting to take shape. While Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon have emerged as the favorites, and…