Nathan Horton on the Block?
So let's get this straight: Burke wants a top six winger with some size who can score. Ideally, that player is young enough to...
Scratch Hamhuis Off The List
Looks like the Halak trade may have opened up the floodgates. At least, it has for the Nashville Predators, who announced two separate trades...
BlackHawks – Thrashers Blockbuster
According to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun, the Chicago Blackhawks have traded forwards Dustin Byfgulien and Ben Eager along with defenseman Brent Sopel and prospect Akim...
Know Your Enemy — Off Season Moves in the Northeast Division
The two greatest military tacticians of the past 5000 years — Sun Tzu and Sgt. Slaughter — both spoke on the value of knowing...
Kovalchuk Signs with the Devils
The book has (finally) closed on the Ilya Kovalchuk saga, as the Russian winger elected to remain with the New Jersey Devils. This ends...
Notes on “The Contract”
Got some interesting feedback from a couple sources regarding Kovalchuk's 17 year deal, and its potential impacts on future CBA negotiations.
Source 1:
"These long-term deals...
Frontload Threat: Smokescreen for Definition
Is the leagues threat of retroactive contract withdrawal a smokecreen to create definition over the Kovalchuk ruling?
From The Archives: Exclusive Interview With Alex Steen
First, a confession. Or, more like an obvious statement.
I love covering hockey. I love covering it, in all of its forms and states. I...
NHL Team Records in B2B Games vs Tired Teams
NHL Team Records in B2B Games vs Tired Teams
With the NHL trade deadline now over, attention turns to the stretch drive for a...
Tired Teams: Opponents After March 1
The stretch drive is on and teams are aware of the implications of every game. Three-point games make the average fan cringe while driving...
Food for Thought: Burke speaks to impacts of “The Decision”
At the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, MA (fellow bloggers, I highly recommend you check it out next year), I had an...
New-Wave Analytics Research: DIGR
The following is a brief summary of a research paper that was presented this past weekend by Michael E. Shuckers at the MIT Sloan...
Kats Krunch: Point System Analysis
The point system comes into scrutiny earlier and earlier each season. Regulation time stalemates are badges of honor, garnering 'at least a point' and...
EJ McGuire Passes Away at Age 58
Some saddening news to pass along this evening, as NHL.com reports that EJ McGuire, Vice President of the NHL's Central Scouting Service, has passed...
NHL Re-ups with NBC/Versus
The NHL and NBC/Versus have announced a 10 year broadcast and media rights agreement, valued at approximately $2 billion or roughly $200 million per...
GDT: Canadian Double Header
Nothing beats a partial Habs GDT on a Toronto Maple Leafs fansite, right? To get more in line with the general sentiments of everyone...
Morning Mashup: A Good Day For Them To Die
What a first round! As a hockey fan, you have to be pleased about what is currently happening around the best sport in the...
Morning Mashup: Vancouver Blitzkrieg
Conference Finals typically mean a rise in intensity of play of all the teams that are still playing hockey mid May. Teams, coaches and...
Morning Mashup: Antics with Semantics
What was interesting about Friday's late-breaking report by Stephen Brunt of a deal between the owners of the Atlanta Thrashers and True North Sports...
Morning Mashup: Orca Bites Shark
This has been anything but your typical playoffs. A historical first round followed by a somewhat quiet second, only to be blown wide open...
Recent MLHS articles
Game in 10: Matt Murray wins first game back, Maple Leafs’...
For the first time this season, the Maple Leafs have technically won back-to-back games on the road.
"Technically," because this was more or less a...
