Category: Hockey

  • Edmonton Hangover

    Edmonton Hangover

    The 4 Nations play comes to a close as now the Edmonton Oilers find themselves in a bit of a hole. That has begun with captain of Edmonton, Conor McDavid. He has only accrued one power play assist in the last two games. Not so Conor McDavid after his pickup win over USA.

    He said the following, “We haven’t been very good. Just getting back to work. Sometimes this happens after breaks. Some teams come up flying. Some teams come up flat. We have obviously done the latter. So yeah, gotta get back to it.”

    Even though he was not Team Canada captain, Sidney Crosby, I respect his leadership but not his accountability. This has been the eying problem of McDavid from time to time especially against the Philadelphia Flyers, to no fault are in a rebuilding phase and look great with rookie Matvei Michkov and John Tortorella trying to prove on his resume he can take a seed and rise to the occasion.

    All that aside, they did also play Alexander Ovechkin and the defense cannot allow errors in the marginal column when it enters the postseason. It is highly touted with Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard.

    Nurse is in fact the nephew of star quarterback Donovan McNabb and comes to the aid when necessary. Edmonton cannot afford to lose out because if they do, the Calgary Flames or Vancouver Canucks might creep up, and you do not want that, Edmonton, Canada.

  • The Aftermath of Team Canada’s win

    The Aftermath of Team Canada’s win

    Team Canada put on a. nail biter for the ages by defeating uSA just when it mattered. Players were posing after the game like they won the Stanley Cup Final and afterwards resolved who was the better competitor.

    In the outcome, this rivalry will not ultimately go away for no specific reasons. It is a campfire waiting to ignite the spirits of those past, today, and tomorrow in the etches of hockey history.

    USA suffered its defeat but they also discovered news Vincent Trocheck suffered a broken finger and will be out months. It has worried the doubters and critics of Rangers fans in New York and began sending cryptic updates.

    As for the television ratings, the audience at home clocked in at a whopping 9.3 million viewers as compared to the Stanley Cup 2024 at 8.8 mil.

    For whenever it comes next time, fans will be chanting their teams or reversing each side their country’s favorite uniform.

  • Like and Sub!

    Like and Sub!

    PWHL will Play in New Cities
  • PWHL will Play in New Cities

    PWHL will Play in New Cities

    The PWHL had tons of success and now they are taking the ‘takeover tour’ on the road to St. Louis, Vancouver, and Seattle. More destinations will be announced.

    But games will mostly be played in NHL buildings and look to sellout like the one at Caesar’s Arena back in March 2024 of Pittsburgh and Detroit. Two interesting cities that are now leading the way for women and women’s sports abroad.

  • Sam Reinhart is on fire

    Sam Reinhart is on fire

    It was Aleksander Barkov soaking in a four point win vs. Dallas in his hometown Finland. Then, there was the main star Sam Reinhart who added a goal and assist.

    Reinhart has started the season hot with the league lead in goals and points. He has left off from last year.

    Poised.

    He has accumulated four power play points and scored 10 goals total tied with Nico Hischier and Cole Caulfield. He was named the first star of the week and who could blame.

    Reinhart is on fire to start the season.

  • Artyom Levshunov to miss time

    Artyom Levshunov to miss time

    Artyom Levshunov is forgoing the NHL Prospects Showcase due to a foot injury. A puck happened to severely hit his right foot and will miss some time. The showcase is always an opportunity to boost their prospects at NHL training camp but with that being said, Levshunov is a former No.2 overall pick by the Blackhawks touted to be Connor Bedard’s running mate going forward.

  • Stanley Cup Connor McDavid UnHappy Meal

    Stanley Cup Connor McDavid UnHappy Meal

    Connor McDavid is the best NHL player in the league. He skates at about tops 23 mph and currently leads the postseason with a dominating 38 points. McDavid is a rare commodity.

    He recently broke the all-time playoff assist record (32) and joined legends such as Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky to record at least seven 100 point seasons prior to the age of 28.

    McDavid has timely sent the fans home happy. He works with a tremendous supporting cast of Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, Evan Bouchard, and coach Kris Knoblauch who could be credited.

    The Edmonton Oilers reached the Stanley Cup Final and faced the Florida Panthers. The Panthers started hot but tonight lost to Edmonton 3-5 following a Connor McDavid goal, his 42nd point of the postseason and did not allow, this time, for Matthew Tkachuk to swipe a goal shot at the end.

    In the end, it is to be argued coach Paul Maurice was the most unhappy.

  • The Florida Panthers will win the 2024 Stanley Cup Final

    The Florida Panthers will win the 2024 Stanley Cup Final

  • Kraken Have Krak the Code For Blysma

    Kraken Have Krak the Code For Blysma

    The Seattle Kraken have been a young upstart NHL organization for the better part of a couple years but today they just cracked the crackling, divisive code by hiring coach Dan Bylsma.

    Blysma was known for his first-year championship run with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009 and was a name to be reckoned with alongside Sidney Crosby who performed his best season under the now Kraken coach. Blysma previously coached for the Buffalo Sabres back in 2016 but his cooling opportunity came for his first and longest tenure with the more successful East team.

    Not many coaches ice at practice or suit up beyond three years since Blysma’s exit into the shadows. It is ironically unbelievable to say Blysma has not been coaching in the NHL or at least in the West since Buffalo. He led initially to a .615 winning percentage and was a coach soundly talked about.

    Today, Blysma has worked with Seattle Kraken AHL talent on the surface of further not developing rookies but chaining ties to associate general manager and former partner Jason Botterill.

    Meaning, Seattle is cracking the code with a promising coach, and a deep roster to work through its hurdles of one mere postseason appearance in the last three seasons under Dave Hakstol who came from the Philadelphia Flyers and college ranks and proved to be a squandering duck if Anaheim is most likely hiring.

    The Seattle Kraken is on the way to possibly a power struggle but in the meantime, general manager Ron Francis maneuvered the next best step, feasibly, for the city of Seattle and its fans and that is crack the code by hiring Blysma to definitively continue his efforts in developing talent from a systematic standpoint to bring home and break the Cup record for the earliest Stanley win possible.

  • Sports Kingdom Livecast – The Oilers Defensemen Prevail

    Sports Kingdom Livecast – The Oilers Defensemen Prevail