Category: NHL

Believe what your seeing, folks. As the Vegas Golden Knights continue to thrive in their unthinkable opening campaign – remarkably now in the Stanley Cup Final – a new debate has sparked throughout the hockey world; “Did Vegas gain an unfair advantage through the newly implemented NHL expansion draft?”. . . . Not only do I think this question has a very simple answer, but I strongly believe that anyone who says otherwise is either a ‘butt hurt’ fan who’s envious of Vegas’ successes after just one season, or has never taken the time to look beyond the stats, and watch them...

As a Rangers fan, it was not easy to swallow the fact that we NEEDED a rebuild as we’re consistently a playoff team year after year. But the Blueshirts were a mess, and it was time to blow it all up. Over the past week, New York dealt solid role players in Nick Holden and J.T. Miller, and stars in Mike Grabner, Rick Nash and captain Ryan McDonagh to kickstart their rebuild for the future. When you looked at the roster before the trades, the Rangers seemed like a solid enough playoff team to make the postseason. But that’s...

With their OT win over the Winnipeg Jets last night, the Golden Knights improved to a historical 34-12-2 record, becoming the first NHL franchise to win 33+ games in their first season… and they did this in UNDER 50 games! When following Vegas’ journey into the league this past year, I followed their moves very closely and came to one conclusion; they were building this team to win. We all called their owner crazy when he said their Stanley Cup Title window was around 5-8 years, solely because of the fact that we’ve NEVER seen an expansion franchise do that well after just coming into the league. Not just...