Showing posts with label hughes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hughes. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Wait, is it weird that it's so hard to name the Eastern Conference's best player?

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Who’s the best player in the NHL right now? What about the top five? Connor McDavid is the most talented player in the world. You could argu...
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Monday, December 15, 2025

NHL weekend rankings: A wild Friday shakes up the league, and our Top 5

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December can be a boring month in the NHL. Opening night optimism is a faded memory, the deadline is still months away, the playoff picture ...
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

NHL 2023-24 prediction contest results (or how the Devils ruined everything)

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July 1 has come and gone and we’re officially into a new year of the NHL calendar, which means it’s pencils down on the 2023-24 prediction c...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

The return of Cap Court, with a twist: Which NHL stars have great contracts?

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We’re into late July, and with apologies to Vladimir Tarasenko and Matt Dumba, the free agent frenzy is pretty much done. And this year, I t...
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Monday, February 7, 2022

Weekend rankings: All-star weekend wrap, those missing Maple Leafs, Bettman fails again and more

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We’ve made it through another all-star weekend. It was fun, right? Sure, let’s go with that. Everyone fist-bump. Friday’s s...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Puck Soup: Buy, sell or hold

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On this week's episode of the Puck Soup podcast: - The Oilers get pissy - The Habs find a new GM - The Bruins finally honor Willie O...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Grab Bag: Summer days, an idea for bad GMs and the best Don Cherry soundbite ever

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In the Friday Grab Bag: - It's summer, so we won't be doing these every week - I have a great idea for how we could mess with the ...
Monday, June 24, 2019

Rating the biggest stories and moments from draft weekend on the Surprise Scale

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The best kind of NHL Draft is one that surprises us. We spend weeks and months figuring out exactly what should happen, and who’s going to ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Which of the 15 draft lottery teams should consider trading their picks?

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There are two annual traditions when it comes to the lottery picks in the NHL draft. The first is that fans and media get very excited abou...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Finding positive thoughts for the non-playoff teams

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The​ first round is​ a weird​ time​ to​ be​ a fan​ of a non-playoff​ team. On the one​ hand, it’s like​ being​ the kid who’s​​ sick at home...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The 2019 draft lottery power rankings

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It’s​ draft lottery night​ in​ the​ NHL,​ and​ if​ it feels​ a little early to​ be saying that,​ well,​ that’s because it​​ is. The league ...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

The Tank Index: Which of the league’s struggling teams are in the best position to get a lot worse down the stretch?

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NHL teams don’t tank. We know this, because Gary Bettman has told us so. Oh, sure. Fans everywhere insist on thinking that it happens becau...
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Monday, November 19, 2018

Weekend power rankings: The Leafs move up, the Sabres make their case and the Battle of Alberta rages on

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I’m​ still not quite​ sure​ what​ to​ make​ of​ Alberta. Their hockey​ teams, I mean.​ The province seems​ nice,​ although I admit​​ to st...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

When teams trade away top-five picks

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The​ Ottawa Senators are coming​ off​ one​ of​ the​ worst​ stretches in​ recent pro sports​ memory, including an​ offseason​ that brought o...