Montreal going on a deep playoff run seems to have sparked a debate as to whether or not the league should expand the playoffs to include more teams. The Habs finished the regular season 18th overall, and with 16 teams making the playoffs you could argue that some other teams were more deserving but ultimately missed the cut. Based on
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The first round of the NHL playoffs provides us with plenty of surprises every season, and this year was no exception. With multiple games on every night for the last two weeks, there’s been plenty of action to keep track of, so I’ll try to touch on some of the biggest storylines from the first round. Edmonton Oilers get swept
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I’ve voiced my disdain for the NHL’s 24 team playoff format to anyone that would listen so it’s time I put the words to blog form. In my opinion the new format cheapens the product that the NHL and its fans love to boast about every spring; the chase Stanley Cup as the toughest playoffs in sports. Between the neutral
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As states and provinces begin to open up while still practicing social distancing guidelines, NHL teams and players are slowly becoming able to access team facilities. With the NHL looking for ways to finish the 2019-20 season, there have been plenty of ideas discussed. While they are all better than the initial thought that the season would be cancelled outright,
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Well, the end is finally here. No, not the end of quarantine, but the end of our NHL 20 simulation. Am I sad that my life has come down to writing about a video game rather than writing about the actual Stanley Cup Playoffs? Absolutely. Am I still going to do it because I don’t know what to do with
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While there is still no news to report in the real-life sports world, we’ve reached the Conference Finals in our NHL 20 simulation. Missed anything from the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs? Don’t worry, I got you covered. Click here to catch up on the first round. Click here to catch up on the second round. All
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Yesterday would have been the start of the actual Stanley Cup Playoffs. Yet here we are, waiting to see if we’ll ever get the chance to watch this unfold in real life. Luckily, I’m here to take you to an alternate reality where the season was never put on hold and the playoffs are in full swing. That reality is
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With the NHL season on pause indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak, hockey fans are left wondering “what if?” What if the season wasn’t interrupted and teams were preparing for the Stanley Cup Playoffs to begin shortly? While we’re left waiting to find out whether or not the playoffs will even happen this year, I figured there’s still one way
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Pekka Rinne got to live out every goalie’s dream on Thursday night. With time winding down in the third period of Nashville’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks, Rinne controlled the puck behind his own net and launched it down towards an open net. The rest, as they say, is history.
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The other night I was watching the Leafs vs. Jets tilt and was just wowed by the speed and entertainment. A match-up once dubbed as potentially this generation’s Crosby vs. Ovechkin, Matthews vs. Laine has been more like Crosby vs. Bobby Ryan. But nonetheless between, Auston, Marner, Nylander, Laine, Scheifele, Ehlers and Connor, there was no shortage of prime-time, next
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