The Dallas Stars have been optimistic about their playoff hopes all season. They knew they had plenty of games in hand and time to catch their opponents in the race. Well, that is no longer the case, but the team is keeping their hopes high. “It’s been difficult all the way through,” Rick Bowness said.
2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Washington Capitals clinched a playoff berth last Thursday night after their overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Reaching the postseason early is relieving, even in defeat. However, when that loss starts a mini-streak of similar results, the team needs to fix some flaws before those issues mean the end of their season. Capitals Suffer
With just a handful of regular-season games remaining, the Arizona Coyotes are very much alive for a playoff berth. The Coyotes are battling the St. Louis Blues for the fourth and final postseason bid in the West. While those two clubs jockey for that last divisional spot, Arizona will also be keeping a close eye
Geography is the big divider for NHL teams ever since the 1980s. Rivalries form in the east and west where teams in their conferences see each other far more than in the other. Teams play within their conferences throughout the entire playoffs until the Stanley Cup Final, where the conference champions meet up for a
The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs were the most unprecedented in league history. COVID-19 drastically altered the entire format to hold a fair end to an unforeseen, premature regular season conclusion. The playoff format featured scenarios never seen before or ones unused in decades. Twenty-four teams went into the Edmonton and Toronto bubbles with Stanley Cup
The COVID-19 pandemic is still sweeping the nation, which has resulted in no details of the 2020-21 NHL season becoming set in stone. Speculation runs rampant in the discussions that feature a wildly different season, but, for the Dallas Stars, it needs to be business as usual. With talks of division realignments, hub cities, and