The words inconsistent and confusing come to mind when watching the St. Louis Blues play, and that sentiment appears to be felt league-wide. The team shows up and competes hard on some nights and lacks energy the next. Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek on the 32 Thoughts Podcast were discussing the Blues on their episode
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Can we bask in the glow of the Vegas Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup victory a little longer? Apparently, the answer is no. Training camp is still about a month from opening and reports are already casting doubt on pending free agent Jonathan Marchessault’s future with the club. With Reilly Smith traded away this summer, now
As the 2023-24 NHL season approaches, it’s time to make some predictions about the defending champions Vegas Golden Knights. With barely any roster changes, the Golden Knights will be coming in as one of the most dangerous teams in the league. While the team’s success is most important, some players could reach individual milestones that
We are roughly a month shy of the end of the regular season and the Vegas Golden Knights find themselves in a tight battle for the Pacific Division title, a division they’ve hovered at or near the top of all year long. Whether they claim the top spot or not (and you could argue they’d
At the end of the day, the Vegas Golden Knights simply couldn’t afford the luxury of keeping Max Pacioretty around on the final year of his contract for $7 million. Trading him to Carolina makes sense on the cap sheet, but what it means on the ice is a different matter entirely. With Pacioretty gone,
The Dallas Stars currently sit 12th in the Western Conference but only trail the division leaders by a handful of points. The season has been an up-and-down rollercoaster and continues to push the team to the brink. Heading into 2022, general manager Jim Nill needs to decide if they still believe they are a legitimate
They say defense wins championships, which in most cases is true. But in the NHL, a surefire way to be successful is having a solid center group to build your team around. The Vegas Golden Knights have a slew of centers who may not be the highest-rated among superstar-center-laden teams like the Edmonton Oilers and
As a hockey writer in the middle of the off-season, I have to think deeply about what my next article’s topic will be. In the last week, I’ve been feeling like a mystic of sorts because I keep making predictions about the Golden Knights next season. Today, we are going to be projecting the three
Since the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup title in 2018, the franchise has underachieved greatly in the postseason. Though changes happen every year for every NHL team, questionable player moves have become more than innocent mistakes by management. They’ve become a trend. Ex-Capitals Succeeding With New Teams For Capitals fans, it’s disheartening to consider how management
The Vegas Golden Knights are past the halfway point in their season and currently enjoying a two-day break ahead of a big Thursday night tilt against the surging Colorado Avalanche (from “Avalanche extends winning streak to seven games with 5-1 victory at Arizona,” Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 03/22/21), the last time this season they
Last night’s Vegas Golden Knights game housed everything a hockey fan could want out of a hockey contest; big saves at the right times, huge offensive production and some physical play. Seeing as the game had a combined nine goals, I will be focusing on the offensive part of last night’s game for the Golden
LAS VEGAS — Chandler Stephenson scored in overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from an early three-goal deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 Saturday. Stephenson streaked in on a breakaway and beat goalie Jake Allen with a backhand 3:01 into overtime. Ryan Reaves, Paul Stastny, Nicolas Roy and Reilly Smith scored for
© James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports Back into the Braden Holtby dilemma and more Washington Capitals… Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic recently wrote (mailbag): Again, Braden Holtby gets asked about frequently and for good reason. The goalie won a Stanley Cup and has been such an integral part of the team. With the signings of
After a flurry of free agent signings and losses, the Washington Capitals still have three restricted free agents from their 2018-19 roster unaccounted for: defenseman Christian Djoos and forwards Jakub Vrana and Chandler Stephenson. As part of their previous contracts, Djoos and Stephenson retained the right to arbitration if negotiations hit an impasse on their