Imagine starting your NHL career as a rookie defenceman, and in three of your first four games, being tasked with keeping Matthews, Crosby and Ovechkin in check, and holding the trio to one measly assist while picking up two yourself. Welcome to the NHL, Kaiden Guhle.
It cheapens a Canadian NHL playoff broadcast so much to dedicate several minutes to a "betting expert" at the end of the intermission. I change the channel instantly.
Blame the tax break, but Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, Gustav Forsling, Niko Mikkola, Carter Verhaege, Brad Marchand, and Sergei Bobrovsky, in assets, cost the Panthers Jiri Kulich, Devon Levi, the 32nd overall pick in 2026, 61st pick in 2022 and Emil Heineman. I blame good
It looks like the Habs are going to end this season with the 2nd-best hockey team in the world, 2nd-best goalie in the world, the best 21-year-old center on the planet today, two of the best 20-year-olds in the NHL and 8 picks in the first 4 rounds of the 2021 draft. Not bad.
BREAKING - 6-3, 210 pound NHLer courageously proclaims he's willing to fight 5-11, 185 pound NHLer with one career fight because concussing him with a cheap shot last playoff wasn't sufficient.
Here was the hit on 17-year-old, 152-pound defenceman Adam Jiricek in the Czechia Extraliga by 27-year-old, 201-pound Jan Scotka yesterday. Exhibit A for why you shouldn't rush kids into men's leagues. This wasn't easy to watch.