On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Kings and Tampa Bay Lightning made a bit of a head-scratching trade. Tampa sent goaltender Ben Bishop and a 2017 5th round pick out west for goalie Peter Budaj, 19-year-old prospect defenseman Erik Cernak, a 2017 7th round pick and a conditional pick in 2017. To say that’s a…
No, like, really now. Point and laugh. I’m not being facetious. We’re at the point where we actually have to stand up out of our chairs, turn towards Newark, point, and laugh. “Stick-handles himself into oblivion.” Well put, Harry Neale. Ilya Kovalchuk just, officially, stick-handled the Devils season into oblivion. Claude Giroux = $3.75 million…
When you’re a 19-year old, junior-eligible prospect with aspirations of suiting up in the NHL this season, you’ll do anything to earn a spot on the final roster. So being told to switch from one wing to the other was an easy one to accept for Travis Konecny, who said he played left wing “a…
Now that the thrill and chaos of June has settled into the doldrums of August, I have some time to reflect on our draft party and how much it meant to all of us. This was my first time spearheading a Broad Street Hockey event and I was blown away by the support — by…
*Guys, we are almost definitely going to be drafting Nolan Patrick in a couple of weeks so please enjoy this piece on how big a star Nico Hischier is going to be once he hits the NHL. [CSN Philly] *In what can only be described as adorably misguided, the Dallas Stars fans thinking about what…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Previews of tonight’s game: [NHL.com] [CSNPhilly] [In Lou We Trust] The always fantastic Gabe Desjardins BtN breaks down the Flyers/Devils series: [Behind The Net] [BSH] A follow up to the notion that goaltending differences are less than people think: [Behind…
*A friendly reminder that Claude Giroux is going to get paid next year, with insight into how much and why. (BSH) *Wednesday night’s Game 1 drew the best ratings for an NHL game since 1997. (SB Nation) *The Blackhawks’ Andrew Shaw just happened to be mic’d up when he scored the game winner in the…
It’s nearly impossible that the NHL will go to replacement players during this NHL lockout, but former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Bill Watters raised the issue on the radio the other night, and ever since, there’s been a bit of a debate on whether or not the league would actually have the guts to…
When the Philadelphia Flyers recalled Carter Hart back on December 17th, the move was met with a lot of warranted skepticism. After all, it happened while we were all three-plus days into the “Is Dave Hakstol actually fired?” charade, Hart had only played in 17 professional games and had a measly .901 save percentage in…
To celebrate the new look and feel of our SB Nation communities, we’re sharing stories of how and why we became fans of our favorite teams. If you’d like to do the same, head over to the FanPosts to begin. Each FanPost will be entered into a drawing to win a $500 Fanatics gift card…