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The New York Islanders defeated the Florida Panthers on Friday by a score of 5-1. Because of this, the Panthers will be entered into a lottery for the first-overall selection. Alexis Lafreniere is the best prospect in this draft class, and it’s not close. Lafreniere has won the CHL Player of the Year award for the past two seasons. The only […] READ MORE
Jean-Gabriel Pageau was traded to the New York Islanders at the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline. Ottawa traded Pageau for a 2020 first-round pick, a 2020 second-round pick, and a conditional 2022 third-round pick. There is top-three protection on the first-round pick, which reduced the risk in this trade. The Ottawa Senators receive the 2022 third-round pick if […] READ MORE
On Monday, the NHL named its finalists for the Norris Trophy. The Norris Trophy is annually presented to the defenceman who demonstrates the greatest all-around ability. This year, the NHL named John Carlson, Roman Josi, and Victor Hedman the finalists. Last season, the Calgary Flames Mark Giordano was the recipient of the award. Lots of legendary defencemen have received the Norris, […] READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Penguins fourth line is one of hockey’s best defensive trios. Their fourth line that consists of Zach Aston-Reese, Teddy Blueger, and Brandon Tanev has been dominant defensively. They’ve constantly suppressed chances from the opposition, and the trio has lots of chemistry. The three players played the most minutes together out of any line combination the Penguins played this season. […] READ MORE
Kevin Labanc signed his one year, $1 million contract just over a year ago. This means it’s time for Doug Wilson to make another decision about the young forward’s future. The forward had his worst season statistically after his breakout 56-point season last year. This makes figuring out Labanc’s a bit tricky this time around. Wilson […] READ MORE
In the past two days, we’ve gone over what each team lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 Expansion Draft. First, the teams that gave up the least were featured in teams 30-21. Next, the teams that gave up an average amount of assets to the Golden Knights were featured in teams 20-11. Today, we will look at […] READ MORE
Yesterday, we went over the teams that gave up the least amount of value to Vegas. Those teams utilized their protected lists better than the other teams and didn’t trade any major assets to Vegas in the 2017 Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft. Even though they may have lost an aging veteran, they didn’t give […] READ MORE
The 2017 Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft was completed over three years ago, which seems remarkable due to the major events that increase the sense of their longevity in the league. Vegas has already been through a miracle run that resulted in Alex Ovechkin’s first Stanley Cup, perhaps the most memorable Game 7 in recent […] READ MORE