NHL News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
The New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff has announced that their young star centre, Jack Hughes, is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury. This could potentially be a huge blow for the team. Anytime an injury is listed as week-to-week, there is much uncertainty about the foreseeable future. NJ head coach Lindy Ruff announces Jack […] READ MORE
Trade in any sport can go any direction. It could be lopsided, turn out well for both parties, or be the worst thing to happen. Not all trades involve draft picks and can affect players. The sport of hockey is known as the hockey trade. The off-season kicked off one of these trades between the […] READ MORE
Last Word on Hockey’s Puck Drop Previews are back for the 2022-23 season! As the regular season approaches, Last Word will preview each team’s current outlook and stories to watch for the upcoming year. We’ll also do our best to project how things will go for each team over the course of the campaign. Today, […] READ MORE
If there is one division that has gotten better during the off-season, it is the Atlantic Division. You saw teams such as the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings, and the Toronto Maple Leafs go out and get players to bolster the clubs. The Tampa Bay Lightning kept its core intact and the Florida Panthers pulled […] READ MORE
From the moment the team suffered the Game 7 defeat at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes, the Bruins have had a firework show of an offseason. Don Sweeney finally got the extension everyone expected. The man also fired Bruce Cassidy at Cassidy’s home, while replacing him with Jim Montgomery. Jake DeBrusk rescinded his trade […] READ MORE
We’re back to what looks like more of a conventional week in the National Hockey League. With the rescheduled games in the rearview, only six games separate the teams with the most games played (Anaheim, Pittsburgh, and Seattle) with the New York Islanders who are the only team that has yet to hit the 50-game […] READ MORE
Welcome to the midway point of the 2021-2022 NHL season. The NHL franchises from coast-to-coast are now refocusing, retooling, and rethinking what they need to do to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the Boston Bruins, this season has proven to be a significant test with a relatively new-look lineup behind the […] READ MORE
With the NHL season underway, that means the Last Word on Hockey Show is back again on the MAD Radio Network. Your host Jim Biringer from lastwordonhockey.com was back alongside Marc Weiss and Coach Jay after two weeks off for the holidays are back. In this week’s episode, the boys discuss the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple […] READ MORE
Montreal Canadiens defenceman Chris Wideman has been suspended one game for intentionally head-butting Boston Bruins’ forward Erik Haula during a recent game. Montreal’s Chris Wideman has been suspended for one game for Head-butting Boston’s Erik Haula. https://t.co/1YdiBtwGAy — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) January 13, 2022 Chris Wideman Suspended for Head-butting In the midst of a […] READ MORE
NHL teams build their teams in many different ways. Some construct their clubs via free agency while others do it through trades. However, the main way teams create a roster is through the NHL Draft. Most years have maybe one or two players make the roster, but some years the general manager gets it right […] READ MORE
Born in Richmond, Erin Butler moved to the Gulf Islands early on but made sure to pack their Vancouver Canucks fandom with them on the way out of town.
Decades later, the fandom is unabated even as the perspective widened. A little more jaded about ownership, but loving the bizarro-world fandom online.