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The New York Islanders and Noah Dobson have agreed to a contract extension. Financial terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed. This contract keeps Dobson on Long Island for three years. After the type of season he had, this was a no-brainer decision by general manager Lou Lamoriello. The Isles also signed Alexander Romanov and […] READ MORE
Hockey is finally back! Normally we’d be closing in on the mid-way point of the regular season, however, we’re in a different world. Last Word on Hockey is still going to look back at each date’s historical significance to the game. We’ll remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this […] READ MORE
Welcome to Puck Drop Preview 2020-21, where Last Word On Hockey gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL leading to the start of this hockey season and offers our insight and analysis. Make sure to stick k around until the end of the series, where we’ll offer our full predictions […] READ MORE
Hello and welcome to the Tuesday edition of NHL Rumours! Training camps begin this Thursday for the seven teams who did not make the playoffs. While the rest of the league starts on January 3rd. As we have seen over the past few days teams are trying to finalize their roster by bringing players in […] READ MORE
New York Islanders defenceman Johnny Boychuk has been forced to retire due to an eye injury suffered during the 2019-20 NHL season. #Isles News: After numerous and extensive medical exams, New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk’s career has come to an end, due to an eye injury suffered during the 2019-20 regular season.https://t.co/HqUt4e0Se0 — New York […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders have finished Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals. It was a close one all the way through with the New York Islanders winning by a score of 2-1 in double overtime. They have forced a Game 6 that will go Thursday night. Jordan Eberle buried the […] READ MORE
The New York Islanders are unlikely to have defenceman Johnny Boychuk available for the team’s second play-in game against the Florida Panthers. Boychuk only played 5:17 in the first game, which New York won 2-1. The team will have several options warm-up including Andy Greene and Noah Dobson. The Athletic’s Arthur Staple revealed the Boychuk […] READ MORE
“Advanced stats” has become a kind of buzz word around the hockey world. It’s emerging into the NHL as it did years ago with the MLB. Hockey teams have entire departments for analytics, and it has become a war (pun intended) of sorts between two sides: The Data Nerds vs. Old School Hockey. What I […] READ MORE
Last Word On Hockey brings our Team of the Decade series. We will dive into the best player at each position this decade for every organization. The biggest and best at each position, with the most memorable moments of the decade. Here is the Boston Bruins decade lineup. Boston Bruins Decade Team Since 2010, the […] READ MORE
Last Word on Hockey presents The MnM Podcast. The latest addition to the stable of LWOH Hockey Podcast Content. Every week Alex Metzger and Chace McCallum will share their thoughts on the news of the week, have a variety of guests from the world of hockey as well as spending some time on original segments. Sit back, listen, […] READ MORE
Alex Metzger is a diehard hockey fan from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada area. Although he never lived there, he grew up cheering for the Ottawa Senators. You can hear Alex talk all about Ottawa and the NHL on his two podcasts, which are found alongside his writing at Last Word on Hockey.