For the month of June, Last Word On Sports will be covering each team in our 30 in 30 series. Once a day, we take a look at an NHL team’s past season, what their off-season looks like, and what they could hope to achieve before the start of their 2015-16 season. Everybody wants to […] READ MORE
Tag: Dustin Byfuglien
Funniest Moments of the 2014-15 NHL Season
“The good ol’ Hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ol’ Hockey game.” “Stompin'” Tom Connors had it right. The game of hockey is a beautiful thing, and fans across North America and Europe gather around their television monitors every night to watch […] READ MORE
Decisions, Decisions: The Winnipeg Jets Future
Nobody expected the Winnipeg Jets to be fighting for a playoff spot in the 2014-15 season, yet the team huddled together and created something magical, as they pushed towards their first post-season appearance since returning to the city of Winnipeg. Sure, they got swept by the Anaheim Duck, the team that made it all the […] READ MORE
Series Preview: Ducks Versus Jets
As the regular season has come to an end, Last Word On Sports analyzes every playoff series heading into this week’s action. In the first installment, we take a look at the matchups in five categories: Offense, defense, goaltending, coaching and special teams. We also run down the players to look out for and give […] READ MORE
Dustin Byfuglien Suspended Four Games
As the Winnipeg Jets push towards the playoffs they will be without all-star defenceman Dustin Byfuglien. The NHL department of player safety has decided to suspend the defenceman for the next four games for his actions in the game against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. Byfuglien violently cross-checked J.T. Miller of the Rangers in […] READ MORE
Evander Kane Saga May Spell End In Winnipeg
It feels like Evander Kane has been in the league for a while now. In fact, he’s logged almost five years in the National Hockey League thus far, and the most remarkable thing is that he is not even 25 yet. Kane was drafted by the then-Atlanta Thrashers in 2009 at 4th overall at 17 […] READ MORE
Puck Drop Preview: 2014-15 Winnipeg Jets
Welcome to Puck Drop Preview 2014-15, where our hockey department 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. Makes sure to stick around until the end of the series, where we’ll offer our full predictions for the standings in […] READ MORE
Easier Travel but Harder Road for 2013-14 Winnipeg Jets
Welcome back to Puck Drop: NHL Preview 2013-14, where our hockey department gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL leading to the start of this hockey season. Check back often as new teams are added to our Puck Drop page. Today we take a look at the 2013-14 Winnipeg Jets. Last year was […] READ MORE
Picking Team USA for Sochi
USA hockey announced their pre-Olympic orientation camp roster on Monday, looking ahead to the tournament in Sochi Russia. As we are now less than 8 months away from the 2014 Olympics, I thought it would be a good time to go through the USA roster and make my picks for the team to go to […] READ MORE
Chicago Blackhawks – Fresh Replacements Key to Their Success
This is the fifth article in a series of articles looking at and analyzing the success of the last five teams to raise the Stanley Cup. Be sure to read the first three articles in the series, “Where Have all the Dynasties Gone?”, “Detroit: Setting the Parameters of a Modern Day Dynasty”, “Detroit: End of […] READ MORE
