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The glow of two Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup Championship victories in 2012 and 2014 has completely faded from Los Angeles Kings fans faces. The franchise promoted from within in current president Luc Robitaille and general manager Rob Blake. Left was an aging core group and an overwhelming amount of dead weight in cap space. […] READ MORE
via Last Word on Hockey, by Kenneth Stapon Predictions for the 2016-17 Jack Adams Trophy The 2016-17 NHL season is coming to a close and what better way to cap off the year by taking a look at the front runners for the NHL Award winners? The Awards ceremony, held in Las Vegas, does not take […] READ MORE
We’ve now reached the halfway point for all teams in the National Hockey League. There has been exciting storylines and great individual performances during the season. Through these contenders for awards have started to emerge. Last Word on Hockey has made their picks for each, and here are the Norris Trophy choices. The Vezina Trophy […] READ MORE
The San Jose Sharks are expected to announce the hiring of Peter DeBoer as the new head coach later this week, after spending four seasons with the Devils. READ MORE
The Edmonton Oilers have been rebuilding for the past decade. But with new management and the promise of Connor McDavid, change is aplenty in Oil Country. READ MORE
Last Word on Sports is proud to present their hockey podcast, On the Powerplay with Ben and Dave. Join Ben Kerr and Dave Gove each week as they take a look around the Hockey World focusing on the big issues of the NHL and elsewhere. Dave and Ben are back with an absolutely jam-packed edition of […] READ MORE
The Edmonton Oilers have wasted no time swooshing checkmarks onto the team’s 2015 off-season to-do-list. Win the draft lottery: Check. Give more power to Bob Nicholson and less to Kevin Lowe: Check; Swoosh! Hire Peter Chiarelli as the new general manager: Check. Hire a respectable and NHL-proven head coach: Check. Any moment now the Oilers […] READ MORE
It didn’t take long for Todd McLellan to find work after leaving the San Jose Sharks. He took a short time out to lead Team Canada to the gold medal at the World Hockey Championships, and now McLellan has been hired by the Edmonton Oilers as their new head coach. Sportsnet is reporting that the […] READ MORE
The San Jose Sharks and Todd McLellan mutually agree to part ways. Assistants Jim Johnson, Jay Woodcroft, and Brett Heimlich have been relieved of duties. READ MORE