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Damien’s Deliberations: The Boston Fleet Augment scoring depth
After a miraculous playoff sweep over the #2 ranked Montreal Victoire in the inaugural PWHL season, the Boston Fleet took the Minnesota Frost to Game 5 in the Walter Cup Finals but ultimately fell short. Boston excelled defensively and netminder Aerin Frankel was sensational, but the offense was their bane for much of the year… Read more
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Vancouver Canucks: Mortgaging The Future
The Vancouver Canucks, after years of futility in the current decade, managed to finally get all their pieces to connect during the 2023-24 campaign, as they won their first Pacific Division title since the league’s realignment in 2013-14. The group saw immediate returns on GM Patrik Allvin’s investment in improving the team’s defensive game,… Read more
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Damien’s Deliberations: The Ottawa Charge Reforge offense with dynamic Colgate superstar
The Ottawa Charge saw their inaugural season playoff chances fade as their offense slowed down the stretch and the defense struggled. Ottawa scored the 2nd most goals in the regular season but also allowed the 2nd most finishing with a negative one goal differential. Ottawa saw their leading goal scorer Daryl Watts leave in free… Read more
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Damien’s Deliberations: PWHL Montreal adding proven firepower
With PWHL Minnesota hoisting the Walter Cup and the inaugural season in the books, all of the attention turned towards this year’s draft. We witnessed PWHL Montreal select defender Cayla Barnes with the 5th pick in the draft. Many women’s hockey fans alike were surprised that Barnes wasn’t drafted sooner. Barnes adds a ton of… Read more
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Damien’s Deliberations: Bolstering the Blueline
This was an offseason where we saw one team in particular make several valuable signings and commit to a “win now” mentality, the first signing netting UFA blueliner Brady Skjei to a 7×7 million dollar deal to Nashville. You can read Christian’s article on the Nashville Predators’ offseason here. The last three seasons in particular… Read more
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KHL updates: Split by SKA as they figure out working parts, Sochi win debut in shootout to debut “new” era
SKA Saint Petersburg: Game 1: Thursday, September 5th SKA 4-5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk (OT) The 2024–25 campaign began with a playoff atmosphere, on the road against an Eastern Conference giant and last season’s Gagarin Cup conquerors. There were some bright spots for the visitors as early as the opening ten minutes, as LW/C Ivan Demidov registered… Read more