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Belated evaluation of the Seth Jarvis deal
[Editor in chief/author’s note: Publication of this article had to be delayed twice. First, we placed a temporary halt on publishing any material pertaining to the standard news cycle in the current NHL due to the Gaudreau tragedy. It was deferred again due to the passing of Pavel and Valeri Bure’s father, Vladimir. Needless to… Read more
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Ottawa Senators: Navigating the labyrinth… successfully?
After yet another year where their great amount of star options didn’t yield success for them as they finished 37-41-4 and wound up 14th in the Eastern Conference as their various on-ice issues were their undoing and matters off the ice only made the situation worse, the Ottawa Senators headed into an offseason where there… Read more
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St. Louis Blues: 2012 Never Ends
I was very critical and down on the St. Louis Blues offseason heading into the 2023-24 campaign. The Blues (who said farewell to head coach Craig Berube before all was said and done and replacing him with Drew Bannister, initially on an interim basis before removing that tag) were the highest ranked team out… Read more
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Seattle Kraken: Rebuilding the Survey Corps
I predicted that the Seattle Kraken were going to have a hard time repeating the success of their sophomore season in last year’s article, and Seattle regressed as expected. The Kraken’s main point of regression came in goal scoring, as they dropped from 289 to 214, but their defense and goaltending once again improved,… Read more
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The Gaudreau brothers’ shining moments in maroon and gold
At mostly separate times, with their only coinciding season being 2013–14, brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau served as absolute adrenaline shots for the Boston College Eagles. “Johnny Hockey”, despite his small stature, appeared to be a prodigy that was destined for greatness after dominating both the high school circuit with Gloucester Catholic in his home… Read more
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Damien’s Deliberations: A returning centerpiece
Tollbooth Willie would call me unoriginal, but one of my favorite transactions this offseason was the Dallas Stars re-signing Matt Duchene to another one-year, $3 million contract. The 34-year-old is coming off of a stellar season with the Dallas Stars, who fell short to Edmonton in the Conference Finals. The Stars led the league… Read more