Today in Hockey History: June 23
On this date, the Hockey Hall of Fame opened its doors to the greatest player who ever laced up a pair of skates in the National Hockey League. Also, we…
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Grading the Red Wings’ First Round Picks of the Last Decade
2024 will mark the 12th straight year that the Detroit Red Wings have made a selection in the first round of the NHL Draft. That’s a stretch of time that…
Boston Bruins: Ranking Don Sweeney’s Entry Drafts
The two-day 2024 Entry Draft is set to kick off in Las Vegas on Friday night (June 28). Because of busy trade deadlines, the Boston Bruins are not scheduled to…
Maple Leafs’ 3 Best Free Agent Signings of All-Time
*This archive was originally written in June 2023 With NHL free agency opening in less than 10 days, all 32 NHL teams will be in preparation mode. Before that, the…
Today in Hockey History: June 22
A pair of games were played on June 22, and both of them saw the winner move two within one win of the National Hockey League’s ultimate prize. This date…
Bruins’ Draft History Under Don Sweeney
Don Sweeney has been the general manager of the Boston Bruins since May 20, 2015. The 16-year veteran was an eighth-round pick (166th overall) in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.…
Best Current NHL Player From Each Canadian Province
There’s nothing more Canadian than the game of hockey, so it’s not surprising that more than 40 percent of current NHLers are from the Great White North. You don’t have…
Flames & Oilers Trade History Revisited
The Calgary Flames joined the NHL as the Atlanta Flames in 1972. While the team was in Georgia, they had no interstate rivals like the two Pennsylvania teams, the Pittsburgh…
Revisiting The Sabres’ Failed 2015 Draft Class
Of the numerous reasons for the decade of futility that was the 2010s for the Buffalo Sabres, their constant inability to cultivate their own talent was perhaps the biggest. With…
10 Best First-Round Drafted Goalies in NHL History
*This archive was originally published before the 2023 NHL Draft Historically, 12,474 players have been drafted in the NHL Amateur (1963-1978) and Entry Drafts (1979-present), with 1,421 (11 percent) being…