Biggest Steals From the 2012 NHL Draft
Thirteen years later, we can now confirm the biggest steals of every round of the 2012 Entry NHL Draft, excluding the first round. We will look at where they are…
Category Archives: Hockey History
3 Maple Leafs’ Goalies Who Slipped Through the Cracks
With the Toronto Maple Leafs, playing goal isn’t just another job—it’s a full-blown test of patience, skill, and mental toughness. The spotlight here isn’t forgiving, and the crease has often…
3 Undrafted Oilers Who Beat the Odds
Each summer, the NHL Draft brings its own kind of theatre. Young players sit nervously in the stands, waiting to hear their name called and their dream of an NHL…
Revisiting the NHL’s Compensatory Picks From Executive & Coach “Trades”: What Became of the Players Drafted?
On Jan. 1, 2015, the NHL implemented a new policy to compensate teams that lost an executive or coach due to them being hired by another team while still under…
How Scotty Bowman and the Red Wings Changed the Canadiens History
If you tuned in on Dec. 2, 1995, to watch the Montreal Canadiens face the Detroit Red Wings, you probably had no idea you were about to see one of…
What if Sergei Fedorov Re-Signed With the Red Wings Instead of the Ducks in 2003?
When the Detroit Red Wings announced that they are retiring Sergei Fedorov’s No. 91, countless memories came flooding back to the collective consciousness of Hockeytown. Fedorov’s five-goal night against Washington.…
How Drafting Roberto Luongo Could’ve Changed 25 Years of Maple Leafs History
In hockey, it’s often the moves you don’t make that come back to haunt you. For the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of those sliding-door moments came at the 1997 NHL…
Remembering Goalie Jim Carey’s Meteoric Capitals Career
If you were watching the NHL in the mid-’90s, you probably remember Jim Carey. Not the comedian with the rubber face—but the goalie with the lightning glove, the calm composure,…
Revisiting Spitfires’/Generals’ 2023 Brett Harrison Trade
When a team decides to go all-in for an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) title, moves happen that nobody saw coming. That was the case in January 2023 when the Windsor…
Revisiting the Hurricanes & Oilers Foegele-for-Bear Trade
After rather disappointing ends to the 2020-21 season for both the Edmonton Oilers and Carolina Hurricanes, both teams were looking for a change. While sometimes big changes are the go-to,…