Category: NHL
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Which NHL Team is the Best?
The NHL season is three months in, and we are already starting the premature spiral of predicting the playoff outcomes and having the well-worn debate over who is the best team in the league. The obvious answer would be to look at the top of the standings, and there (as of January 22nd) sits the…
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The Risk in Signing Evander Kane
Edmonton Oilers were the favorites in acquiring Evander Kane and it became officially when they signed him to a 1 year contract worth 1.37 million dollars. Now according to CapFriendly Evander Kane’s contract has a cap hit of 2.1 million dollars, 750,000 in salary with a 625,000 signing bonus, and has a Full No Movement…
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Hockey in the Desert? It’s More Likely than You Think.
When you say there is a hockey team in Arizona, those unfamiliar with the NHL might laugh. It seems somewhat ludicrous, a hockey team? A professional team for a sport played on ice in the middle of the desert? It seems like the most implausible thing, but it isn’t. In 1996, the Winnipeg Jets changed…
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What’s Wrong with the Edmonton Oilers?
Last year in the first round of the Scotia Bank North Division Playoffs, the Edmonton Oilers were slated to play against the Winnipeg Jets. Everyone and I mean almost every hockey pundit, picked the Oilers to advance, and why shouldn’t they? The Oilers have two of the top ten players in the league in Leon…