After missed almost 40 gamesFilip Chytil is finally back on the ice with the Vancouver Canucks, and you can tell he’s excited. “I’m very close to a return now,” he said. For a player who wants to do nothing but help his team, being sidelined for so long is tough, both mentally and physically. Step […]
When the sixth leading scorer in franchise history leaves under dire circumstances, you have to discuss it in great detail. Welcome to Mitch Marner Week at The Leafs Nation! We’ll have plenty of content, editorials, retrospectives and other items all week, leading up to Marner’s return to the Scotiabank Arena on Friday night when the […]
Monday night in the Windy City will undoubtedly be an emotional one for Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks fans and hockey fans around the world as he returns to the United Center for the first time, but this time not in red, white and black. At this point, unless you’ve been living under a rock, we […]
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins memorably celebrated his 1,000th career game by scoring against the Blues. The Oil squirters forward joined rare company in NHL history by scoring in his competitive debut And his thousandth career match. * The top two teams in the Atlantic Division skated to victory on Sunday as the Lightning And Red Wings collected […]
In a homecoming of sorts, the Blue Jackets rolled into town last night and defeated our Penguins in a shootout 4-3. I say homecoming because it was indeed an old homecoming week for some ex-Pens in the CBJ lineup. Each of them had a hand in the scoring. Zach Aston Reese (remember him?) scored his […]
The Canucks concluded their road trip through Southern California with a game against the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Aku Koskenvuo was back between the pipes after his recall from the Kalamazoo Wings and took on Kevin LaFontaine on the other end. Christian Felton also made his Canucks debut, skating in his first game with the club […]
The Rasmus Andersson era is officially over in Calgary. It was announced today that the Calgary Flames sent Andersson (and kept 50% of his contract) to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for Zach Whitecloud, a 2027 first-round pick, a conditional 2027 second-round pick, and Abram Wiebe. Andersson to Vegas with 50 percent retention Yield: […]
The NHL trade market has grown tremendously and right now Elias Pettersson is the name that keeps popping up around the league. In the January 15 episode of The Chris Johnston ShowChris Johnston outlined a scenario that would have sounded far-fetched not so long ago. In that scenario, one of the league’s stars could actually […]
CEDAR PARK, Texas – The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, earned a 3-1 victory against the Ontario Reign Sunday at the HEB Center in Cedar Park. The two teams traded big chances early in Sunday’s match. Kenny Connors came in on a breakaway, but Arno Tiefensee had the answer, […]
LOVELAND, CO – Colorado goaltender Kyle Keyser deflected 26 of the 27 shots he faced, while forward Tristen Nielsen had a goal and an assist, as the Eagles defeated the Henderson Silver Knights 4-1 on Sunday. Fellow forwards Luke Toporowski, Tye Felhaber and Taylor Makar also found the back of the net in the winning […]