NHL 27
NHLer of a different stripe: Lake Stevens’ Vaughan Rody skates back to the show
Seattle’s NHL team won’t begin playing until 2021, but one Lake Stevens resident returns to big-league ice for his 20th season this week as he continues to chase milestones and personal goals. Vaughan Rody maintains neutrality on the job as an NHL linesman, but he’s just as excited as thousands of other Evergreen State hockey […]
Watchability Rankings: Pacific Division
Here is the Pacific Division team by team break down of off season moves and what we are saying about their watchability: Vegas Golden Knights Watchability Score: 7.7 Key Additions: Mark Stone (Full Season) Key Subtractions: Colin Miller Erik Haula What we are saying: Andy: Vegas gets a full season of Mark Stone this year […]
Watchability Rankings: Atlantic Division
Here is the Atlantic Division team by team break down of off season moves and what we are saying about their watchability: Florida Panthers Watchability Score: 7.7 Key Additions: Joel Quenneville (Head Coach) Sergei Bobrovsky Brett Connolly Key Subtractions: Roberto Luongo What we are saying: Andy: The Panthers dropped big money on Sergei Bobrovsky to […]
Watchability Rankings: Metropolitan Division
As we get ready for the NHL Season to kick off next week, we went around the horn to determine, who are the most watchable teams in each division. Without further ado, I present the watchability rankings for the Metropolitan Division. Here is a team by team break down of off season moves and what […]
The Getting Hot Narrative
‘Getting hot at the right time’ is a phrase you will hear hockey analysts say a lot over this final week of the regular season. The narrative is that a team that gets hot going into the playoffs, will stay hot in the playoffs. But is that true? It’s a claim I’ve always challenged since […]
NHL Attendance Mid-Season Report
As we head into the homestretch of the NHL Season, I thought I would take another look into the attendance figures across the NHL. Attendance alone should not be the only metric used when evaluating the financial success or health of a sports franchise. Ticket prices, sponsorships, and TV agreements can greatly offset any perceived […]
What is the best division in the NHL?
Listeners of the Sound of Hockey podcast have probably heard Darren and me refer to our favorite NHL teams’ divisions as “stacked”. Darren is still riding the fantasy world, known as the first 6 weeks of the season, when the Central Division had a quiver of teams that could legitimately make a run at a […]
Most Commented