The Lakers are the defending NBA champions. They have LeBron James and Anthony Davis. They play in Los Angeles. OF COURSE, they lead the league in national TV games. The NBA already announced its opening-night and Christmas slates. With the full firs...
Before last season, I ranked all 30 NBA teams by pressure faced. Let’s review how each did – with an eye toward the future: 1. Los Angeles Lakers What I said then: Anthony Davis will be a free agent next summer. LeBron James will be a year older. Thi...
No team has been more successful over the past six years than the Tampa Bay Lightning. Their win over the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup Final finally gave this core the championship it needed to validate all of that success. They still have a power...
While we rarely know what Marc Bergevin has up his muscle-challenged sleeves, he flips the script like few others in running the Montreal Canadiens. After another significant offseason of changes, it’s fair to wonder how coach Claude Julien feels abo...
While we’re deep enough into 2020 NHL Free Agency that movement can be slow, people are getting signed. That’s especially true for RFAs, particularly if there was a threat of salary arbitration. Let’s look at the Stars locking down Denis Gurianov, th...
There were seven teams that did not qualify for the NHL’s expanded 24-team playoff field this past season. Over the next few days we are going to take a look at each of them to examine whether or not they are capable of bouncing back this upcoming se...
Last week, John Tortorella told The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline that he hopes the Max Domi trade can help the Blue Jackets open up their offense. Tortorella believes Domi trade could open up Blue Jackets’ offense During that interview with Portzline (...
Doc Emrick, the voice of the NHL on NBC, announced his retirement on Monday. The broadcaster’s career saw him calling hockey games since the early 1970s, including 22 Stanley Cup Finals and six Olympics. Emrick estimates he’s been behind the mic for...
In this week’s edition of the NHL Power Rankings we shift our focus to the trades that have taken place so far this offseason, and which teams have made the best addition. We have not really seen a ton of blockbuster trades (and the one we thought we...
During what could go down as a painful offseason for the Bruins’ defense, they at least kept underrated blueliner Matt Grzelcyk in the fold. The Bruins announced a four-year deal for Grzelcyk, 26, one that carries a $3.6875M cap hit. After losing Kru...
