MacKinnon or Draisaitl? Predicting Who Prevails in Tight Art Ross Trophy Race
The NHL Awards have for the most part been handed out for sometime with odds heavily favouring someone for several months now. For example, there's not much debate around the Vezina trophy as Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck has been leaps and bounds above anyone else or around the Jack Adams award with Spencer Carbery leading the Capitals to one of their best season's in franchise history.
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Blackhawks' Last 5 Drafts Have Set Team Up For Major Success
It's never fun for a team to go through a rebuild and lose a ton of games year after year, but sometimes it really pays off. The Chicago Blackhawks haven't been a threat for a number of years and have collected draft picks, finished low in the standings, and drafted very well.
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'The Earth’s Not Falling Apart': Wild Drop Seventh Game In Last Ten
ST. PAUL - Despite losing seven of its last ten games, the Earth isn't falling in the eyes of the Minnesota Wild. Even after one of the most sluggish games of the year, the Wild have to flush a 5-1 loss on home ice to the St. Louis Blues and move on.
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How An Earlier Start And 84-Game Season Could Benefit The NHL
The NHL’s tightly-compressed schedule has been a bone of contention for quite some time. And on Saturday, a Sportsnet report posited that the league may be willing to start the regular-season at least a few weeks earlier – perhaps as early as the start of September – to ease the considerable toll the current schedule takes on players and teams.
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Another Exploit For Lane Hutson
Another night, another milestone for Montreal Canadiens rookie blueliner Lane Hutson. On Saturday night, when he got the primary assist on Patrik Laine’s power play goal, Hutson got the 50th assist of his career, a total he took 68 games to reach.
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3 Takeaways From The Canadiens' Best Game This Season
The Montreal Canadiens welcomed the Florida Panthers Saturday night at the Bell Centre for the first of three duels in three weeks. The Stanley Cup champions came to town without elite defenseman Aaron Eklad, ace scorer and agitator Matthew Tkachuk, and newly acquired, longtime Boston Bruins pest Brad Marchand. Even without those players, the Cats remain a force to be reckoned with and the Canadiens passed the test with flying colours.
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Panthers challenging road trip continues with stop on Long Island
