NHL expansion questions; Good times in Hockeyville; Eichel and expectations (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected].  • There were almost too many viral moments in … [Read more...]

Shut up and let Lou Lamoriello do his thing in Toronto No one can be sure if the Toronto Maple Leafs’ tri-force of Brendan Shanahan, Lou Lamoriello and Mike Babcock will eventually turn the franchise around. They’re basically trying to climb up out of that well from “The Ring” and Samara keeps grabbing their ankles while wearing a ‘LEAFS 67’ jersey. We can be sure of one thing, which is that … [Read more...]

Evgeni Malkin rocks 'Hanson Brothers' glasses in Hockeyville exhibition The Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lighting are going full “Slap Shot” mode for their exhibition game in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. This is because that hockey classic movie was filmed in Johnstown, which was named “Hockeyville” as part of a Kraft promotion for this contest. The game is being played at the Cambria … [Read more...]

Arizona Coyotes: Puck Daddy’s 2015-16 NHL Season Preview (The 2015-16 NHL season is nearly upon us! Why bother watching this team? What will make or break the season? Find out as we preview all 30 teams as camps begin!)  Last Season: 24-50-8, 56 points, last in the Western Conference. 2014-15 Season, In One Tweet Did They Get Better, Worse Or Are They About The Same? Worse than the start … [Read more...]

Regarding that really bad Brent Seabrook extension (Trending Topics) Stan Bowman is a very smart hockey man. He values the right things (on the ice anyway, haha) and has had a lot of success not only in terms of icing consistently great NHL teams, but also in drafting and developing talent to replace the high-quality NHLers he necessarily has to lose every few years.  You could put together … [Read more...]

Quebec expansion momentum; art of sniping; players ready to decline (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected].  Old time hockey !! pic.twitter.com/gQl2iUJxW9— Steven Stamkos … [Read more...]

Buffalo Sabres, make ‘Let Me Clear My Throat’ your goal song The Buffalo Sabres are holding a fan vote to determine what their goal song for the 2015-16 season. “Let Me Clear My Throat” by D.J. Kool is in the final four. And it has to win. Look, I know your first inkling is that this is, at best, some “Vote For Rory” irony or, at worst, my alleged hatred of the Buffalo Sabres allegedly … [Read more...]

Leafs radio team to call road games from studio When the Toronto Maple Leafs play road games during the 2015-16 season, their radio announcers will be calling the games from a studio in Toronto instead of the various press boxes around the NHL. The move comes as a result of new general manager Lou Lamoriello banning all TV and radio broadcasters from the team charter flight. That news was first … [Read more...]

Dustin Byfuglien to Boston Bruins? Not right now A brief history of the Dustin Byfuglien to the Boston Bruins rumors ... On July 27, Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com was asked about Byfuglien in his Hagg Bag, saying:  Given that the Bruins got a first-rounder, an NHL goaltender in Martin Jones, and a top AHL prospect in exchange for a rental in Milan Lucic, I think the Jets will be looking to get … [Read more...]

What We Learned: Breaking down NHL goalie controversies (Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.) Every year, it seems as though there are at least a few controversies about which teams should start … [Read more...]