Phaneuf Trade

The Toronto Maple Leafs have just traded their captain Dion Phaneuf in a 9 player deal to an Eastern Conference Ottawa Senators. The Leafs trade Phaneuf, Matt Frattin, Casey Bailey, Ryan Rupert, and Cody Donaghey for Jared Cowen, Milan Michalek, Colin Greening, and Tobias Linberg as well as Ottawa's second round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft.  The only good thing the Leafs got was MIlian Michalek and more cap space for the future. The Senators should obviously get a boost defensively and get some points out of Phaneuf. The Leafs just made another big move in their rebuild so this'll be good for the future, but for now their team is going to be even worse now without JVR and now their captain and best D-Man. This trade seemed necessary for the Leafs since he was taking up so much cap and he's 30 yers old so the Leafs luckily got rid of him while he still has value and career left just like the Patrick Sharp trade the Blackhawks made during the offseason. Will this trade be good for both teams? Is the Leafs rebuild working?Will the Senators use Phaneuf in the right way? stay tuned....

Capitals vs Blackhawks Debate

The Washington Capitals and Chicago are the top two teams in the league with Washington being the best has caused debate to decide who is better. I'm going to help you decide that right now. The basics are that the Blackhawks have won six Stanley Cups and the Capitals have not won any, the Capitals have a super star Alex Ovechkin and the Blackhawks have Patrick Kane, but which team is really better? The Blackhawks have a longer history than the Capitals so I'm not going to talk about the past too much. The Capitals lately when they have played the Blackhawks have beat them like in the winter classic and in the regular season game this year, but the Blackhawks didn't have Duncan Keith and he's one of the best in the league. The Blackhawks have had the most games in the NHL so that's a factor for them and how they can keep up with the Caps. The Capitals have Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin who are both having amazing years and the Hawks have Patrick Kane and the amazing second line doing amazing. Goal tending wise I'd say the Hawks have the edge since Crawford comes up big when needed and has won two Stanley Cups, but Brandon Holtby has no Cups and isn't as clutch in the playoffs like Crawford. The teams both have talent and skill, but the huge thing is that the Blackhawks find ways to win in the playoffs no matter what and the Capitals just don't put in the final effort in the playoffs like they did last year when the gave up a two game lead to the Rangers and ended up losing. The Capitals have a bright future as they get more experience, but the Blackhawks can win Stanley Cups and that's all that matters. Do you agree with me? Who do you think is better? Will the Capitals win the Cup this year? stay tuned.....

Simmonds Sucker Punch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC9lhzwHK3w
Wayne Simmons today "deliberately" injured Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh by sucker punching him after the two were shoving each other. The worst thing is that Ryan McDonagh did not return to the game and will most likely have some sort of a head injury. Wayne Simmonds got a 10 minute ejection penalty which basically mean he got ejected. I'm sure he will get suspended for this since it did seem like he meant to injure McDonagh on the play. I think this will be handled like the Dennis Wideman situation and this was the Rangers captain he punched. On the bright side for Rangers fans they did win the game 3-2 in the shootout. I don't think the NHL will not back on this since McDonagh miht have a head injury and the NHL right now is under fire for concussions lately. Will Simmonds be suspended? Will McDonagh have an injury? Does this make the rivalry even tougher? stay tuned....

Wild Falling

The Minnesota Wild lately have been doing pretty bad and have dropped out of a playoff spot. They have lost 12 of 15 games in 2016 this year. What also hurts is that Ryan Suter said that the team was "fragile", and Zach Praise has one goal in his last nine games so that will obviously hurt his team. The good news is that the Wild have been in this situation before where they have a good start to the season than struggle during the midseason, but they manage to make it to the playoffs, but usually lose to the Chicago Blackhawks. I think this will be the same script as usual, but that shouldn't mean Wild fans should relax about this or panic about it either. This is just a slump and they'll get out of it eventually, but they need to make up ground in the playoff race especially since the Central Division is tearing it up in the playoff race. Colorado has 58 points, Nashville has 56, and the Wild have 55. The Wild are down, but not out. They have to stop allowing comebacks and become less "fragile" to get out of this slump. The Wild really need their top players to step up for the team or have someone else do so. How long will this slump be? Will any of their players step up? Can the Wild do something in the playoffs? stay tuned....

McDavid Back in Style

Edmonton Oilers rookie Connor McDavid returned last night and exploded. He had a 3 point night and a highlight reel goal. He's back, at least for that game. I think he's going to explode after his amazing performance after coming back from a long term injury. I would say it'll take him a few games to really get in the swing of things, but it seems like he's already there and more. So the goal he got was him splitting the D starting from his blue line and totally dangled out the goalie like it was nothing. This second half is going to be fun to watch as McDavid will try to get his team back in contention and the Oilers will benefit from it. Is this the best goal of the season? Will the Oilers raise in the standings with McDavid? Will McDavid produce consistently? stay tuned.....

Wideman Suspended 20 Games

This happened a while ago, but we now know that Dennis Wideman is suspended for 20 games for  checking an official from behind. Since Wideman has no history of doing anything like this he probably got lucky on this one. When Wideman took a hit from Nashville winger Miikka Salomaki and wasn't happy since there was no penalty on the play so he went after the linesman. Wideman has clamed that it was unintentional, but I'm sure everyone else did. I think this choice is right since, if Wideman did the same thing to a player and injured him, the consequence would have been severe as well. Wideman also just drove right into the ref without slowing down or do anything to prevent the hit. Do you think it's too severe? Will Wideman do something like this again? What is next for him? stay tuned....

All Star Weekend Review

So John Scot continued his legacy as an All Star by scoring two goals and earning the All Star MVP.  It all started out in the skills competition when he was cheered on as Patrick Kane got booed and they both got a good laugh about it. Then the fastest skater competition started and Red Wings rookie Dylan Larkin soared his way to victory as he won the competition and beat the record of fastest skating. Next was the breakaway challenge and Brent Burns and P.K Subban stole the show with Burns wearing a Chewbacca mask and P.k Subban dressed up ad Jaromir Jagr and the fans liked that so P.K Subban won. The Hardest shot competition wasn't that good since nobody broke Shea Weber's record of 108.5 MPH, but John Scott went and got nowhere it. Shea Weber won it again with 108.1 MPH. The shootout was nothing much, but John Scott trying a spin o rama, but that shot was denied. The East won this event, but there was still the tournament to play. The first game which was the East game was low scoring considering it was 3 on 3 with Atlantic winning 4-3. The West game was a blowout of 9-6 and John Scott scored twice. The last game was close with a 1-0 score and the Pacific Division winning it with Corey Perry scoring. John Scott won the MVP and a new car. Was this entertaining? Did John Scott deserve the MVP? What's next? stay tuned....