NHL as of February 13th

The NHL had an interesting week that had, and owner pass away, an ugly high sticking, and comeback teams. Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch passed away this week and he owned the Red Wings for 35 years and led his team to many Stanley Cups. He was 87. Speaking of Red Wings, Gustav Nyquist had an ugly intentional high sticking on Jared Spurgeon against the Wild. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRu-AppKGq I'll let the video speak for itself. He will have a hearing with the department of player safety soon and will be suspended. The New York Islanders are literally one point out of a playoffs start after their horrible 1st half which had them almost last in the NHL. The Florida Panthers are also back after their bad start. I want to get this post out quickly since it's late so I'll just link the injuries here With Mike Ilitch's passing impact the Red Wings? How long should Nyquist be suspended for? Will the Islanders and PAnthers make the playoffs? stay tuned....

NHL as of February 5th

Yes I know the site looks different, I decided to change things up a little bit so I'll use this look for now. Anyways the NHL had a solid week that had a losing streak snapped, injuries, milestone celebrations, a rookie hat trick, big returns and just really good games. The Avalanche snapped a 9 game losing streak last night to the Jets by winning 5-2 at home. The Avalanche are still in last by a landslide. Alex Ovechkin got a golden stick today during a pregame ceremony to celebrate his 1,000 NHL point that he got on the 11th. Maple Leafs' rookie William Nylander got his first NHL hat trick against the Bruins in a 6-5 win in Boston even though his team was out shot 41-26. Jonathan Huberdeau and Alexander Barkov have finally returned to the Panthers, Huberdeau was injured during preseason and Barkov was injured on December 28th plus Huberdeau scored in his first game back. The Panthers are currently 3 points away from a playoffs spot after a slow first half so maybe the Panthers will be as good or even better than last year. I recommend you watch some highlights of some of the games this week because they were just really good games, and a lot of games were one goal games. For all of my fellow Americans watching the Super Bowl tonight GO FALCONS. Notable Injuries are below. Is Ovechkin one of the best of all time? Are the Avalanche going to get the first overall pick? Can the Panthers turn it around with their star players back? stay tuned....

Notable Injuries:
Patrice Bergeron: day to day
William Carrier: unknown
Tyson Barrie: day to day
Jason Spezza: unknown
Niklas Kronwall: 7-10 days
Philip Danault: day to day
Roman Josi: unknown
Cal Clutterbuck: day to day
Kevin Hayes: unknown
Carl Hagelin: day to day
Conor Sheary: 4-6 weeks
Joonas Donskoi:  7 days
Robert Fabbri: rest of season
Ondrej Palat: day to day
Drew Stafford: unknown

NHL as of January 29th All Star Edition

So the All Star competition was yesterday and the games are today so I don't have a lot to report for this week. The two days the regular season was going on had a really cool retro night from the Devils and you should click the link to check out the amazing video they had here http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nj-devils-retro-night-was-pure-amazing-nostalgic-joy-video-160911522.html The all star competition was nothing special except for the fact that Mike Smith a goalie for he Coyotes scored a goal from the goal line in the four line challenge right down the middle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krPWOcXemAg overall the Atlantic Division won this year, but the Pacific Division could defend their title today in the 3 on 3 tournament so watch out for that. Not going to do injuries since there was only two days of actual NHL hockey so stay tuned....

NHL as of January 24th

This week was an interesting one that had a crazy comeback, lots of scoring, a goalie pulled twice in the same game a four goal period, and a trade. On the 18th the Red Wings and Bruins were playing a game were the Bruins were winning 4-1 at one point, and the Red Wings stormed back to win the game 6-5 in a shootout and that was just crazy and surly made a Leafs fan happy. The Capitals once again had a 7 goal game this time they won against the Blues 7-3. Jake Allen allowed 2 goals on the first three shots of the game so he got pulled for a mental reset. He was put in a few minutes later and allowed 2 more goals on 7 more shots and got pulled for the second time in the same game.
Patrick Marleau yesterday had a 4 goal third period including a natural hat trick against the Avalanche that propelled the Sharks to a 5-2 victory. A trade has happened between the Sharks and Senators today that has Tommy Wingels going to Ottawa in exchange for Buddy Robinson, Zack Stortini, and a 7th round pick for this years draft. I should also note that Patrick Laine is returning to action tonight along. Also Kings goalie Jonathan Quick who has been injured all year will be out until March and that might just keep the Kings out of the playoffs. Can the Capitals keep up the scoring? Is Jake Allen going to bounce back? Who won the trade? stay tuned....

Notable Injuries
John Gibson - day to day
Sami Vatanen - day to day
Tukka Rask - day to day
Kevan Miller - day to day
Tyson Barrie - day to day
Matt Duchane - day to day
David Savard - day to day
Zach Werenski - unknown
Thomas Vanek - day to day
Dylan Larkin - day to day
Alex Gachenyuk - unknown
Kevin Hayes - 2-3 weeks
Kris Letang - unknown
Morgan Rielly - 1-2 weeks
John Carlson - 1-2 weeks

NHL as of January 17th

Sorry this is late, but the NHL during the past week and two days has been sort of interesting. The Capitals had a 9 game winning streak snapped in an 8-7 loss to the Penguins. In case I forgot to tell you guys, the NHL is not allowing alternate uniforms for the 2017-2018 season because Adidas is taking over reebok as the NHL jersey supplier and to make it easier for them, there will be no third jerseys for a year. I know that sucks. I also just learned that the only good part about the all star skill competition, the break away challenge is done so no more fun at the all star competition now. Read a good article focusing about it here http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-kills-all-star-breakaway-challenge-as-fun-is-dead-055927332.html >:(  Besides that I don't have anything else to report. Notable injuries are below Will the Capitals have another long winning streak? Will the NHL allow alternate uniforms ever again? Will the NHL bring back the breakaway challenge? stay tuned....

Notable Injuries:
Eddie Lack - unknown
Anze Kopitar - day to day
Andrei Markov - unknown
Colin Wilson - unknown
Andy Greene - unknown
Andrew Ladd - day to day
Antti Raanta - 7-10 days
Matt Read - unknown
Kris Letang - week to week
Tomas Hertl - day to day
Joonas Donskoi - day to day
J.T Brown - unknown
Ryan Callahan - unknown
Victor Hedman - day to day
John Carlson - day to day

NHL as of January 8th

So this was an interesting week that had major injuries, a winning streak lost, and team U.S.A beat Canada to win the gold medal in the world junior championship. First off the Blue Jackets' 16 game winning streak was lost to the Capitals when they were beat 5-0 plus the Blue Jackets lost to the Rangers last night when they blew a 4-1 lead in the third. They were one game shy of tying the NHL record of 17 straight. Patrick Laine has been diagnosed with a concussion during a game against the Sabres on an open ice hit from Jake McCabe and is out indefinitely. Brendan Gallagher of the Canadiens injured his left hand again hen he took a 97 MPH slap shot from Shea Weber to his left hand and will be out for 8 weeks. The Maple Leafs were in a playoff spot, but now are tied with the Senators with 44 points. Beside that I have nothing else to say, but to watch the NFL playoffs if your favorite team isn't on. Plus when the NHL centennial fan arena comes to your town, you should go to it and check out a museum, virtual reality Zamboni, ball hockey, trivia, a picture of you touching the real Stanley Cup, and much more. I will go and you should as well. https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/fan-arena Notable injuries are below. Will the Maple Leafs make the playoffs? How long will Patrick Laine be out? Can the Blue Jackets maintain first in the NHL? stay tuned....

Notable Injuries
Jamie Benn - unknown
Nick Bjugstad - 2 weeks
Brendan Gallagher - 8 weeks
James Neal - unknown
Rick Nash - unknown
Mark Streit - long term
Brian Boyle - unknown
Patrick Laine - unknown

NHL as of January 3rd

This past week of the NHL has been something truly special from outdoor games to a 14 game versus a 12 game winning streak game. I want to first shout out the Wild for having a 12 twelve game winning streak, but it got snapped to the Blue Jackets who are currently on a 15 game winning streak which is two games away from the NHL record of 17. The game was 4-2 Blue Jackets and it really proved that the Jackets deserve to be undefeated in December which is absolutely crazy. The Blue Jackets are first in the NHL with 56 points and should easily make the playoffs. The outdoor games were very interesting and depressing for me. The Centennial Classic between the Maple Leafs and Red Wings was just plain awesome and it had the Leafs up 4-1 in the third (like 2013) and blow the lead. The Wings scored with under a second left, but Auston Matthews scored his second goal of the game in overtime to win it 5-4. The Winter had the Blackhawks and Blues play a very tight game that was tied at one until Vladimir Tarasenko scored two in the third period and the Blues got an empty netter to win the game 4-1. Shout out to my team the Blackhawks on going 1-4 in all of their outdoor games. The All Star captains were announced today for the game and skill competition in Los Angeles on the 29th. Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, P.K. Subban, and Carey Price. Just pointing out that Steven Stamkos of the Lightning is off of crutches and could be back soon to help the out of playoff position Lightning. Since this post is too long I'll just once again post a link to all of the injuries in the NHL. Happy New Year everyone and I hope to start getting back into things especially since I missed last week due to the holidays. When will the Blue Jackets lose? Will the Blackhawks get yet another outdoor game? Is Stamko's career ruined because of injuries? stay tuned....

Injuries
http://www.espn.com/nhl/injuries