What to know for the All Star Weekend

Sorry for the little delay in posts recently, but you should know that today 1/30/16 the Skills Competition is at 7:00 P.M (ET) and the game will be on NBCSN in the U.S. The competitions will be the fastest skater, breakaway challenge, accuracy shooting, skills challenge relay, hardest shot, and shootout. John Scott has put himself in the hardest shot so that should be good. All of the games will be on Sunday. The Eastern Conference game will be at 5:00 P.M (ET) and the Western Conference game will be at 6:00 P.M (ET). The two winners of those games will face each other for 1 million dollars and you can see that at 7:00 P.M (ET) The games will be 20 minutes of 3 on 3 action so plenty of goals should be scored. I don't think this game will be too competitive since this doesn't count in the standings, but expect them to try a little bit more this time. I'm most exited about seeing Jaromir Jagr play since he is  43 years old and still has it in him. John Scott is also something to look forward to since..... well you should know why by now. Who are you most exited about seeing? What Conference is going to win the tournament? What can we expect? stay tuned....

Season Review #2 Canadien Style

Right now as of January 27th 2016 all Canadien teams are not in a playoff spot and it seems like it will stay that way. The Montreal Canadiens have been on a slide since December and lost their best player and goalie Carey Price. They don't seem to be doing any better without him. The Ottawa Senators are tied with the Canadiens, but haven't been able to have consistency throughout the season even with Erik Karlsson and Bobby Ryan which are the studs on the team. The Maple Leafs who are tied for last in the NHL just lost James van Riemsdyk and can't do anything really with out him, but they are in a rebuilding stage this season anyways. The Winnipeg Jets most likely won't return to the playoffs and this offseason they have a tough situation with captain Andrew Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien, and that may be a distraction to the team since those are two of the best players on the team. The Canucks need a change since the Sedins brothers are old, but still producing for now and this era of the Canucks is clearly over since they barely made it to the playoffs last year and aren't even in the race so far this year., the have just an average team this year. The Flames have been up and down this year since the were low in the standings than rose a little, than dropped back down and can't go on a winning streak. There's plenty of hope since the Fames have plenty of young prospects to use in the future. The Oilers with no McDavid aren't doing so well since they're tied for last and don't have McDavid. I've heard the Oilers may trade away Ryan Nugent Hopkins for a top 2 defenseman. Will these Canadien teams step up? Can any of the make it to the playoffs? What trades may these teams do soon? stay tuned....

McDavid Nearing return

Rookie star Connor McDavid has been cleared for full contact and might be returning on  February 2nd. He even participated at the Oilers skill competition. For now he is practicing with the Oilers AHL team, but won't play in any of the games. When McDavid returns he should help the 43 point Edmonton Oilers get out of being last place in the Western Conference. The thing is he won't really have enough time to lift the team up in the standings. Or he will explode and be the best player on the team. So we know McDavid has been practicing while being injured so that hopefully should help him ease in pretty easily. He should hopefully make his team better in years to come. Will he be back on time? Will he produce when he comes back? Will the Oilers become better when he comes back? stay tuned....
 

Lucic Sucker Punch

https://youtu.be/LwmKb_UU-e0

Milan Lucic continues to make dirty play as he sucker punched Arizona's Kevin Connauton (Click the link above to see) This was so dirty in my opinion since Connauton only bumped around a little and Lucic punched him in the head. Then Lucic goes crazy on goalie Louis Domingue. The NHL announced that Lucic will receive a player safety hearing. This should be a multiple game suspension for him since he has had multiple dirty plays like this. I'm not even going to list them since there are plenty of them. I think he overreacted to the play and this will obviously put a dent in his chances of returning as a King this offseason since he is gonna become a free agent this offseason. Luckily for Lucic there was no injury on the play so that may save him from being suspended for very long, unless he doesn't get suspended. Will Lucic be suspended? Was this really a dirty play? Will he be resigned at the end of the year? stay tuned....

Falling Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens have been horrific without Carey Price in net for them for a while. They were on a slide for a while until they won the Winter Classic which was planned to turn the season around, but continued to lose after that. This proves that the Canadiens are not a good team without Price. On ice they've been playing well especially outshooting their opponents, but can't actually win a game. The Canadiens tried to goaltending depth by trading for Ben Scrivens, but that didn't help that much. The Canadiens went from 1st place to 16th place and out of a playoff spot. There have even been rumors that head coach Michael Therrien will be fired. This slide is the whole team's fault for not stepping up for their goalie and management for not making a trade earlier. This is not just a slump, this is a disaster that can be fixed, but that will require more offence and someone to step up for their team. Until their best player Carey Price recovers. Will the Canadiens get out of this? Will they make the playoffs? Is there a trade coming? stay tuned....

Blackhawks 12 game streak

Another streak to add to the list for the Chicago Blackhawks. They have been doing everything right with all 4 of their lines producing on this franchise record win streak of 12 games. Before they were a one line team with Kane, Anisimov, and Panarin, but they have been doing everything as a team lately. Kane is on fire and has 71 points, 30 goals, and 41 points. This team just keeps rolling and they don't look like they're going to stop as well. The first line has woke up after not really doing anything for a little while. The Hawks have also moved up to second place only 5 points behind the Capitals and obviously first in the Central Division and the Western Conference. Also Corey Crawford has been on fire lately and he leads the league with 6 shutouts. Will the streak continue? Are the Blackhawks going to win the Cup again? What's next for the Hawks? stay tuned....

John Scott is an All Star

John Scott will captain the Pacific Division All Star team. The league just announced that he would be a captain. That seems like the fair thing to do since fans wanted him in the game in the first place. This is good since this will make fans want to watch the game more. Even though the league will change the way the All Star voting is next year, it's good fans got to control it one last time. I think the trade originally was set up by the NHL to take him out of the game, but they finally rethought it and made a choice. This was a big deal to the fans to have him in the game so that could be a reason the NHL let him in so the fans would not go after them or become upset. Was this a good choice? Did the league set up the trade in the first place? What's next for John Scott? stay tuned....