In the Beginning, Toronto Was Almost Left Out of the NHL

Livingstone’s court case lingered for years, and supporters of pro hockey in Toronto were fed up with articles on litigation dominating the sports page. When the team slumped badly, fans turned their attention to the city’s many popular amateur clubs. Toronto’s attendance became so poor that when it was …

Toronto. The slap shot is hockey’s version of the home run in baseball, the touchdown bomb in football—an explosive play that changes a game in an instant and electrifies fans. The problem for the NHL is that the slap shot is slowly disappearing from the game. Due to the modern game’s faster pace and …

There’s one thing most of this year’s overachievers have in common: contract status. Five of the six are headed toward some form of free agency and will be negotiating new deals before the beginning of the 2018-19 season. From front to back, here’s a look at the NHL’s dream team of overachievers as we …

Oiler general manager Peter Chiarelli, facing a salary cap crisis, traded Eberle the day before the NHL Draft in Chicago for the far less expensive Ryan Strome. “Definitely didn’t play up to my standards, especially in the playoffs,” Eberle admitted. “It has to do with points. I had a really good first series and it …

Edmonton’s Kris Russell scored a goal for the Oilers, then he scored his second of the night. But the latter was for the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the score tied 4-4 and 1:05 left on the clock, Russell tried to clear the puck behind his net, and ended up rifling it through the legs of Oilers goalie Laurent Brossoit.

There were a good number of articles and videos related to yesterday’s major movement in the Hurricanes ownership derby. Start with this one: ABC11’s Mark Armstrong with a seven-minute interview of Don Waddell. [Facebook (video)]; Waddell, who was making the rounds yesterday, also spoke to …

The Ducks are just 26th in the NHL in scoring this season, while the normally reserved Devils are ninth. New Jersey is in the middle of the pack in goals allowed, but adding Vatanen—who has never posted a minus rating over the course of a season—should significantly strengthen a defensive corps led by …

Mark Spector, an Edmonton-based columnist for Sportsnet and president of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, said a player whose confidence is “ruined because of a few articles, none of which come remotely close to being as critical as what those same writers face here on Twitter” should be …