Posts Tagged ‘New York Rangers’

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st Round Preview

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 Written by:

Well start growing your hockey beards it’s that time of year. Let’s take a look at the match-ups and try and break it down. In the East, Washington and Pittsburgh are the same seeds they were last year and Philadelphia and Boston flipped their seeds but are still in the same seeding match-up. Also of [...]

Who won’t win the Stanley Cup?

Saturday, April 9th, 2011 Written by:

In the last 20+ years, we have never had a Stanley Cup winner with less than a +25 goal differential in the regular season. The Penguins win over the Red Wings in 2009 was the lowest of the 20 years with a +25. How about the loser? Well for the losers there have been various goal differentials. For the most part they’ve all had a positive goal differential too. There are three exceptions. Carolina in 01-02 lost to Detroit and had a 217/217 GF/GA. In 92-93 Los Angeles lost to Montreal with a negative differential 338/340 GF/GA. The Kings gave up a lot of goals that year, only three teams gave up more goals than them that season. In 90-91 the Minnesota North Stars (remember them) had a negative 10 differential 256/266 GF/GA and a 27-39-14 record (yikes!). Of course that year there were only 10 teams in the West so all but two teams got in the playoffs.

The Hat Trick: Who Is Passing Out Valentines

Monday, February 14th, 2011 Written by:

Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day, but no so much in the NHL these days. After a fight filled week of Bruins-Canadiens, Islanders-Penguins and Wild-Blues, suspensions, tempers and emotions are running at a high in the NHL. Even one of the greats of the league is not happy at what is happening around [...]

Fantasy Focus: The Second Line Of Duty

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 Written by:

The second line is sometimes the forgotten line on fantasy teams.  First line players always are drafted and own in most leagues but you can’t ignore those players that take advantage of the less ice time to be productive fantasy options.  In this week’s Pucking Awesome Fantasy Focus we will look at some teams and [...]

Fantasy Focus: Defensive Weekend Warriors

Friday, October 29th, 2010 Written by:

The defenseman is the most underrated fantasy stud an owner could have.  This weekend the league takes Sunday off to pass out some candy.  Let’s break down some of the weekend warriors who could be fantasy studs to watch out for. Teams with two games this weekend: Ducks, Thrashers, Sabres, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Canadiens, Devils, Islanders, [...]

Fantasy Focus: The Make It Or Break It Weekend Warriors

Friday, October 22nd, 2010 Written by:

Do not let fantasy studs pass you by holding onto players that are not producing.  This week we look at some players that need a big weekend or should hit the waiver wire soon. So let’s break down the Weekend Warriors of could be fantasy studs to watch out for. Teams with 2 games this [...]

Fantasy Focus: Right & Left Wing Draft Rankings

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 Written by:

With Fantasy Hockey draft prep coming soon, Pucking Awesome Fantasy Focus would like to help out with our position by position fantasy draft rankings.  We will also give out some sleepers to watch out for while drafting. Next up the deep position of Left Wing and the sleeper filled position of Right Wing Fantasy LW [...]

The Hat Trick – Free Agent Edition

Monday, July 5th, 2010 Written by:

Happy 4th of July all of our Pucking Awesome readers, and now that we are all full of hot dogs, hamburgers and fireworks we will look back at the fireworks that occurred in the first three days of free agency in this weeks Pucking Awesome Hat Trick. The riches contract was given out before July [...]

2009-10 NHL Season Recap

Thursday, June 17th, 2010 Written by:

As you sit there in your favorite team jersey waiting for it to be October, let’s recap and vote on our favorite moments on the season that was. The 2009-10 NHL season was one of the most thrilling ever, featuring a Stanley Cup playoff race that was wide open. The 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs smashed [...]

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap and 1st Round Stanley Cup Playoff Preview

Monday, April 12th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of the final week in the NHL including Stanley Cup Playoff Round 1 preview, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, and Rankings.

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 25

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 25 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

Weekend Warriors – April 1st

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Written by:

The calendar has flip to April and the playoff races are heating up, with only a few games remaining here at Pucking Awesome we wanted to introduce a new segment called the Weekend Warriors.  Next year it will be mostly focused towards fantasy, but with most leagues headed into their fantasy finals we will look [...]

THE HAT TRICK: Finding Some Consistency In An Inconsistent NHL

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Written by:

The NHL has become a league of tremendous highs and tremendous lows one moment you are on a five-game winning streak the next you are on a 5-game losing streak.  Look up and down the standings and you notice only 8 points separate 5th place from 13th place in the East and 11 points from 5th [...]

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 16

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 16 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 12

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Written by:

Recap of week 12 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.