For the better part of February, hockey fans across America were glued to their televisions as NHL players came together in pursuit of a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In many respects, they were lauded as heroes. None more than T.J. Oshie after his memorable shootout performance in Team USA's preliminary […]

Predictably, Steve Yzerman was not happy in the aftermath of yesterday's trade with the New York Rangers. After all, he was painted in a corner by his 38-year old star winger with little wiggle room to negotiate a deal that would make his team better with the playoffs approaching. But there's one thing the trade […]

Bernie Parent. Terry Sawchuk. Patrick Roy. Glenn Hall. Ken Dryden. Jacques Plante. Dominik Hasek. Martin Brodeur. You could make a case that any of those goaltenders were the best to ever lace up their skates at the NHL level. Well, all but one. As you well know by now, Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur will get […]

  There are plenty of reasons to suggest moving on from the professional team you've played over 90 percent of your career for may be for the best. Stuff happens. Relationships fall apart all the time.   But feeling like the victim of an impartial decision-maker you thought you had a close relationship with is […]

According to TSN, John Tavares will miss the remainder of the tournament with an apparent leg injury. As amazing as this may sound, the absence of a Hart Trophy contender isn't all that daunting to Canada's chances of advancing in the tournament in the wake of their surprisingly narrow 2-1 victory over Latvia. After all, […]

In a word, yes. The host nation, which went over 95 minutes of game time without scoring a single goal against Slovakia and Norway, could be in serious trouble when they take on Finland in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Aside from Pavel Datsyuk's masterful two-goal performance against the Americans, most of the big names on […]

With the preliminary round over, it's time to start looking ahead to Tuesday's "Qualification Playoff round" in which we'll see the first four of the 12 teams competing sent home. As we've done all tournament long, the Puck Drunk Love staff will attempt to make sense of it all, in advance of the final game of the […]

In the aftermath of the United States' dramatic 3-2 shootout victory over the host nation, Russian head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov was very critical of star winger Alexander Radulov's performance. Kevin Allen of USA Today got some of his thoughts on Radulov taking two critical penalties that led to both US goals: "Yes, he needs to be scratched among other […]

We are just minutes away from puck drop in Sochi on the men's hockey tournament we've all waited four years for. The writers at Puck Drunk Love will be bringing you updates and analysis of all the action throughout the tournament. With that said, we wanted to give you our official predictions, if for no other reason […]

As we prepare to watch most of the NHL's best embark on an adventure halfway around the world in the name of nationalistic pride, one can't help but wonder who the biggest difference-makers will be for the country who takes home gold in Sochi. Crosby, Ovechkin, Lundqvist, Rask, Price, Sedin, Datsyuk and a host of […]

On Monday morning, the NHL's Central Scouting department released their annual midterm rankings, giving fans an early look at who some of the top prospects are ahead of this June's NHL Entry Draft in Philadelphia. Like last season, there are a few names at the top, but no clear cut player anointed as the sure-fire […]