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Toronto Maple Leafs: Are they really bad or just really mediocre?

0 comments by Randy Holt on 11/24/2014

To say that the 2014-15 season has provided something of a mixed bag for the Toronto Maple Leafs would be an incredibly heinous understatement. Their losses have led to an induction of mass panic throughout the hockey world, while their wins would appear to serve no other purpose than to instill some sort of flawed belief within […]

NHL Analytics Power Rankings: 11/24

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What goes into this ranking? Shot attempts for percentage, offensive/defensive zone starts, goals for percentage and puck luck are the elements of this analytic power ranking. Last week’s NHL Analytics Power Rankings on Puck Drunk Love can be found here. Keep in mind that based on the 2013-14 NHL season, 13 out of 16 playoff teams […]

Video: The Simpsons referenced the history of the Colorado Avalanche

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The Simpsons briefly referenced the history of the Colorado Avalanche in their episode on Sunday night. It is a terrifying tale, isn’t it? Credit to

Video: Mike Smith falls down behind the net, Ducks score

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The Arizona Coyotes have stumbled out of the gate in 2014-15. As the team struggles to crawl out of the basement in the Pacific, Mike Smith perfectly summed up the club’s performance this year with a stumble of his own. Smith ventures behind the net, falls down and the Ducks capitalize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1n_E9AEAF0

Hockey Fights of the Week: 11/17 – 11/23

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Our last installment of Hockey Fights of the Week was arguably the best of the 2014-15 season. How did the league’s warriors follow up on that outstanding collection of fights? There were fewer fights around the league, but the ones we did see were gems.

Report: Edmonton Oilers open to trading David Perron

0 comments by David Rogers on 11/23/2014

The Edmonton Oilers are once again in the basement of the NHL. With just over 20 games complete on the Edmonton schedule, it’s already clear that the team is not a contender and will once be open to trading their assets. Usually you won’t see any major deals until the league draws closer to its trade deadline […]

AHL game sets new record for largest U.S. crowd at an indoor hockey game

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The Syracuse Crunch and Utica Comets are in the record books after playing in front of the largest indoor crowd in U.S. professional hockey history. The AHL Frozen Dome Classic hosted by the Crunch drew a crowd of 30,715, breaking the mark set by the Tampa Bay Lightning of 28,138 back in 1996 when they […]

GIF: Andrew Ference scores on his own net

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The Edmonton Oilers and Andrew Ference had a Saturday night they’re going to want to forget. Though the league has been focused on Toronto and the issues there, the Oilers have once again proved they can’t compete on a nightly basis in the NHL. It looks like another embarrassing year. The team’s troubles may be […]

Devils should give Cory Schneider a break

0 comments by Chris Rocco on 11/22/2014

For all 20 games this season for the Devils, Cory Schneider has been in net. Devils Head Coach Peter DeBoer has opted not to give his franchise goalie a rest. Why? The main reason may be DeBoer feels he has the best chance to win with Schneider in net. Since the Devils missed making the […]

The dry scrape has officially been scrapped

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You may recall that the NHL was toying around with the idea of ditching the dry scrape between the third period and overtime. The belief has been that the dry scrape takes too long and fans have grown impatient over a delay which results in a negligible benefit. The league has had some time to […]

GIF: Sergei Bobrovsky is beaten from center ice

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Sergei Bobrovsky is going to want this one back. Dennis Seidenberg started his slapper from the red line and released his shot while he was still in the neutral zone. The puck stayed along the ice and managed to slip past Bobrovsky.

GIF: Kyle Okposo makes Marc-Andre Fleury look silly in the shootout

0 comments by David Rogers on 11/21/2014

The New York Islanders secured a big victory on the road in Pittsburgh thanks to an awesome shootout goal from Kyle Okposo. Dekes on dekes. Okposo sends Marc-Andre Fleury the wrong way and slides the puck past the flailing goaltender. (H/T Reddit Hockey)

Dollars and sense: The Jason Spezza contract extension

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Formerly with the Ottawa Senators and now a fixture for the Dallas Stars, Jason Spezza is now taking a four year extension to the bank. The contract extension will see Spezza have a $7.5 million salary cap hit until the age of 35. Did the Dallas Stars overpay for his services, or is the money […]

Report: Daniel Alfredsson won’t play this season

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The Daniel Alfredsson comeback may be over before it ever really started. A report from TSN states that word is leaking out that Alfredsson will not be able to play this year. The report states that while the Detroit Red Wings haven’t officially heard about Alfredsson’s status or decision, they have heard that his comeback […]

CSN displayed a weird stat after Daniel Briere scored a goal

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This is an odd one. After Daniel Briere scored to make it a 1-1 game against the Washington Capitals, the CSN broadcast displayed an interesting graphic. Usually these tend to mention how many goals the player has scored so far that season or something along those lines. Instead, CSN chose to display when Briere last […]