New York Rangers 12-13 Preview: Cheesy Rick Nash Headline
Jonathan Willis
October 09 2012 04:48PM
2011-12 was a great season for the New York Rangers, possibly their best season since winning the Stanley Cup in 1994. They went to the third round of the playoffs for the first time since 1997, recorded more points than they have in a year since 1994, and put up a plus-39 goal differential, their best since the lockout. They showed themselves a legitimate Stanley Cup contender.
Will they rise or fall from their current position?
The Best of the Nation – 10.7.12
Jonathan Willis
October 07 2012 09:13AM
After the jump: why the 2012-13 season won't be cancelled, looking at the possibility of replacement players, trying to identify players that raise their game in the post-season, and a lot more.
Ottawa Senators 12-13 Preview: A Return To Respectability
Jonathan Willis
October 01 2012 03:40PM
In 2006-07, the Ottawa Senators finished with a plus-67 goal differential, 105 points and a loss in the Stanley Cup Finals in the post-season. In 2007-08, that goal differential dropped to plus-14 and they were swept in the first round. Over the next three seasons, the team would miss the playoffs twice, never finish with a positive goal differential and overall allowed 91 more goals than they scored.
In 2011-12, they finished plus-9 and made their return to the playoffs. Will the improvement continue?
The Best of the Nation – 9.30.12
Jonathan Willis
September 30 2012 10:42AM
Looking at a Roberto Luongo trade, the advantages for an NHL team that operates it's own junior club, the craziness that awaits any NHL'er heading to Sweden for the lockout, Dan Cloutier's return to the NHL, and more after the jump.
St. Louis Blues 12-13 Preview: Contenders Under Hitchcock
Jonathan Willis
September 29 2012 12:51PM
The 2011-12 season was the team’s best in over a decade. Will 2012-13 see the team improve upon it or fall back to the disappointing levels of previous seasons?
