Is this the year the perennial top of the Atlantic Division teams fall and the year away teams make their move ? According to these fearless yearly predictions it is. The Toronto Maple Leafs will dominate the regular season. Auston … Continue reading
Author Archives: Joe Bartnick
Pittsburgh Penguins season preview
The Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs last season ending a sixteen-year playoff streak. The streak was the longest current playoff streak among the four major North American sports. Penguins legendary Captain Sidney Crosby had made the playoffs every year except … Continue reading
Los Angeles Kings season preview
LOS ANGELES – The Kings will once more look to Anze Kopitar this season to lift over the cut off line for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Kopitar, 35, did just that in the 2022-23 season when he scored 28 goals … Continue reading
Bartnick’s take over the sweaty summer
August is the NHL’s only month of summer. Front offices are relaxing because their work is done until training camp. It’s time to hand out their grades. The grades are based if the roster improved compared to the one that … Continue reading
Bartnick’s Stanley Cup Final predictions
The Stanley Cup Final is finally here. The Florida Panthers vs Vegas Goldnen Knights. Two Southern, tax free, newer franchises. Thankfully Kyle Dubas left Toronto for Pittsburgh this week. It gave the Canadian hockey media something other than the Final … Continue reading
Bartnick picks the Conference Finals
LOS ANGELES – The Stanley Cup Playoffs are down to the Final Four. A case can be made that any of the four teams left can win the Cup. All the teams are in warm weather, non-conventional hockey markets. Old … Continue reading
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