Bartnick’s final thoughts on the NHL season

What a great Stanley Cup Final. Imagine not hating a player on either team. The Colorado Avalanche are the best team in hockey. I can’t recall a team dominating the Tampa Bay defense and hemming them in their own zone … Continue reading

Bartnick’s Stanley Cup Final pick

The Stanley Cup Final will be epic. The Tampa Bay Lightning are going for a three-peat. A three-peat hasn’t happened in almost forty years. The Lightning will be taking on the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche have been one of the … Continue reading

Bartnick’s sayer of sooths for the NHL Conference Finals

We are down to the Final Four. This year’s Final Four is star studded. Six number one overall picks, the reigning back-to-back Stanley Cup Champs and the league’s biggest media market. Two players that have been titled the best of … Continue reading

Bartnick on the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ Second Round

What a first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  Five Game 7s and two of those Game 7’s went to overtime. I went a very pedestrian 5-3 in my first-round predictions. It was my worst first round ever but the … Continue reading

Bartnick’s Stanley Cup Playoff First Round Predictions

LOS ANGELES – It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the Stanley Cup playoffs are here. This year’s 1st round seems easier to predict than most recent 1st rounds so I’ll probably get more wrong than usual. Here’s my … Continue reading

Bartnick’s 2022 Trade Deadline Report Card

LOS ANGELES – The 2022 NHL Trade deadline was slow to get rolling, but quickly picked up steam. Nearly 30 trades were completed with 40+ player changing sweaters and cities. The only surprises were the quiet teams. Well, that’s not … Continue reading