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Everybody needs a goalie and nobody has a goalie to give

John Tortorella should be the runaway front-runner for Coach of the Year (so far)

Random thoughts: Big changes and drama for the Blues, Alex Ovechkin can't score and more

Here come the Oilers (in a good way this time)

Biggest surprises from the first quarter of the NHL season

NHL Power Rankings, player safety (again!) and All-Star game changes

Buy or sell: The Washington Capitals

The Steelers actually did it

Buy or sell: The Philadelphia Flyers

Buy or sell: The Vancouver Canucks

The Blue Jackets might be the worst-run team in the NHL right now

Meet your potential Jack Adams winner: Kris Knoblauch

NHL Power Rankings and bad times in Alberta

The Sharks might be an all-time bad team

How are the Bruins still doing this?

NHL Power Rankings and do you still care about outdoor games?

Kenny Pickett and the Steelers offense

Early season panic meter for Penguins, Oilers and others teams off to slow starts

The NHL introduces The Frozen Frenzy and Rasmus Andersson loses his suspension appeal

The first edition of NHL Power Rankings, the Rasmus Andersson suspension and latest player safety fallout

The Ryan Reaves mayhem and Vegas' chance for a dominant start

Alex Ovechkin's slow start, the Senators have my attention, and Edmonton's chance to get rolling

Winnipeg's attendance problem, Tampa Bay's rough start, and oh hey Sean Couturier is back

Can the Kings get Quinton Byfield going?

Opening week thoughts from around the NHL: Logan Cooley makes great first impression, and how concerned should Seattle be?

Encouraging start for the Peter Laviolette era in New York and the Wild have their goalie

Flames need Jonathan Huberdeau, Buffalo gets bold, and Jack Campbell has concerning start

The Penguins played all their old hits, Connor Bedard arrived, and don't count out the Lightning

Welcome to the 2023-24 NHL season: The Jets will never change, and some bold predictions for the season

The NHL 15: Jack Campbell will dictate what the Oilers can do

Steelers first quarter review: Disappointing lack of progress on offense defines first four games

The NHL 15: Jack Eichel is ready to go off

The NHL 15: It is make-or-break time for Alexis Lafreniere

The NHL 15: Jonathan Drouin's chance for revival

Steelers Week 3 review: Offense finds a spark, Levi Wallace finds redemption

The NHL 15: Steven Stamkos and his Tampa Bay Future

Which NHL Playoff Teams Are In Most Danger Of Missing Them This season?

Steelers Week 2 Review: Matt Canada, PFF and other thoughts from section 522

The Columbus Blue Jackets Really Stepped In It

Steelers Week 1 Review: Well that was ugly

Which NHL teams that missed the playoffs are getting back this season?

Better Luck Next Year: The Florida Panthers will be a total wild card again

Better luck next year: How do the Carolina Hurricanes get over the hump?

Better luck next year: Matty Beniers is ready to be a star for Seattle Kraken

The Pittsburgh Steelers looked great in the preseason. So now what?

The Auston Matthews contract is win-win for him and Maple Leafs; Nylander question remains unanswered

Better luck next year: The Dallas Stars should have Stanley Cup expectations

Takeaways from the Steelers Preseason opener

Pirates Progress Report No. 6: Just finish strong and make progress

The Penguins and Capitals are not giving up on what is left of their core groups

Kenny Pickett, T.J. Watt, running backs and eight random NFL thoughts as training camp rolls on

Better luck next year: The Colorado Avalanche are going to be trouble again this season

Adam's Travel Adventures: A chaotic adventure to the Subway Series

The Erik Karlsson watch: Where he could (and where he should) go

Better luck next year: The Edmonton Oilers made significant improvements, but they still have one major problem

The 7 NHL offseason moves that I hate

Pirates Progress Report No. 5: Where things stand at the halfway point

Ranking the NHL's 10 best offseason moves (so far)

Better luck next year: The New Jersey Devils look absolutely loaded

Four thoughts on the start of the NHL offseason

Better luck next year: Pierre-Luc Dubois fits the Kings style, but is he what they need?

Better luck next year: The Tampa Bay Lightning ran out of gas and whiffed on their refill

Pirates Progress Report No. 4: Things are suddenly very bleak

4 takeaways from the Vegas Golden Knights Stanley Cup win

The Columbus Blue Jackets are masters of chaos

Better luck next year: The Minnesota Wild's salary cap problems are not going away

Goaltending still drives the playoffs, even if you don't know where it is going to come from

Pirates Progress Report No. 3: Well, that all unraveled quickly

Sergei Bobrovsky and how quickly a career narrative can change

Better luck next year: The New York Rangers made some mistakes and have some concerns

George Parros failed again, NHL awards, Jack Eichel and more random NHL thoughts

Better Luck Next Year: It is time for the Toronto Maple Leafs to make some kind of major change

Better luck next year: It is probably not going to get better for the Boston Bruins

Better luck next year: The New York Islanders have a great goalie, but that is not enough

Better luck next year: The Winnipeg Jets are stuck in mediocrity and do nothing to change it

Better luck next year: Ron Hextall's reign of error with the Pittsburgh Penguins was brief, but damaging

Pirates Progress Report No. 2: This team is .... fun! An unexpected start in every way

Better luck next year: The Calgary Flames had a strong plan B until it went up in smoke

Better luck next year: The Nashville Predators are starting a new chapter

Me vs. Shohei Ohtani: The dumbest rivalry in sports

Let's talk about the NHL Department of Player Safety

Better luck next year: The Buffalo Sabres are back

Better luck next year: The Ottawa Senators are finally building something

Better luck next year: Progress remains slow for the Red Wings

Better Luck Next Year: Bad defense plus bad goaltending equals a bad time for the St. Louis Blues

Pirates Progress Report No. 1: The Ballpark pass is a win, even if the pitching staff is not

Better Luck Next Year: It all fell apart for the Washington Capitals

Better Luck Next Year: The Vancouver Canucks vs. the salary cap

Better luck next year: The Philadelphia Flyers have no idea what they are doing

Better luck next year: Not enough talent and too many injuries for the Montreal Canadiens

Baseball!

NHL Power Rankings: The Kings are the best team in the West (right now)

Better luck next year: When will it get better for the Arizona Coyotes?

The World's Most Famous Arena

Better Luck Next Year: The Anaheim Ducks have talent, but still seem so far away

Better Luck Next Year: The Chicago Blackhawks did their job

Better luck next season: Everything went wrong for the Columbus Blue Jackets

Better luck next season: San Jose Sharks rebuild is here

What your team still needs to do to make the NHL Playoffs

The Rangers and Oilers: Good teams with big flaws that make them complete wild cards

Weekly NHL Power Rankings: Where things stand after NHL trade deadline

What we should takeaway from the NHL Trade Deadline

NHL Trade Deadline Primer: Tampa Bay Lightning say 'F those draft picks'

NHL Trade Deadline Primer: Lack of trade assets is not an excuse, it is a buyer's market

Weekly NHL Power Rankings: The Lightning are still a force in the NHL

NHL Trade Deadline Primer: Vladislav Gavrikov And The High Price Of Mid-Level Defensemen

The Salary Cap Is Only An Excuse For Poorly Run Teams

NHL Trade Deadline Primer: Chicago has everybody to sell

Random thoughts: Rangers hit home run with Tarasenko; what does NHL Player Safety do?

NHL Trade Deadline Primer: Timo Meier is worth the price (whatever it might be)

Can the Steelers follow the Eagles path? That depends on Kenny Pickett

Weekly NHL Power Rankings: The NHL At The All-Star Break

Random Thoughts On The First Half Of The 2022-23 NHL Season

The Rangers are back to the same old recipe

The Canucks are bad because they are a bad organization that makes bad decisions

Weekly NHL Power Rankings: Where things stand at the halfway point

The Edmonton Oilers can not miss the playoffs

The Pittsburgh Steelers were so close, yet so far

Tage Thompson has changed the Sabres' rebuild

The Steelers have improved, but what exactly does that mean?

Weekly Power Rankings: The Florida Panthers are in trouble

Thanks for reading this year!!