Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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December 14, 2018

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

12/14/2018 edition:

By The Old Prof on Dec 14, 2018 08:35 am

In Jim Parsons’ recent post titled “NHL Rumor Shootdown: Nugent-Hopkins, Marner Moves Unlikely”, Parsons wisely puts the kibosh on recent rumors attributed to Paul Gackle that suggest that the Toronto Maple Leafs,...

By Eugene Helfrick on Dec 13, 2018 04:50 pm

It is a rare commodity for a player to have size, skill and the intelligence to put it all together on a nightly basis. This particular combination is defined as a power forward. Through the NHL’s history, many...

By Jim Parsons on Dec 13, 2018 02:40 pm

In today’s rumor rundown, Elliotte Friedman provides another update to his 31 Thoughts articles which provides nuggets on everything from the Blues to the Maple Leafs, the Minnesota Wild and other teams around the...

By Kyle Gipe on Dec 13, 2018 11:05 am

A hat trick is one of the NHL’s rarest achievements with only 81 during the 2017-18 season, or roughly one in 6.4 percent of games. That’s more rare than a shutout, with 144 in 2017-18, or one in 11.3...

By BLH on Dec 13, 2018 10:20 am

During the Edmonton Oilers 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche, Oscar Klefbom ran face-first into the injury bug again. A point-blank slap shot from Avs forward Sven Andrighetto seems to have caused some damage to...

By Brandon Share-Cohen on Dec 12, 2018 05:45 pm

It was a rough start to the 2018-19 season for Ryan Donato. Despite a plethora of injuries to the Bruins, a forward group that simply couldn’t score outside of the team’s top line and a legitimate chance to...

By Jim Parsons on Dec 12, 2018 04:20 pm

On an almost daily basis, the Rumor Rundown looks at the biggest rumors in the NHL. Gathering buzz from some of the media’s most trusted sources, the idea behind the series of speculative posts is to take a closer...

By Kyle Gipe on Dec 12, 2018 11:50 am

On Dec. 4, the NHL’s board of governors voted unanimously to approve an expansion bid by the city of Seattle to give the league 32 franchises. The team is slated to begin play during the 2021-22 season, meaning an...

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