Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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March 02, 2018

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

03/02/2018 edition:

By Jeff Seide on Mar 01, 2018 03:15 pm

The great Jacques Plante summed it up this way, “Imagine sitting at your desk. You make a mistake. A red light goes on behind you, a siren starts sounding and 18,000 people are yelling at you. That’s what...

By Jeff Tibbins on Mar 01, 2018 02:45 pm

It’s often said that a team is only as good as their backup. This season, splitting duties as the No.2 goaltender behind Carey Price, Antti Niemi and Charlie Lindgren have proven to be reliable auxiliaries in the...

By Andrew Forbes on Mar 01, 2018 11:05 am

The 2018 NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone – the biggest names on the move being Ryan McDonagh and Paul Stastny – while the Toronto Maple Leafs stood pat after acquiring Tomas Plekanec from the Montreal...

By Shane Sander on Mar 01, 2018 10:35 am

The NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and the Edmonton Oilers took their lumps as sellers. When the 2017-18 season started, Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli was supposed to be adding the final touches for a...

By Tony Wolak on Mar 01, 2018 09:20 am

Since the Detroit Red Wings declared themselves as sellers prior to the 2017 NHL trade deadline, general manager Ken Holland has generally done a good job of guiding the franchise through a “rebuild on the fly.” Good...

By Brandon Share-Cohen on Feb 28, 2018 09:50 am

In life, you only get one chance at making a first impression. In professional sports, a first-impression can shape a player’s entire legacy in a city – for better or for worse. When Tommy Wingels was traded...

By Joseph Ochs on Feb 28, 2018 08:35 am

For three-straight months the Boston Bruins were the hottest team on the planet, rattling-off a superlative record of 29-5-4 between November 15 and February 16. They were firing on all cylinders, brushing many of their...

By Ryan Szporer on Feb 27, 2018 08:02 pm

It may have been quieter than most expected, but Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin gets a pass for his 2018 NHL trade deadline… barely. Four (Minor) Deals for Bergevin It’s not that any of his trades were...

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