Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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December 23, 2016

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

 

 12/23/2016 edition:

By David Carlsson on Dec 23, 2016 09:35 am

It’s near the 2017 World Junior Championships, and as every year the excitement is all around us. We have seen many times before that the World Juniors indeed is the tournament where future hockey stars often...

By Matt Pryor on Dec 23, 2016 09:05 am

An assist against Boston Thursday night gave Jaromir Jagr 1,888 career points, moving the future Hall of Famer past Mark Messier into second-place among the National Hockey League’s all-time greatest scorers. The...

By Ben Case on Dec 22, 2016 12:10 pm

Trades—every GM makes them and are one of the key indicators that define how “good” a GM is. Similarly to the draft, determining the quality of the trade tends to take a few seasons to fully show the value. It is always...

By Louis Pannone on Dec 22, 2016 11:50 am

In theory, the buyout of Antoine Vermette over the offseason made sense for the Arizona Coyotes. So did the team’s decision to allow veteran forwards such as Alex Tanguay and Boyd Gordon to become free agents. The...

By Rob Soria on Dec 22, 2016 11:35 am

As we near the one-year anniversary of the trade that saw the Edmonton Oilers send netminder Ben Scrivens to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for forward Zack Kassian, one can’t help but to take a moment and reflect....

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