Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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July 04, 2017

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

 

 07/04/2017 edition:

By David Petrie on Jul 03, 2017 06:20 pm

The NHL silly season is almost complete and as always, a number of the contracts handed out in the last couple of days will backfire on the teams that offered them. Past examples range from the “probably a bad...

By Thomas Henderson on Jul 03, 2017 05:35 pm

On the opening day of free agency, the New York Rangers made an enormous splash, signing Kevin Shattenkirk to a four-year, $6.65 million AAV deal. Shattenkirk was driven to play for the Blueshirts and even approached...

By Alessandro Seren Rosso on Jul 03, 2017 05:20 pm

A seventh-round pick for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2016, forward Nikolai Chebykin had a strong 2016-17 campaign, scoring his first goal in the KHL and showing a lot of progress. The young forward is going to skate at...

By Ryan Szporer on Jul 03, 2017 05:02 pm

There is no way to sugarcoat the Montreal Canadiens signing Ales Hemsky on Monday. Hemsky vs. Radulov The move, which coincided with the Dallas Stars signing away Alexander Radulov for $31.25 million over five years...

By Jeff Seide on Jul 03, 2017 02:44 pm

This is the third and final installment covering the 11-Day Power Play: Fighting cancer with the world’s longest hockey game. To read the first, click here. To read the second, click here.  Shortly after 7 a.m. this...

By Ryan Wolfe on Jul 03, 2017 10:50 am

For the first time in what felt like forever, the Buffalo Sabres were one of the most active teams on the opening day of the National Hockey League’s free agency period for all the right reasons. On July 1, Sabres...

By Shane Sander on Jul 03, 2017 10:20 am

The Edmonton Oilers have opened their summer player development camp in Jasper, Alberta for July 1-5. The Oilers have a total of 36 prospects attending the camp including 20 drafted prospects, 13 invitees and three...

By Brandon Share-Cohen on Jun 30, 2017 05:32 pm

When a player is selected with the first overall pick in an Entry Draft, regardless of the sport, they’re expected to be the best player in the draft class. A player who can make an impact in the league...

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