Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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June 13, 2017

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

 

06/13/2017 edition:

By Mark Scheig on Jun 13, 2017 09:50 am

Another NHL Draft is upon us. This one could end up as one of the craziest drafts in recent memory. While there is a consensus top-two in some order, the rest of the first round is anyone’s guess. Even among our...

By Jeff Seide on Jun 13, 2017 09:20 am

In the end, we all won Sunday night. Whether you’re rejoicing in your team hoisting the Stanley Cup or disappointed there won’t be a Game 7, there’s reason to celebrate. We finally get a break from listening to NBC’s...

By Jeff Yerger on Jun 13, 2017 08:50 am

There’s a scene at the end of the movie Goodfellas where Henry Hill, the notorious gangster played by Ray Liotta, speaks directly to the camera and laments the sudden end to the life he once knew....

By Jeff Seide on Jun 12, 2017 08:05 pm

Now that the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the NHL’s off-season has officially begun. With the Vegas Golden Knights joining the League, the NHL Entry Draft and free agency in the coming weeks,...

By Andrew Forbes on Jun 12, 2017 01:05 pm

After a shutout win in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Pittsburgh Penguins find themselves champions for the second year in a row – becoming just the second team to accomplish the feat back-to-back in nearly...

By Trevor Beggs on Jun 12, 2017 11:25 am

A cruel and unfortunate Vancouver Canucks season took another nosedive during the NHL Draft Lottery. The Canucks fell three spots to fifth overall, missing out on one of the two stud centremen that sit at the top of the...

By Brandon Share-Cohen on Jun 11, 2017 04:50 pm

This post was re-written based on an article published in 2012 by Fred Poulin. We’ve re-written it to better reflect the present. Not every draft pick is a slam dunk. Even in a draft class full of stars, there are...

By Alex Krieckhaus on Jun 10, 2017 10:20 am

NHL players, with few exceptions, are paid fixed salaries regardless of their performance and are not allowed to be financially incentivized to win. This is true even in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where most players earn...

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