Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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January 05, 2018

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

 01/05/2018 edition:

By Joseph Ochs on Jan 05, 2018 10:05 am

Rookies (or “first-year players” as captain Zdeno Chara prefers) figured to play an integral role this season for the Boston Bruins. Eschewing the big-name free agent signings of years past and opting...

By Matt Lawson on Jan 05, 2018 09:20 am

The Vancouver Canucks have been obnoxiously injury-plagued in this 2017-18 season and one of their major losses has been that of Sven Baertschi, their top-line winger, and sidekick of the also-injured Bo Horvat. Prior...

By Jordan Skuse on Jan 04, 2018 10:56 am

He’s known as ‘Turk’. To others, it’s ‘Spuddy’, that being in reference to his home province’s obsession with potatoes. The former, according to Gerard Gallant, goes back to his...

By Shawn Nicholls on Jan 04, 2018 08:50 am

The Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up the first half of their 2017-18 season with a 5-1 drubbing of the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday night, in doing so snapping a two-game losing streak and avoiding the cellar in the...

By Jeff Tibbins on Jan 04, 2018 08:35 am

As the possibility of making the playoffs becomes less likely by each passing game for the Montreal Canadiens, the likelihood of general manager Marc Bergevin trading away captain Max Pacioretty before the Feb. 26 trade...

By Joseph Ochs on Jan 04, 2018 08:05 am

With yet another “W” in the bag following Tuesday’s 5-1 drubbing of the New York Islanders, one thing has become abundantly clear: The only thing capable of stopping the Boston Bruins right now is...

By Brandon Share-Cohen on Jan 03, 2018 05:14 pm

If there’s ever been a “year of the rookie” in the NHL, it simply has to be this year. In recent history, fans of NHL hockey have been spoiled with young stars like Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Auston...

By Rob Soria on Jan 03, 2018 11:38 am

Even for those of us who weren’t completely sold on the Edmonton Oilers being as good as many an expert thought they would be heading in the season, no one could have seen this coming. At what is essentially the midway...

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