Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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May 12, 2017

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

 

05/12/2017 edition:

By Chad DeDominicis on May 11, 2017 08:36 pm

The Buffalo Sabres have hired Pittsburgh Penguins associate general manager Jason Botterill as the new general manager of the team today. Botterill was pegged as the front-runner for about a week. The reports were made...

By Joseph Ochs on May 11, 2017 05:48 pm

The Boston Bruins struggled for 82-plus games to find a suitable left wing for David Krejci. Matt Beleskey, Danton Heinen, Frank Vatrano, Peter Cehlarik and Drew Stafford all saw time to Krejci’s left, and all...

By Mike Necciai on May 11, 2017 11:50 am

Along with so many others, I discounted what the Pittsburgh Penguins were capable of. The Washington Capitals — despite needing multiple overtimes to eliminate an eighth-seeded Maple Leafs squad in round one — should...

By Will Billinghurst on May 11, 2017 11:05 am

With the season over for the Toronto Maple Leafs, attention turns to the offseason and the expected changes to the Leafs blue line. The Leafs defense has been the talk of the season. Most of it has been focused on how...

By Andrew DiRienzo on May 11, 2017 09:50 am

“This was not supposed to happen,” NHL on TSN host James Duthie declared on behalf of the hockey world. The target of his statement? The Ottawa Senators, aka the NHL’s forgotten team. The only squad to qualify for the...

By Shane Sander on May 10, 2017 01:50 pm

The Edmonton Oilers are enjoying one of their best years in franchise history statistically with their current playoff run. One of the players driving this juggernaut is pending restricted free agent (RFA) Leon...

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