Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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February 07, 2020

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

 02/07/2020 edition:

By Ty Hudec on Feb 07, 2020 08:50 am

Since the calendar flipped to 2020, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin is scoring goals and reaching new milestones at a remarkable pace. With 14 tallies in the past seven games, the Capitals’ captain...

By Peter Baracchini on Feb 06, 2020 07:25 pm

With Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen out with a neck injury that he suffered against the Florida Panthers, there were two crucial loses that impacted the teams position in the standings. The goaltending...

By Kelsey Krahn on Feb 06, 2020 07:10 pm

After years and years of hopeless management, the Edmonton Oilers finally have someone trustworthy in charge. During the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, I remember being afraid that the Oilers’ general manager (GM) at the time,...

By Anthony Ciardelli on Feb 06, 2020 06:40 pm

Now that the Anaheim Ducks are more than a quarter-century old, it feels right to look back on their early days. The Ducks are a historic franchise in the NHL for what they’ve accomplished. They brought the first...

By Jim Parsons on Feb 05, 2020 02:16 pm

In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the Florida Panthers might move Mike Hoffman, Darnell Nurse and the Edmonton Oilers are working on an extension and only one deal seems to make sense, and there are more whispers...

By Declan Schroeder on Feb 05, 2020 08:50 am

From the rough-and-tumble 1970s to the modern-day NHL, a half-dozen Philadelphia Flyers’ players have recorded 100-plus points in a single season. Here’s a look at all six of them — undoubted Flyers’...

By Jim Parsons on Feb 04, 2020 05:15 pm

The Edmonton Oilers certainly don’t want to lose Darnell Nurse. But, if a recent report from the Edmonton Journal’s Jim Matheson is correct, the top-four defenseman could want too rich a contract for the...

By Blain Potvin on Feb 04, 2020 01:20 pm

When Montreal Canadiens general manager (GM) Marc Bergevin signed Ilya Kovalchuk on Jan. 3, many saw it as a desperation or even public relations move. Since that day, however, the 36-year-old winger has wowed fans with...

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