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October 11, 2021

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

10/11/2021 edition:

By Colton Pankiw on Oct 11, 2021 08:55 am

Welcome back to the sixth and final edition of this series, wherein the previous five I have taken on the daunting task of ranking the top 10 current players at...

By Kevin Armstrong on Oct 10, 2021 04:25 pm

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ Ilya Mikheyev is likely headed for the longer-term injury reserve list. The 27-year-old fell awkwardly, landing on his hand in the final preseason game. The Leafs...

By Greg Boysen on Oct 10, 2021 02:04 pm

The Chicago Blackhawks are about to start the 2021-22 NHL season with hopes of returning to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There are a lot of hot topics to discuss about...

By Hannah Garfield on Oct 10, 2021 09:25 am

As every hockey fan knows, there are buyers and sellers each season when it comes to trades, especially when the trade deadline rolls around. Generally, sellers are teams that aren’t...

By Stephen Ground on Oct 10, 2021 08:45 am

In 1991, the Ontario Hockey League’s Peterborough Petes took a risk in the sixth round of their Priority Selection: they gambled on a young defenseman who insisted he intended to...

By Luke James on Oct 09, 2021 03:00 pm

Goaltending matters. Disproportionately so for teams that harbour Stanley Cup aspirations and are heading towards the end of their window to win. In fact, the quality of the Washington Capitals’...

By Kevin Armstrong on Oct 09, 2021 10:15 am

The Toronto Maple Leafs plan on involving William Nylander much more during the 2021-22 season. The reason is simple – he earned it. The 25-year-old has picked up where he...

By Adam Kierszenblat on Oct 09, 2021 08:55 am

One of the concerns this preseason for the Vancouver Canucks has been the penalty kill. The team has a 70 percent efficiency rate and has had problems clearing the puck...

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