Posts Tagged Playoffs

  • NHL History: The Worst NHL Midseason Records to Make the Playoffs

    The New York Islanders and Anaheim Ducks are two teams near the bottom of the standings that have significantly picked up their play of late. While they may be playing like playoff teams at the moment, will they be able to make up for their first-half gaffes? The NHL changed a lot after the 200...

  • NHL Trade Rumors: Ryan Getzlaf Would Help Maple Leafs Finally Return to Playoffs

    Prior to the NHL lockout that caused the 2004-05 season to be canceled, the Toronto Maple Leafs had qualified for the playoffs in six straight seasons. Since the league returned to action, however, the Maple Leafs have yet to taste postseason hockey. That will change if the team is able to acquire c...

  • Boston Bruins: 10 Moments of the 2010-11 Playoffs

    With the first Grand Slam of the year almost upon us in the Australian Open, warm-up tournaments have begun, and this year's Sydney International is always a popular pick for great practice.Local to Australia, the tournament always attracts several of the world's best tennis players, and with prize ...

  • Philadelphia Flyers Have to Make Moves Now or Risk Missing the Playoffs

    The 2012 Winter Classic in Philadelphia is over. The spectacle was great for the city and for the sport of hockey.Now, it is back to the real world for hockey and especially for the Philadelphia Flyers.The Flyers are in a little bit of a funk right now and that should be expected with a team as youn...

  • Colorado Avalanche Must Play Well in January to Make the Playoffs

    The Colorado Avalanche' season has been like a teeter-totter on an elementary school playground.At first they were red hot and looking to be a huge surprise. Then the teeter-totter changed so dramatically the Avalanche lost their balance.Just when it looked like the Avalanche were going to have a ve...

  • Los Angeles Kings: Can They Make the Playoffs with Their Goal-Scoring Woes?

    After 37 games, the Los Angeles Kings remain one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NHL.They just recently broke a double-digit streak of scoring two goals or less per game; they have fired their coach, and yet they still remain in the playoff race. Sitting in ninth place with 41 points, can the Kin...

  • Could the Vancouver Canucks Be the Only Canadian Team in the 2012 NHL Playoffs?

    It is early, but as we near the Christmas break, the odds aren't looking good for Canadian participation in the 2012 playoffs.Currently, only Vancouver and Toronto are in the playoff mix, with the Leafs fading fast. Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal and Winnipeg are all in various states of disarr...

  • Predicting the Last East/West Playoffs as We Know Them: Western Addition

    As most of you know, the NHL Board of Governors approved the realignment from two divisions to four. The new, still unnamed conferences will consist of two conferences of eight teams and two of seven.  Along with the regular-season differences, there will be a very different look in the playoff...

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