Colorado Avalanche

As long as there have been skates hitting ice, there have been people who question whether getting rest in the playoffs is good for a team or does the lack of play make them rusty. Heading into the 2018 NHL Playoffs, I had the same question. So, I did some research and the results were quite surprising.

Embed from Getty Images According to the NHL, the Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy is awarded to the most valuable player for his team during the postseason. The award is presented annually and is voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. A player is judged on his performance throughout the entire postseason, not a…

http://gty.im/507612074 Nashville kicked off the weekend of competition with the All-Star Skills Challenge on Saturday night, a spectacle to be certain. There was a long-standing record set in 1994 and another record that was set a few years back. Only one of them would be broken, but it was done in extraordinary fashion. Let's take a look back…

NHL Power Rankings Week 10 http://gty.im/500497696 From one end of the spectrum to the other we have one team that seemingly can't lose and another that can't seem to find any traction as they stumbled through the first third of the season landing hard on their collective faces. The Dallas Stars continue to campaign for the President's Trophy,…