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  • Game of the week: February 18-24

    Red alert: the NHL trade deadline is two days away! Take a look at this week’s games that likely shaped every GM’s “buyer or seller” debate. NHL SCHEDULE: February 18-24 TIME (ALL TIMES EASTERN) VISITOR HOST NATIONAL BROADCAST(S)/Result Monday, February 18 4 p.m. Arizona Calgary 2-5 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Columbus 5-1 8:30 p.m. Ottawa…

  • 2018-19 NHL Schedule Analysis

    It’s that time of year again – it’s time to analyze the NHL’s schedule for the upcoming season. As mentioned in last year’s edition of this post, these sorts of columns aren’t usually associated with the NHL due in large part to the fact that every team plays every other team at least twice –…

  • Arizona Coyotes 2018-2019 Season Preview

     Arizona Coyotes 29-41-12, 70 Points, Last in the Western Conference Additions: RW Hudson Fasching, F Alex Galchenyuk, W Michael Grabner, D Jacob Graves, LW Adam Helewka, F Vinnie Hinostroza, RW Marian Hossa, D Jordan Oesterle, D Robbie Russo Subtractions: D Andrew Campbell (traded to Chicago), F Max Domi (traded to Montréal), C MacKenzie Entwistle (traded to Chicago), D…

  • March 21 – Day 161 – Fallin’ for Dahlin

    It’s a Wednesday, so the NHL doesn’t have too many games on today’s schedule. Like most nights, this evening’s action finds its start at 7 p.m. with two tilts (Arizona at Buffalo and Montréal at Pittsburgh [RDS/SN]), followed an hour later by Boston at St. Louis (NBCSN/TVAS). Finally, Anaheim at Calgary (SN360) closes the night…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 22

    Skater of the Week: Brad Marchand Yeah, I know, it hurts me to do it. But eight points in three games is a tough stat line to argue against. *leans away from microphone looking off to stage right* THAT’LL BE ENOUGH OUT OF YOU, @nlanciani53! WE KNOW HE’S GOOD, WE JUST REALLY HATE HIS FACE! Anyway,…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 19

    Skater of the Week: Nico Hischier Boy, what a devil of a week for this kid, huh? HUH? (not even crickets chirp for this pun) In four games, the 19-year-old centerman put up four goals (one in each game) and three assists for seven points, and is currently riding a five-game point streak overall. A +8…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 18

    Skater of the Week: Connor McDavid It feels sort of wrong that he hadn’t won this until now. Just doesn’t seem possible, right? Likely a byproduct of the abysmal season Edmonton is having, McDavid has been enjoying a solid if less-than-stellar season (he’s still put up 64 points in 54 games, we’re just talking about the…

  • Hey, why isn’t (insert NHL team here) playing?

    Still trying to figure out why your favorite team has games all next week, but your rival gets to take five-straight days off? Or maybe you’re most concerned about your fantasy hockey team? Either way, *NSYNC has the answer: The NHL is in Year 2 of its experiment with bye weeks. Some things – like…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 3

    Player of the Week: Jakub Voracek Stealthy good. Not only an apt description of the big Flyers winger’s week (and season), but really of his entire career. Voracek has been one of the best ‘under-the-radar’ players in the league for some time, and this week he was really flying (pun somewhat intended). On a team that…

  • October 10 – Day Seven – Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas

    Today marks the end of the first week of action, so hopefully we can close things out with a bang. There’s seven games on the schedule tonight, starting with two (St. Louis at the New York Rangers and Columbus at Carolina) at 7 p.m. and Chicago at Montréal (NBCSN/RDS/TSN2) half an hour later. In a…