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  • 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 –…

  • Pre-Draft Grab Bag

    We’re just a few hours away from the NHL Draft, so I thought I would put together a few quick hits to tide you over before Gary Bettman gets up to say “we have a trade to announce” for the first time and every NHL GM talks about how wonderful Dallas is as a city.…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 23

    Skater of the Week: Alex Pietrangelo How about the defenseman getting some love, huh? In all honesty, this wasn’t even a case of picking him out for having a stellar week ‘as a defenseman’, he lead the entire league in scoring last week full-stop. The 6-foot-3 210 pound King City, Ont. native racked up three goals…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 20

    Skater of the Week: Evgeni Malkin Two games. Two games is all Geno played this entire week, and he still scored six points. Currently riding a six-game point streak with 13 total points in that time, Malkin is just torching everything in his path. In his two contests this past week he tallied a goal and…

  • 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…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 15

    Skater of the Week: Brad Marchand You may not (probably don’t) like him, but the Little Ball of Hate doesn’t give a damn about what you like. He’s gonna score on your team, and you’re gonna deal with it. The league’s premiere super-pest tallied two goals and five assists in four contests this week, made arguably…

  • 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…

  • NHL Power Rankings: Christmas Edition

    The Holiday Break has come and gone, which brings us closer to the midway point of the season. Last week’s action was exciting to say the least, with many hot teams continuing their success. In this week’s Down the Frozen River Power Rankings, we’re bringing you a Christmas Edition. Just as Santa would do this…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 10

    The prodigal son has returned, and it is time, once again, for me to assault your reading receptacles with my meaningless awards and incessant ramblings. Thanks to Cap’n for stepping in for me while I was off going to random ECHL games and concerts. A special note: I’ve dropped the ‘Team of the Week’ section…