2021 WJC GAME DAY THREAD: CANADA (3-0-0-0) vs. Finland (3-0-0-0) DEC. 31st, 2020 6pm EST TSN1, 3, 4 and 5 Top spot in Pool A is on the line tonight as Canada faces Finland in the final round robin game at the 2021 World Junior U20 Championship in Edmonton. Finland will give Canada its toughest … Read more
2021 WJC GAME DAY THREAD: CANADA (2-0-0-0) vs. SWITZERLAND (0-0-0-2) DEC. 29th, 2020 6pm EST TSN1, 3, 4 and 5 After an off day in the Edmonton bubble, Canada returns to the ice at 6pm EST tonight to face Switzerland. Canada will see Braden Schneider (D) return to the lineup after serving his one game … Read more
2021 WJC GAME DAY THREAD: CANADA (1-0-0-0) vs. SLOVAKIA (1-0-0-0) DEC. 27th, 2020 6pm EST TSN1, 4 and 5 Canada returns to the ice tonight to face the Slovakian team which defeated Switzerland 1-0 on Christmas day. Canada is coming off their big 16-2 win over a depleted German team. Canada could be missing yet … Read more
2021 WJC GAME DAY THREAD: CANADA vs. GERMANY DEC. 26, 2020 6pm EST TSN1, 4 and 5 Canada begins its Group A round robin play tonight at the 2021 U20 WJC in Edmonton, facing off against Germany at 6pm EST. Canada will be missing team Captain Kirby Dach due to a serious wrist injury suffered … Read more
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Welcome to another edition of Blues Bag of Pucks, where nobody wins and the goals don’t matter. We’ll get this rolling right away with a question that was asked and then, in other words, asked again: The Question:You know what I’m curious about? This whole “leopard can change its spots” narrative where players can learn … Read more
It appears that hockey will return on January 13th, as the NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative agreement to begin regular season play on that date. Camps will open on January 3rd for all teams that qualified for the play-in round last summer, with the rest getting a few days more to prepare via … Read more
This isn’t something that will come as a surprise to anybody here, of that I’m sure. There have been rumours of a temporary Canadian Division floating around for weeks now. Due to the very real and very serious COVID-19 pandemic, travel between the United States and Canada has been suspended. This means that any play … Read more
Today, a mid-December day and a happy-go-lucky, naive young leaf GM named Scooby Dooby Dubious, sits in his office shouting at Bean for another simulation. His bean counter, Jordache Beano, runs another computer simulation of the Leafs season, showing their expected wins are virtually guaranteeing yet another Stanely Cup, just like in years past. The … Read more
With the financial issues put on the back burner, the NHL and NHLPA are now discussing a schedule, start date, and season length (among other things). As things progress we should get more clarification on the rumoured “taxi squad” the NHL may allow teams to carry. I’m expecting the particulars of that agreement (or another … Read more