Mailbag: Wild-card races in East, West; telling stats for Rangers | NHL.com
NHL.com’s Dan Rosen answers weekly questions
The East is a really weird place right now.
Rangers-Devils opens with 5 fights, 8 ejections
The Rangers and Devils started Wednesday night’s game with a brawl involving all 10 players on the ice off the opening faceoff.
Eight–no more, no less–game misconducts handed out during a full line brawl is certainly interesting.
With four heavyweights vying for Hart Trophy, who has the best case?
Will Nathan MacKinnon win his first Hart Trophy? Perhaps, but the competition he faces is outrageous. With that in mind, Ryan Dixon examines the case for all four leading MVP candidates as we come down the stretch.
I do feel like it’s MacKinnon’s to lose, but I’ve never pretended to understand NHL awards voters.
Kekalainen hoping for another chance to be general manager in NHL | NHL.com
Was fired Feb. 15 in 11th season with Blue Jackets, confident he’d be better 2nd time around
He’ll probably get one.
‘It’d be special’: Flames’ Coleman motivated to hit 30 goals for first time
It’s been a career year for Flames forward Blake Coleman, who at 32, sits one goal away from his first-ever 30-goal season. And, knowing how much he means to the Flames, you get the feeling he’s got an entire team focused on getting him to that milestone.
I do always like when teams have something to work towards even after elimination, as long as they’re not working towards it against the Preds.
Leafs top defenseman Rielly back Wednesday
The Toronto Maple Leafs will have their top defenseman back Wednesday as Morgan Rielly (upper-body injury) is set to return against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning.
Good news for Toronto.
Flyers need ‘another level’ to make playoffs, Tortorella says | NHL.com
Coach takes responsibility for 5-game skid with Philadelphia clinging to spot
The NHL.com editorial team had to get creative with a few word replacements in there.