The hockey world is much bigger than you imagined. Although the world’s most famous league, the NHL, includes American and Canadian athletes, it has players from the most unexpected and… The post First Croatian in the NHL first appeared on Past of the NHL | Teams we have lost ..read more

With the first round over, let’s take a second to recap one of the biggest upsets shall we?  According to NHL.com’s playoff predictions, 48% of the brackets had the Tampa Bay Lightning winning the Stanley Cup, and just under 2% of people had Columbus beating the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round. The playoffs have been such a surprise that only one bracket had the New York Islanders sweeping the Penguins and Blue Jackets beating the Lightning. The user; who goes by “lolwat” actually noted that he only made such drastic picks to annoy his friend. With that being said, what does the future ..read more

In this episode of the Bag of Pucks Podcast, the guys talk luck. They place way too much weighting on PDO and other fancy stats, while Alson learns how bad his idea of stats are. Is Patrick Laine unlucky, or are teams starting to figure him out? Is Ryan Getzlaf elite anymore? How does Alson know so much about slot machines but doesn’t gamble? How does Geoffrey know so little about slot machines? The guys finish up the podcast with their playoff predictions and Draft Lottery Predictions, and spoiler alert: Alson doesn’t want the Kings to win the lottery. Check out the podcast on Spotify here ..read more