Blittner’s Blue Line: 2025-26 NHL Season Preview

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by Matthew Blittner - October 7, 2025October 9, 20250

It’s time to celebrate! The 2025-26 NHL season is here. No more pre-season games. No more waiting for “the real deal.” No more! Now it counts. 82 regular-season games (per team), followed by four rounds of playoffs. And then, after the grueling journey is complete, a winner will be declared

Blittner’s Blue Line: Safe And Bold Awards Predictions For The 2025-26 NHL Season

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by Matthew Blittner - October 1, 2025October 1, 20250

With The NHL’s 2025-26 regular season officially getting underway in just one week, Blittner’s Blue Line figures it's a good time to make some predictions. After all, who doesn’t love predictions? Some may be right and some will be woefully wrong. You can be sure to call us out over

Blittner’s Blue Line: Let The Offseason Chaos Begin

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by Matthew Blittner - June 23, 2025June 23, 20250

The Stanley Cup Final only just ended a week ago. The Draft is right around the corner, as is the onset of Free Agency. But if you thought that meant things would be quiet for a couple days, guess again. We’ve already seen five noteworthy trades go down, with more sure

Florida Will Empty the Tank in Game Six

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by Russ_Cohen - June 17, 2025June 17, 20250

The Florida Panthers are on the cusp of repeating. That’s hard to do. They know how injured Matthew Tkachuk is. Paul Maurice can say he’s playing better, but for how long? I think the Panthers will put in a massive push in this game. I think they learned from last

Blittner’s Blue Line: The NHL’s Mount Rushmore

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by Matthew Blittner - June 10, 2025June 10, 20250

Time to embrace debate. Over the last couple of weeks, hockey writers and fans alike have been very active on social media. And why shouldn’t they be? The Stanley Cup Playoffs have been in full swing since mid-April, with The Stanley Cup Final now three games old and the Florida Panthers

Blittner’s Blue Line: A Cup Rematch For The Ages

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by Matthew Blittner - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250

They say the sequel is never as good as the original. Well, whoever coined that phrase clearly didn’t have the 2024-25 NHL Stanley Cup Final in mind. For just the 11th time since The NHL took full control of The Stanley Cup, there is a rematch in consecutive years. And

The Devils’ New Normal

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by Matthew Blittner - March 14, 2025March 14, 20250

No Dougie Hamilton. That’s the big news of the day. Late Wednesday night – like very, very late – Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald went on the Krackin’ Canuckleheads podcast and dropped a metaphorical bomb. Defenseman Dougie Hamilton, who was already known to be out for an extended period, will now

4 Nations Final: O Canada! Team Canada Tops Team USA 3-2 In Overtime

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by Matthew Blittner - February 21, 2025February 21, 20250

There’s an old saying about how if you take aim at the King, you better not miss, because you’re only going to get one shot. Thursday night, at TD Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, Team Canada, who has long ruled over the Hockey World as the dominant hockey nation, scored a dramatic

Both Teams are Playing For Country Tonight

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by Sportsologist - February 20, 2025February 20, 20250

If you love Canada, great. If you live in the United States, great. If you are neither and just a hockey fan, get ready for something special tonight in Boston. Here is a Four Nations primer:

Blittner’s Blue Line: Pacific Division Preview

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by Matthew Blittner - September 24, 2024September 24, 20240

Finally! The pre-season is here and the start of the regular season is now in sight. Hockey fans, it’s time to rejoice. The intensity you’ve been missing is about to re-enter your lives in a hurry. So, just as we have for the past three weeks, it’s now time for