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Blittner’s Blue Line: Are NHL Salaries Exploding?

by Matthew Blittner - 0

Another day, another big contract signed in this new NHL. Early Monday, the Montreal Canadiens signed reigning Calder Trophy winner, Lane Hutson, to an eight-year deal with an AAV of $8.85M. But Hutson isn’t alone in the shiny new contract department. In fact, there have been a number of new,

Melvin Novotny is Developing Nicely 

by Russ_Cohen - 0

Melvin Novotny plays for the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the USHL. He’s a versatile forward with some jam.  He’s currently playing at a point-per-game pace with his team, and the four goals in six games jump out. He made the jump from J20 and pointed out the differences in the leagues.   “I feel like it's way more physical. It's way faster,

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

by Matthew Blittner - 0

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

Devils’ Food For Thought

by Matthew Blittner - 0

It’s that time. The NHL pre-season is entering its homestretch and teams are beginning to finalize their Opening Night rosters.  For the New Jersey Devils, Sunday afternoon represented a chance to get a good, long look at most of their healthy players as they played a split-squad doubleheader; half the team

Blittner’s Blue Line: Time For Training Camp

by Matthew Blittner - 0

Break out the s'mores and tents, it’s time to go camping. Um, well, time to go to Training Camp, which, depending on where your team is at, could be like actual camping. Then again, it could be the complete opposite.  One team that’s definitely not enjoying itself around the campfire is

Blittner’s Blue Line: Fixing The NHL Offseason

by Matthew Blittner - 0

The dog days of summer are dragging on, but not in baseball. No, it's hockey that is currently in the doldrums of summer. The NHL offseason is currently so quiet that you can hear multiple pins dropping while waiting with bated breath for any crumb or morsel of interesting news.  The

Blittner’s Blue Line: Hockey Canada Trial Fallout

by Matthew Blittner - 0

It’s a slippery slope from here. For those of you confused by that statement, I’m referring to the not-guilty verdict handed down late last week in the Hockey Canada Trial.  There are lots of opinions about what happened and rightly so, but we’re not going to get into those too much.

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