Blittner’s Blue Line: Fixing The NHL Offseason Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - August 26, 2025August 26, 20250 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
Mark Your Calendars – A Draft Version of the Vegas Faces Podcast Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - May 19, 2024May 19, 20240 On June 27th, I'll be on the Vegas Faces podcast with my cousin, David Gavri. We will be talking about some of the draft prospects and how Las Vegas is a great venue to have the 2024 NHL Draft this season and possibly into the future. Until then, Enjoy my fifth
Stop Tanking And Fix The Trade Deadline Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - March 12, 2024March 12, 20240 It’s that time of year again. The weather gradually begins to improve, the NHL regular season enters its home stretch, and hockey people across the world complain about tanking and the Trade Deadline. Did I miss anything? With the Trade Deadline in our rearview mirror and many hockey pundits throwing their
Maturation Process of No. 1 Picks Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 24, 2024March 4, 20240 “With the first pick in the draft, Team X selects…” At the start of nearly every NHL Entry Draft, you hear some variation of the aforementioned phrase from League Commissioner, Gary Bettman. On Saturday afternoon, when the Devils hosted the Canadiens for a matinee game at Prudential Center, three players who had
JP Hurlbert Could Be The Leader of the 08s Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - May 11, 2023May 11, 20230 JP Hurlbert is a Texan who was born in 2008. He’s 36 months away from possibly being drafted in the NHL and a lot closer to having other leagues draft him or having him decide where he wants to play. At this point, after viewing him at the World Youth
2023 NHL Draft My Top 45 Version 2.0 Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - March 20, 2023June 23, 20230 Here are my March rankings. This is not a mock draft. I went as far as 55 but the next one will be back to 45. 1. Connor Bedard – C – WHL 2. Adam Fantilli – C – NCAA 3. Leo Carlsson – C/W – SHL 4. Matvei Michkov – RW – VHL 5.
Ondrej Palat Could Soon Be The Hottest Free Agent Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 21, 2022August 8, 20220 Tampa - - In the wake of a 6-2 win by the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Final, something hit me like a lightning bolt. Ondrej Palat will be a free agent for the first time in his career this summer, and all signs
2022 NHL Draft – – My Top 32 – – Version 1.0 Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - December 30, 20210 Here is my first list. There will be more. These are my rankings. This is not a mock draft. Shane Wright – C – Kingston - OHL Matthew Savoie – C – Winnipeg - WHL Ivan Miroshnichenko – LW – Omskie - VHL Logan Cooley – C – USA U-18
Don’t Sleep on New York Rangers Prospect Lauri Pajuniemi Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - September 22, 20210 This Finnish right wing was drafted 132nd overall in 2018. The New York Rangers made the selection and so far, he looks like a fifth round steal. Now 22, and in North America, he looks like he could make a quick transition, starting out with the Hartford Wolfpack in the
2021 NHL Draft – – My Top 32 – – Version 4.0 Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 12, 2021July 14, 20210 1. Owen Power – Defense – Michigan - NCAA 2. Matty Beniers – Center – Michigan - NCAA 3. William Eklund - Left Wing – Djurgarden - SHL 4. Dylan Guenther – Right Wing - Edmonton – WHL 5. Luke Hughes – Defense – USA U-18 – NTDP 6. Simon Edvinsson – Defense - Frolunda
