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
Blittner’s Blue Line: The Evolution Of The Role Of NHL Player Agents Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - August 6, 2025August 6, 20250 Education! Education! Education! Today’s NHL players are younger, stronger, faster, more skilled and more complex than ever before. As such, their agents, who are their handlers, Guardian Angels, Fairy Godparents and more, all rolled into one, have to be more focused and on top of things than ever before. With how
Blittner’s Blue Line: Hockey Canada Trial Fallout Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - July 29, 2025July 29, 20250 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.
Special Feature: Bobby Holik Talks Israeli, International And Youth Hockey Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - June 30, 2025June 30, 20250 With all the new emphasis on International Hockey, we thought it would be best to chat with a former celebrated NHLer who has been as involved with the international and youth game as anyone. His name is Bobby Holik and during his playing days, Holik won two Stanley Cups with the
Blittner’s Blue Line: Let The Offseason Chaos Begin Hockeyology 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
NHL Awards Show to Celebrate League’s Top Players and Reveal Winners of Select Awards Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250 NEW YORK (June 3, 2025) – The best players and coaches from the 2024-25 season will be celebrated in the 2025 NHL Awards, a one-hour special that will premiere on June 12, at 6 p.m. ET on TNT in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada, before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. Produced by
Blittner’s Blue Line: Coming Together For A Cause, Plus Draft Lottery And More Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - May 6, 2025May 6, 20250 “Come Together, right now” – The Beatles, Come Together, Abbey Road, 1969. For all the talk that hockey is a fierce, unrelenting sport with warrior types everywhere, it is also a community that comes together when one of its own needs them the most. Last year, NHL.com’s Brian Compton – one of
The Islanders Should Interview These GM Candidates Uncategorized by Russ_Cohen - April 25, 2025April 25, 20250 The New York Islanders are searching for a new general manager to replace Lou Lamoriello. Here are some other uniquely qualified individuals who could lead this franchise. Sometimes you have to have an exhaustive search to find out who can help remake the image of your franchise. Here is the
Blittner’s Blue Line: Next Stop, Playoffs! Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - April 15, 2025April 15, 20250 “This stop, Willoughby.” For as weird and wacky as episodes of The Twilight Zone generally were, they’ve got nothing on The NHL playoffs. This year’s postseason begins on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Most of the participating teams have been determined, although there’s still a couple fighting for spots. While we wait
4 Nations: Canada’s Second Chance Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 17, 2025February 17, 20250 DO OR DIE! That is what Monday’s Four Nations Face-Off Tournament game between Canada and Finland was. The 1 PM game between The Great White North and The Finns had a little bit of everything. Each team needed a regulation win (three points) to clinch a spot in Thursday’s Championship game
