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  • Who are the top 10 best players in the NHL right now?

    After ESPN’s article last week, which listed their top 100 players in the NHL after surveying 50 of their staff, there was uproar in the hockey community. Draisaitl at six? Come on. Because of this, I decided to survey myself and rank my top 10 players in the NHL right now. I’m not doing 100,…

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  • If the Playoffs ended today, who would win the Conn Smythe?

    The Playoffs are running their course and have already claimed the lives of ten teams. Six teams remain and as we get ever closer to that final, fateful series, the discussions surrounding playoff MVP will start to begin. Let’s look at the contenders from each of the remaining teams. Carolina Hurricanes After Svechnikov got injured…

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  • Which Five Teams Had The Best Trade Deadline?

    The deadline has now come and gone and with it all sorts of players being dealt to a whole bunch of different teams. But which teams made the best moves? In no particular order, let’s evaluate. #1 – Toronto Maple Leafs The Leafs weren’t incredibly active on the actual trade deadline day, but they made…

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  • Who I think the Leafs should acquire before the Trade Deadline this season

    This year the Leafs have shown themselves to be a top team in the NHL despite having some big injuries on defence and in net. This doesn’t mean that they can’t be better though. There are still some holes that I think Dubas can fill, but this isn’t a guess at what the trades are,…

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  • Weird, Stupid and pretty much Pointless NHL Stats and Facts

    I have been watching NHL games for about three years now and one of my favourite things to do during games is to look up the stats for some of the players on the ice. Often, none of the things that I see particularly stand out: maybe it’s a team I didn’t know they had…

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  • Which of the current bottom five teams in the league would benefit the most from Bedard?

    As time goes on, it seems increasingly obvious that the teams below are all going to be in on the Bedard sweepstakes. Now of course, this isn’t determined at this point in time, the Senators could go on a forty game win streak or the Coyotes could magically get a new arena, although I don’t…

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  • Which teams are going to be in the bottom half of the league this season?

    The NHL regular season is just two weeks away! This means every single person who has some sort of position in hockey media is going to be giving their opinion on which team is going to do well this season, so let’s hop on this bandwagon! I am going to order the teams in alphabetical…

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  • Reviewing the Predators Vs Sharks Global Series Game in Prague – 7/10/22

    Now if you have read some of my other posts (if you haven’t then please go and read them, I need the exposure) you may find that this post isn’t what I would normally post. This is because game reviews, at least in my opinion, are done everywhere so my input would be deemed useless…

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  • Which teams are going to have the best goaltending tandems this coming season?

    There are a lot of debates going on all of the time about which team has the best goalie tandem or which goalie is the best. I thought I would hop on this debate and give my opinion on which teams have the best goalies in the league; see the plural. The very clear winner…

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  • Taking last year’s playoff teams and discussing whether or not they have the ability to make it to the playoffs this year (East)

    It is around 230 days until the beginning of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs! We all know what that means: sports commentators and writers making their “way too early predictions for the winner of the Stanley Cup next season”. I am one of those people, I don’t set trends yet. I thought I would expand…

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  • Taking last year’s playoff teams and discussing whether or not they have the ability to make it to the playoffs this year (West)

    It is around 230 days until the beginning of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs! We all know what that means: sports commentators and writers making their “way too early predictions for the winner of the Stanley Cup next season”. I am one of those people, I don’t set trends yet. I thought I would expand…

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  • Who has the best hair in the NHL?

    There are some players in the NHL known for their skill, their grit or even their flexibility (although most of the time that is saved for goalies). What players are rarely known for is their hair. There are some players out there who have extraordinary hair or facial hair that I want to shine a…

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  • Naming my favourite player from each team in the NHL’s Western Conference:

    Each team has its star players, the Leafs have Auston Matthews, the Oilers have Connor McDavid, the Avs have Cale Makar and Nathan Mackinnon. But while they are beloved by the fans for their skills on the ice, they might not be beloved for their personality. I am going to name my favourite player from…

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  • Naming my favourite player from each team in the NHL’s Eastern Conference:

    Each team has its star players, the Leafs have Auston Matthews, the Oilers have Connor McDavid, the Avs have Cale Makar and Nathan Mackinnon. But while they are beloved by the fans for their skills on the ice, they might not be beloved for their personality. I am going to name my favourite player from…

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  • Ranking the #3 Overall picks from 2005-2022 but I factor in my own personal opinions about the players

    I recently watched a video on The Hockey Guy’s YouTube channel where he redrafted the number three overall picks from the 2005 draft all the way to the 2022 draft. I wanted to do that too but in my one I am factoring in my own personal opinions about the players which will affect their…

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About

My name is Lewis Freeman and I am a University student with a passion for watching and playing Ice Hockey. I got into watching Ice Hockey when I found the “Weird NHL” videos that appeared on my YouTube feed. I started watching the NHL at the start of the 2019/20 season and found that the Toronto Maple Leafs were my favourite team to watch.

This blog is by no means a serious venture into the art of journalism, it is simply a fun idea that I came up with and wanted to explore; although if any news outlets want to hire me, feel free.

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