Category: The National

This past Saturday marked 20 years since the Hartford Whalers finished a formality. Three-plus weeks after their final game, and after a short-lived attempted intervention by Stephen D. Fish, owner Peter Karmanos resurfaced in Raleigh to unveil the new Carolina Hurricanes brand. Yet the forlorn faithful in and around the Connecticut capital continue to demonstrate…

The Philadelphia Flyers’ 50th year of existence ended earlier this month, and for the third time in the last five seasons, they are not participating in meaningful spring hockey. Why did a team which made the playoffs in two of the previous three seasons have to break up earlier than many thought possible? Here are the primary…

When the most anticipated announcement of the 2016 NHL preseason finally came to fruition, I envisioned myself coming up with a laundry list of reasons why naming Connor McDavid captain would be a case of “too much, too soon” for the Edmonton Oilers’ blossoming superstar. A 19-year-old with half a season under his belt trying…