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           After the 2019 playoffs, the Maple Leafs\’ recent playoff woes became a theme: they will lose in seven games to the Boston Bruins. Out of Toronto\’s last four playoff appearances, three of them included a game seven loss to Boston. Now Toronto will need to get over their playoff struggles against the not justContinue reading “Toronto Maple Leafs 2019-20 season preview”

From Getty Images          It might have been said a million times this offseason how the Lightning collapsed in 2018-19. They tied the record for most wins in a season with 62, they had the Hart winner on their team, and had three 40 goal and 90 point scorers, and nine players with at leastContinue reading “Tampa Bay Lightning 2019-20 season preview”

          It is almost a tradition at this point for the defending Stanley Cup champions to have a quiet offseason, which makes sense. This applies to the St. Louis Blues, who won the Cup for the first time in their 52 year history in a wild seven game series. They signed their RFAs and someContinue reading “St. Louis Blues 2019-20 season preview”

From NHL.com          In a season in which they were expected to win, the San Jose Sharks once again failed to win the Stanley Cup. After just beating the Golden Knights and Avalanche in the first and second rounds, a deflated and injured Sharks team fell to the eventual champions, the St. Louis Blues, inContinue reading “San Jose Sharks 2019-20 season preview”

From Getty Images        It is amazing how quick a team that won two consecutive Stanley Cups could go to retooling. The Penguins, now two seasons removed from their 2017 Stanley Cup, traded away Phil Kessel and Olli Maatta, big parts of the cup teams, bringing in Alex Galchenyuk and Dominik Kahun, as the teamContinue reading “Pittsburgh Penguins 2019-20 season preview”