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Yearbook 2017-18
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
Anaheim DUCKS
PREDICTION | 1st in Pacific STANLEY CUP ODDS | 14/1 FOR ONCE, DISAPPOINTMENT was not part of the Ducks’ playoff vocabulary. To a degree. The Game 7 second-round win over Edmonton at Honda Center not only broke a string of four consecutive defeats in decisive games at home, but it sent the Ducks to the Western Conference final for the second time in three years. That’s where they ran into Nashville, which has replaced Detroit as Anaheim’s playoff nemesis. Three post-season meetings against the Predators have ended in failure, and the latest one prevented the Ducks from making a third appearance in the Stanley Cup final, the first since winning it all in 2007. Taking the final step remains their goal. It has been an elusive one, with key injuries at the…
CANADA CUP?
NO CANADIAN TEAM made the playoffs in 2015-16, and they ended up with five of the top six draft picks, with the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Auston Matthews Bowl at No. 1. Just one year later, five Canadian clubs qualified for the post-season, including the Ottawa Senators, who came within a double-overtime goal of eliminating the eventual Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Most Canadian squads suddenly feature some of the sport’s most elite young talents, and we must seriously consider that the Stanley Cup will cross the U.S. border for the first time since 1993. Who, then, is Canada’s best hope to snatch hockey’s Holy Grail next? We present all seven teams, ranked in order of their Cup chances. 1. EDMONTON OILERS Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. Next…
Columbus BLUE JACKETS
PREDICTION | 3rd in Metro STANLEY CUP ODDS | 21/1 SAY THIS FOR the Blue Jackets: they are anything but predictable. Two years ago, Columbus had the second-worst start in NHL history (0-8-0). One year later, they pulled off the second-longest winning streak in the history of the league (16 games), set franchise records for wins and points and jumped from fourth-worst to fourth-best in the standings. It ended with a thud. A five-game bounce from the first round of the playoffs by eventual champion Pittsburgh was a sobering look at how far the Jackets still have to go. At the same time, the outlook in Columbus has never been brighter. The Blue Jackets wanted to add an electrifying offensive element during the summer, and they found one in winger Artemi Panarin,…
THREE’S A CROWD
DEPENDING ON WHO you believe, it was former Laker Byron Scott or his teammate Wes Matthews who coined “threepeat.” What’s not in dispute is that their coach, Pat Riley, turned it into coin. Riley’s private company trademarked the term in 1988, following L.A.’s backto- back NBA titles, and Riley cashed in thanks to subsequent successes – and merchandise sales – of the Chicago Bulls (1996-98), New York Yankees (1998- 2000) and the Lakers (2000-02). Riley has yet to receive a cheque from an NHL licensee. He had his first chance the same year his Lakers were going for the triple. The Oilers had just steamrolled to a second straight Cup, going 16-2 in the playoffs and appearing invincible. Then, that August, the unimaginable happened: Wayne Gretzky was traded to Los Angeles,…
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