CHI
CHI
+1
Sep 28, 2026
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7 min read
What We Learned: What Chicago needs to make the playoffs
This past spring marked nine years in Chicago without making a real playoff. (The Bubble, famously, does not count.) So how realistic is it to project a return to the postseason?
ANA
+2
Jul 20, 2026
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7 min read
What We Learned: Will NHL GMs just decide the Carlsson contract doesn't count?
The AAV on Leo Carlsson's deal is so big that most of the league might partake in the time-honored tradition of pretending it's not real.
ANA
+4
Jul 6, 2026
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7 min read
What We Learned: When does it make sense to offer-sheet a star player?
The Leo Carlsson contract might change the landscape of the NHL, but when would kind of offer sheet actually work again?
Movies
+11
Jul 2, 2026
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11 min read
Take Town: 5 winners and 5 losers from July 1, plus my top 10 movies of 2026 so far
It was a busy, busy, busy day across the NHL and only I know for sure who won and lost. Plus, ranking the 10 best movies out of the 62 new releases I saw in the first half of the year.