Posted by thesportsjunky on September 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Group A may not be as unpredictable as Group B but there are still some great teams that will need to be watched in the battle for a playoff spot.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on October 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The Pacific Division is one of the most interesting in the NHL ever since it was put together two years ago.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on October 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The old Pacific Division is much like the new Pacific division as the top teams from the West Coast remain the top teams in the Pacific. The California trio continue their dominance of the Pacific in a massive surge of California hockey. When the NHL decided to expand to the West Coast it was thought to be a terrible idea. The land of sunshine and beaches had no idea what hockey was and putting a pro team there was sure to fail.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on September 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The NHL continues to grow and despite many teams in the south struggling to get by there is one area that is not following suit with other non-traditional markets. The west coast of the USA, or more accurately California, was never a hockey market when the Los Angeles Kings entered the NHL in 1967. It was one of the first major expansions in the NHL and they would look to the West Coast to add two teams.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on May 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Sometimes it is best to go with your first instinct as a blogger that does predictions and I have learned this with the NHL season. In my 2011-12 season preview I predicted a Los Angeles vs. Philadelphia Stanley Cup Finals. I changed my tune though when it came to the playoffs as I then looked to a Nashville vs. Pittsburgh Finals.
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