Artemi Panarin

In the latest exhibit that the hockey gods come with a wicked sense of humor, the Toronto Maple Leafs are now tied for the longest streak of making the playoffs in the league. Thanks to the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and…

Photo: APIt’s that time again. When the loudest and most obnoxious guy in the bar tells you it’s the best time in sports, the NHL Playoffs. There will be a few tweets coming across your timeline that say something that has some combination…

Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks enters the United Center for the game against the Anaheim Ducks.Image: Getty ImagesThe NBA can shift its entire axis in a trade deadline, or in free agency. The NFL is starting to put more jazz into…

New York City is a filthy armpitPhoto: Getty ImagesAs the New York Rangers lurched and stumbled their way to the conference finals last year (two seven-game series to get there, and needing the Penguins to dress up the beer guy as a goalie…

James Dolan will no doubt handle the ousting of the Rangers with his usual aplomb.Image: Getty ImagesTo figure out where the New York Rangers are going after being dumped out on their ass by the Tampa Bay Lightning, it’s important to…

Victor Hedman (l.) and Andrei VasilevskiyPhoto: Getty ImagesPerhaps the biggest sign that a team has entered its own class in the NHL is that it can play any way it has to, or wants to, to win. Whatever you ask of them, they have an answer.…

Alexander Ovechkin finally speaks to media about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Screenshot: Wasington CapitalsAlexander Ovechkin finally addressed the crisis in Ukraine, saying some words in a press conference in Philadelphia that sounded…

Everyone loves to hate Tom Wilson, for good reason.Image: Getty ImagesThere are few names that drum up hockey fans at large with such visceral rage as Tom Wilson. His introduction to the league has been well-documented as a young, tough,…

iGoalie Igor Shesterkin and defenseman K’Andre Miller are key factors to the Rangers’ success, but numbers don’t tell the full story.Image: Getty ImagesThe best way to determine the best teams in any sport is to look at the standings,…

Chris PaulPhoto: Getty ImagesSo, you look up one day, and the Phoenix Suns have won 16 straight games.They’re only the defending Western Conference champions, having been 51-21 last season, and have phenomenal young talent in Devin Booker,…