Dave Gross

PHOTO: Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images We realize over here in this corner that two games is indeed a small sample size, however it is troubling to watch this year’s (early) rendition of the Ottawa Senators creating, what you would hope, is not a template. Yes, it’s wondrous to fill the [...]

“Who is Chris Tierney, Alex?” It’s the type of stumper that’ll perplex even the best of Jeopardy champions (even James Holzhauer, me-thinks). Answer being: This player lead the Ottawa Senators in scoring by a forward last season. Matt Duchene was long gone to Ohio by [...]

Photo courtesy NHLI via Getty Images The National Hockey League’s trade deadline day, with all its pomp, build-up and platitudes, is generally a let-down in the drama department. The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs though made sure this year’s version teed off with theatricals [...]

Photo courtesy NHLI via Getty Images Stage 1 of the NHL’s off-season is in the books. The National Hockey League entry draft now makes way for what promises to be (here’s hoping) an intriguing free agency window – Stage 2. That window gets cranked open next Monday (July 1). After [...]

Photo courtesy of NHLI via Getty Images The legendary rocker Bob Seger must be reading the Ottawa Senators’ collective mind: Turn the Page. Seger’s ditty doesn’t have anything to do with hockey, however the message behind the song’s title could fit nicely into Ottawa’s [...]

Photo credit: NHLI via Getty Images So then, Denis D.J. Smith is your (relatively) new guy. I can’t pretend to tell you what he’s like as a coach, head coach or assistant. His former players – be it in Toronto or with the 2015 Memorial Cup champion Oshawa Generals – will gladly [...]

The former Maple Leaf prospect, or the former OHL champion in the league’s smallest market? That’s just one of the questions facing prognosticators as the Stanley Cup finale opens this week between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues. Tuukka Rask (yep, he was a Leaf draft pick – [...]

Photo courtesy NHLI via Getty Images Rest, or rust? Is it best, or bust? The Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins will let us in on the answer to those questions when the Stanley Cup final finally gets underway sometime in the near future. (That sometime was finally determined this past week [...]

Photo courtesy NHLI via Getty Images Here’s one for the water cooler – what sort of grade would you give for this year’s NHL playoffs? If you’re a fan of tight hockey and biting your nails, give it a solid A. The numbers simply say as much. Here we sit near the end of Round [...]

Photo courtesy NHLI via Getty Images This year’s playoffs, aka – The Island of Misfit Toys – continues. Odds are you’re already well out of the winning zone with your hockey pool. Tampa, Winnipeg, Nashville and Calgary laid waste to a lot of high hopes and savvy selections. [...]