Alexander Ovechkin has been incredible for hockey. The next generation of NHL players grew up watching him and the booming one-timer from the left circle that became his signature.
The Vancouver Canucks have been plagued with issues throughout the entire season. On paper, they’re not a worse team than that which forced Game 7 in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.
Sidney Crosby is a fixture of Pittsburgh sports. He was one of the most highly touted prospects coming into the 2005 NHL draft, not only in his class, but in the history of the NHL.
There is a special kind of vitriol that hockey fans have for draft picks who refuse to sign with their team. In a sport with a very stoic, selfless culture, it seems arrogant for a player to risk the beginning of his career for a better option than the one in which he had no say.
For this week's edition of Off the Post, columnist Belle Fraser sat down with Islanders legend John Tonelli to talk about his historic career in the National Hockey League.
