First Quarter Team MVPs

Want to know who I think the 31 NHL teams MVPs have been through the first quarter of the 2019/20 NHL season? Of course you do.

Some choices were clear cut, others less so – as teams share the load, or suck equally.

Disagree with any of them? Hey, we all have opinions – drop a comment in the section at the bottom of the article and we can all discuss this like adults.

In alphabetical order (by team):

Podcast – The One With The Islanders Hot Streak

The New York Islanders superb start to the new NHL season comes under the microscope as The Athletic’s Arthur Staple joins Rob on the latest One Puck Short Podcast.

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The Joy of Six – Chaos, Fun and Surprises

Talking about legitimate Cup contenders is fun.

There are always points of contention regarding how good a team’s goaltending might be, whether an offence can produce enough goals or if it’s smart to pair those two guys together on defence.

Chaos is also fun – it gives us other things to talk about. The silly things that happen in hockey, the things that defy wisdom or the thing that are simply unexpected.

It’s what makes the sport enjoyable; probably even more so than a technical breakdown of a two teams respective powerplay strategies….

Here are six things that could happen over the next six months that could be chaotic, surprising or simply fun:

For And Against: Lehner For The Vezina

Robin Lehner’s resurgence has developed into one of the NHL’s biggest, and best, stories this season.

After signing a 1-year, $1.5 million deal with the New York Islanders during the summer, Lehner wrote a frank and honest piece for The Athletic revealing his bipolar diagnosis and battle with addiction.

The 27-year-old was, rightly, lauded for opening up about the difficulties he had faced, as well as pushing a virtual ‘reset’ button on his career – that was then, this is now.

Fast forward five-months and Lehner is a virtual lock to be the Islanders nominee for the Masterton Trophy and has seen his name enter the Vezina Trophy conversation.

Could he win it? Should he win it? There are cases for and against the Swede:

Guest Spot on NHL Fans From Afar

I joined Clare Freeman and Jolon Kemp Walker on this week’s episode of the NHL Fans From Afar podcast to discuss the New York Islanders season so far and Peter Chiarelli’s firing in Edmonton, while the three of us also pick our ‘Man Crush of the Week’…albeit I bend the rules a little bit…

Clare and Jolon also share their thoughts on the NHL All Star Game.

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