Down to the final two teams standing in the 2021 NHL Playoffs, the Montreal Canadiens are set to battle with the Tampa Bay Lightning to decide who will capture the Stanley Cup.
One of the most exciting teams league-wide, the Colorado Avalanche captured the President’s Trophy for the first time in 20 years this past season. Finishing atop the West Division with 39 victories, the team also led the NHL with 197 goals for. Enjoying another stellar campaign in 2021, star center Nathan MacKinnon was named a finalist for the Hart Trophy after recording 20 goals and 45 assists in 48 games. Along with this, in his third year with the Avalanche, net minder Philipp Grubauer earned a nomination for the Vezina Trophy. Racking up a .922 save percentage and a 1.95 goals-against average, the 29-year-old finished second in the league with 30 victories in 40 starts.
Qualifying for the playoffs for the 5th consecutive season, the Boston Bruins won 33 games in the league’s shortened 2020-21 season. Earning the third seed in the East Division, the team was led by longtime goaltender Tuukka Rask and star left winger Brad Marchand. Pacing Bruce Cassidy’s team with 29 goals and 40 assists in 53 games, the 33-year-old Marchand finished 6th in the NHL’s goal-scoring race. Making a splash at the trade deadline in April, general manager Don Sweeney acquired the former number one pick Taylor Hall.
The favorites to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl once again, the reigning world champions, opened minicamps last week. Tom Brady will return at the helm of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense in his age 44 season.
The Buffalo Bills look to build off their first AFC Conference Championship Game appearance since the 1993 NFL season. They will once again head into 2021 as one of the teams to beat in the AFC.
Beginning to see a divide across the fan base as mandatory minicamp opens today, the Green Bay Packers remain without a solution for resolving their ongoing conflicts with star quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
With training camps just over a month away from kicking off across the NFL, the time for fantasy football is nearly upon us. Tasked with navigating their respective drafts to maximize the talent on their rosters, general managers will once again look to find consistent production from the tight end position.
With organized team activities beginning to kick off across the NFL, franchises are beginning their preparations for the upcoming 2021 season.
With parody unlike any other on a year-to-year basis, remaining a consistent contender in the National Football League remains a challenge. This article will look at the eight fourth-place clubs from 2020 and their odds to finish atop their respective division in 2021.
A team with no shortage of controversy surrounding them as rookie minicamps begin to open across the NFL; the Green Bay Packers remain focused on rekindling their relationship with star quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
With the NFL set to release its 2021 season schedule on Wednesday night, the time to look ahead to the fall is here. The league is set to introduce a 17th game for the first time in league history.
Among the final five selections in the first round for the second season in a row, the Baltimore Ravens headed into the 2021 NFL draft with two of the five.
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