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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: What does the Hart Trophy mean now?

Annika Morris March 26, 2025

According to the NHL, the Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” A question arises. What constitutes value? MVP awards are voted on...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Nothing is going right with the Canucks

Annika Morris February 12, 2025
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.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Trevor Zegras is no longer a golden child

Annika Morris April 3, 2024

Trevor Zegras has fallen from grace. The star center on the Anaheim Ducks was the ninth overall draft pick in 2019, so the expectations were always high for him. Zegras quickly proved his ability...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: NHL All-Star Game draft still needs fixing

Annika Morris February 8, 2024
No one wants to be picked last for their middle school dodgeball team. Even if you’re an NHL all star, you don’t want to be drafted last. After years of simply dividing the all stars by their respective divisions — Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central and Pacific — to play in a four-team bracket to decide the winning team, the NHL decided to mix up the format and return to a draft format.
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Off the Post: Western Conference playoff preview

Belle Fraser April 19, 2023
Following yesterday's breakdown of the Eastern Conference, Belle Fraser takes a look at the playoff series in the West for a follow-up edition of Off the Post.
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Off the Post: Winter Classic preview

Belle Fraser December 8, 2021
Belle Fraser looks ahead to the 2022 NHL Winter Classic.
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Off the Post: Four teams Start 2021-2022 season undefeated

Belle Fraser October 27, 2021
Belle Fraser breaks down the four teams that have yet to lose a game at the beginning of the 2021-22 NHL season.
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Off the Post: NHL players given Olympic go-ahead

Belle Fraser September 8, 2021
Belle Fraser discusses the return of NHL players to the Olympics, plus BU's presence on Team USA.
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Off the Post: The Buffalo Sabres are failing Jack Eichel

Chad Jones March 4, 2021
Chad Jones breaks down why Boston University alum, Jack Eichel, is having his talents wasted in Buffalo.
Off the Post: Sidney Crosby is still the best center in the NHL

Off the Post: Sidney Crosby is still the best center in the NHL

Chad Jones December 3, 2020
Despite the uncertainty over when the next National Hockey League season will be played, debate over the best center in the NHL has spurred columnist Chad Jones to state the case for Pittsburgh Penguin Sidney Crosby.
Dropping the Gloves: Regardless of Ovechkin’s hat tricks, the Capitals still won’t make it through the playoffs

Dropping the Gloves: Regardless of Ovechkin’s hat tricks, the Capitals still won’t make it through the playoffs

Jessica Citronberg October 12, 2017

No one knows which team will be hoisting the Stanley Cup trophy at the end of the 2017-18 NHL season, but I can definitely tell you who won’t win — the Washington Capitals. It may come as a shock...

Dropping the Gloves: NHL draft changes are not a good idea

Dropping the Gloves: NHL draft changes are not a good idea

Jessica Citronberg September 27, 2017

  Raising the NHL draft age has been in discussion for a long time, but a new statement from the league and its players’ association might make it happen in the next few years. The NHL’s...

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