Tackling the biggest issues in sports from sports media students at Seton Hall
The New York Rangers entered this season as the youngest team in the National Hockey League with an average age of 25.6 years old. But do they have what it takes to make it to the Stanley Cup? The Rangers are one of the most well-known and respected organizations, not only in the NHL but…
Wayne Gretzky once said, “You miss 100% of the shots that you don’t take.” Well, the NHL took their shot in the Tom Wilson situation, and they absolutely missed. This stems back to Monday night’s game between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers. A scrum came about in front of the Capitals net,…
The New York Rangers played the Washington Capitals on Monday night in what was seemingly a thrilling game. That is, up until an incident that has evidently rocked the National Hockey League. An incident involving Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson and his repeated dangerous on-ice behavior. Just before the midway point of the second period,…
Every June, someone will lift it, then hand it to another. Most people who get a hold of it will give it a kiss. It will parade its way through a major city with those who have captured it, before spending the summer traveling the world, through fishing villages and large cities, usually in Canada,…
The 2000 NHL Draft will go down as one of the New York Rangers’ most impactful days in franchise history. No one knew it at the time. But when the Rangers drafted Henrik Lundqvist out of Are, Sweden in the 7th Round, with the 205th Overall Pick, the team’s future would forever be changed. It…
Think back to the beginning of this year … it’s January 2020. Nobody expected the world to be in the state it’s in now roughly three months later. Yes, sometimes in life, we have to expect the unexpected, but not like this. The world has come to a standstill. Schools have been closed, businesses have…
The New York Islanders were projected to be one of the worst teams in hockey by most analysts and fans. Two weeks ago, they swept the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the NHL Playoffs. The hate and disrespect of the Isles ran rampant before the 2018-2019 NHL Season began. Some sportsbooks had the…
When an athlete suffers an injury, many only think of the physical toll it takes on their body. However, it is often forgotten that injuries also have an affect mentally. One of the most essential things to understand about an injured athlete is that they have several emotional responses to realizing they will not be…
The NHL concluded its regular season on Sunday evening, and with that, the playoffs are set to commence in a few days. The pack this year is a mixed bag of perennial contenders and eager underdogs, and all the matchups are projected to be evenly matched and intense alike. Heading into the first round, the…
During the early 2000’s, Billy Beane, a general manager for the Oakland A’s, created a strategy for drafting and acquiring players that would change the way we analyze sports forever. Beane and his staff were able to take a shoestring budget and transform the A’s into a power house in the American League. Their plan…