Justin Bourne
Played NCAA, AHL, ECHL, video coach in AHL. NHL Analyst at Sportsnet. Author at Penguin. Love all sports (golf!), classic books, writing. Feed the good wolf.
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1 week ago |
sportsnet.ca | Justin Bourne
Some thoughts and takeaways from the 2025 Stanley Cup Final in which the Florida Panthers repeated as champions... 1. That was the most lopsided a six-game series with multiple overtime games can feelYes, the Edmonton Oilers managed to take the Florida Panthers to six games, but it never felt particularly close.
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1 week ago |
sportsnet.ca | Justin Bourne
The 4 Nations Face-Off was a reminder of how incredible best-on-best hockey can be, and that was just the appetizer. Next year, NHL players will return to the Olympics for the first time since 2014 at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in February. On Monday, the 12 teams competing in the Olympic tournament announced the first six players who will be on their rosters. For Canada, those six players are: Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Connor McDavid, Brayden Point and Sam Reinhart.
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2 weeks ago |
sportsnet.ca | Justin Bourne
Perhaps the only thing more surprising than the Edmonton Oilers' comeback in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final is the amount of people I’ve heard say something like “I thought it was over for sure."Yes, it was impressive and even unlikely, but have people not been following the Oilers the past two years? They’ve been written off at the beginning of regular seasons, written off after numerous playoff losses (looking at you, Game 2 versus the Kings), and written off within games.
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2 weeks ago |
sportsnet.ca | Justin Bourne
There are not many universally agreed upon pieces of analysis in any sport, but with the NHL, you’d be hard-pressed to find dissent on the ol’ catchphrase "it’s a copycat league."That’s because it is, which should be viewed at least partially as disparagement, given it means we’ve accepted that most teams just chase what’s worked in the recent past, rather than anticipating the changes to the game, and getting out ahead of them.
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3 weeks ago |
sportsnet.ca | Justin Bourne
There was an era when NHL coaches had all the power. They ran their teams like jockeys atop thoroughbreds, providing vague directional guidance and motivation. No carrots and all sticks. As the one doing the work, if you didn’t like a coach, your choices were either learn to like them or fall in line. Players fell in line.
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Thing that stands out most to me from the McDavid & Drai playoff dominance is how they’re constantly skating, particularly in the offensive zone. Like McDavid can’t embarrass everyone there if he doesn’t first get up in the zone, and get heading downhill. Always on the attack.
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