Ah 2016, we hardly knew ye….and we don’t want to know ye further, so beat it.
Despite the year from all heck, there was some positives to glean from the NHL proceedings in 2016. We had the World Cup of Hockey, outdoor festivities, and the best player in hockey hoisting the Stanley Cup against a team that could be one of the NHL’s up and coming teams to beat.
1) Jaromir Jagr Passes Mark Messier
The NHL is undergoing an unbelievable youth movement, with names like Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel becoming household names amongst hockey fans.