Welcome to 10 Insights and Observations. Every week, I’ll use this space to highlight teams, players, storylines, and general musings around the NHL.
This week we look at yet another Swede taking off in Detroit, a popular faceoff play, interference penalties, Steven Stamkos and much more.
NHL needs to crack down on 'pick' plays
In the playoffs last year, the referees in the Toronto-Tampa series made a call that haunts Maple Leafs fans to this day (when have you heard that before). John Tavares circled high with the puck, Justin Holl came down in the offensive zone and bumped into Anthony Cirelli, and with the space created Tavares was able to wind up and score.