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NHL free agency 2010: Ideas on Ilya Kovalchuk, Sergei Gonchar, Matthew...
Tick. Tick. Tick. If you're reading this blog, you darn well know that the NHL's free-agent window opens Thursday at noon Eastern Time. That'...
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NHL free agency 2010: Analysis on Sergei Gonchar, Anton Volchenkov, Paul Martin
If you were looking to add a defenseman this offseason, I hope you didn't blink. It didn't take long for several of them to find new homes on the firs...
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NHL: The NHL is right to experiment with shootout format, but for now, it's...
The league's just-concluded research, development and orientation camp stirred some summer chatter among us puckheads. The topic that seemed to gen...
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NHL: The top 10 defensemen in the NHL
I know you love lists. At least, that's what people tell me. With the new season on the horizon, I figured it would be a good time to put together a s...
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NHL: Matthew Bartkowski, Derek Stepan and other promising youngsters of 2010-11
If you follow me on Twitter -- you should -- you know that I braved a little rainy weather to check out the Ottawa Senators vs. New York Rangers exhib...
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NHL: The Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings square off tonight
OK, I've got a little catching up to do. I was so busy yesterday celebrating both Columbus Day and Canadian Thanksgiving, I didn't get down to our usu...
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NHL - Teams like the New York Rangers can hide contracts like Wade Redden's...
The NHL has a hard cap, but a loophole allows big-market teams to stash high salaries in the minors -- as the Rangers are currently doing with Wade Redden -- without it counting against the cap....
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NHL: Picking Philadelphia Flyers at Minnesota Wild and other pre-Thanksgiving...
Thank goodness we had a light three-game slate last week. I had a feeling my luck was going to change, and it did. The Stars helped limit the damage b...
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NHL: Picking Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres and other Tuesday night games
After some not-so-busy Tuesdays during the first half of the season, I'm faced with my second consecutive 10-game slate. I did okay last week, hitting...
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NHL: Daniel Alfredsson, Brad Boyes, Craig Anderson and other stars who need...
We've moved past the midway point of the regular season and we're speeding toward All-Star Weekend. The playoff chases -- particularly in the Western ...
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NHL: Checking in with Tyler Myers, Matt Duchene, Jimmy Howard and other...
I usually use this Wednesday space to chat about rookies and the race for the Calder Trophy. Today, however, I wanted take a step back and take a quic...
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NHL: Gary Bettman chats on Winter Classic, other topics prior to All-Star...
With the All-Star Weekend upon us, I figured it was a good time to catch up with Gary Bettman. The NHL commissioner will soon be celebrating his 18th ...
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NHL: Mailbag on the Phoenix Coyotes' playoff chances and Peter Forsberg's future
Did you know that since 1945 only two NHL players have scored six goals in a single game? And, believe it or not, their names weren't Wayne Gretzky an...
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NHL: After Brent Johnson's knockout of Rick DiPietro, a ranking of the best...
For whatever reason (it has to be the equipment, right?), fights between opposing goaltenders get a lot of attention. The Wednesday night bout between...
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NHL: Alex Goligoski gets his time to shine for Dallas Stars, Jarome Iginla...
Recently acquired Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski didn't arrive a minute too soon for Dallas head coach Marc Crawford. The Stars' bench boss hasn't he...
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