NHL rookies on playoff-hopeful teams face fatigue down the stretch
Every rookie's season is filled with uncertainty. (How will I do? Am I good enough?) But there's one thing all of them can count on: As Old Man Winter...
View ArticleNHL Draft Blog - Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin and Cam Fowler meet in the OHL...
There has been so much talk about the top two prospects in the upcoming NHL draft -- Windsor LW Taylor Hall and Plymouth C Tyler Seguin. All season lo...
View ArticleStanley Cup - Hradek - previewing each first round series
Did you know that there were 6,803 goals scored this season? Don't feel bad, I didn't either until I got a nice note from Allison Loucks and Andrew Da...
View ArticleStanley Cup - Hradek - Chicago had better be ready
In the first two days of the playoffs, we've had seven pretty competitive games. How competitive? All seven games were decided by just one goal. That ...
View Article2010 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup - Hradek - Parity reigns in first round
In the early going, there's only one word for these playoffs: PARITY! Man, these games have been so close. The Pens' 4-2 Game 3 win over the Senators ...
View ArticleNHL: Drew Doughty is fueling Stanley Cup hopes for the Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are legitimate Stanley Cup threats this season, thanks in no small part to sensational young blueliner Drew Doughty.
View ArticleNHL Trade Deadline -- Postdeadline winners and losers in the Western Conference
E.J. Hradek evaluates each team in the Western Conference following the flurry of trade deadline deals Monday.
View ArticleNHL: 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs: First-round predictions for Washington...
First things first: These eight first-round matchups are as competitive as any I've seen in my career covering the NHL. I really wouldn't be too surpr...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Detroit Red Wings are legitimate contenders to win Stanley...
On Wednesday night, we lost our first playoff team. The Phoenix Coyotes have been escorted out of the 2011 postseason. They had a terrific year, but t...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Roberto Luongo, Marian Gaborik feeling the heat as...
Are you nervous today, Canucks fans? I'd think you might be after suffering your second straight butt-whipping by the champs-on-the-brink Chicago Blac...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Why switching goalies is no sign of surrender - Analyzing...
Consider the decision Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher faced Monday morning: Do you give the Game 5 start to Dwayne Roloson -- the goaltender the Lightning...
View ArticleLos Angeles Kings lead second-half breakout candidates - NHL
Kent Wilson of Hockey Prospectus examines the NHL's teams most likely to break out in the second half of the season, and sees the L.A. Kings as one of the most potent candidates. The struggling Caps...
View Article2012 Stanley Cup Final - Teams seeking a GM could poach Ron Hextall from...
LOS ANGELES -- Since they won their Stanley Cup in 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks have had trouble keeping their assistant general manager position occu...
View ArticleGrouping the Eastern Conference coaching staffs into tiers - NHL
Rob Vollman puts every team's coaching staff into one of five tiers based on experience and their standings point performance against expectation. Three Eastern teams' staffs make the top tier.
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