NHL draft blog -- The lottery mock draft - Hall goes No. 1 to Oilers
Coming into the trade deadline, the NHL standings around the last three slots for the playoffs are pretty fluid. Nineteen teams might wind up with lot...
View ArticleNHL playoffs 2010 - Lindsay Berra: The value of captains in the postseason...
Lindsay Berra in the April 19, 2010 issue of ESPN The Magazine writes about the crop of NHL captains -- how leadership is asserted, maintained, and what it means for the postseason ice grind known as...
View ArticleNHL - Hradek - Looking back at the teams that missed the playoffs
What a finish! I know you didn't figure that Philly journeyman goalie Brian Boucher would out-duel New York Rangers star stopper Henrik Lundqvist in a...
View ArticleNHL playoffs 2010 -- E.J. Hradek: New Jersey Devils should cut bait on Ilya...
Before I offer a short review of the Wings' sensational Game 7 performance and make my selection for Wednesday night's Caps-Habs showdown, I wanted to...
View ArticleStanley Cup playoffs: Niedermayer, Gonchar, Kovalchuk headline top 15 free...
The Stanley Cup final series is making its last few turns. At most, we have just four games left in the 2009-10 season. Where the heck did the time go...
View ArticleNHL: Where the New Jersey Devils went wrong in 2010-11
Timo Seppa of Hockey Prospectus dissects the 2010-11 New Jersey Devils, looking at where they went wrong this season and what their slim playoff hopes are the rest of the way.
View ArticleNHL: What can be learned from the worst trades of all time?
With the NHL trade deadline rapidly approaching, Robert Vollman of Hockey Prospectus evaluates the worst trades of all time and the lessons current teams can draw from them.
View ArticleNHL: Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau among several coaches who could...
There are just four games on tonight's schedule. That is a strangely quiet Thursday by NHL standards. I'll be watching to see if the New York Rangers...
View Article2011 NHL Draft: An updated mock draft of the NHL lottery teams
With the NHL lottery order set, Gare Joyce took another stab at predicting where the top prospects will go among the teams that missed the playoffs. H...
View Article2011 NHL draft: How to avoid being stuck in NHL purgatory
It's the question facing every non-playoff team: Is it time to rebuild? This decision is tough on many levels. For one, it's hard to figure out wheth...
View ArticleIlya Kovalchuk's contract, Sidney Crosby's concussion among season's most...
The NHL Experts blog is a collaboration of voices from around and inside the game of hockey. With viewpoints ranging from the press box to the front o...
View ArticleThe debate over playoff expansion - NHL
When the NHLPA rejected the NHL's realignment plan, two reasons were discussed the most. One, there was some concern about the potential for more trav...
View Article2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Peter DeBoer gets Devils to buy in - NHL
One more win and the New Jersey Devils are in. Their surprise playoff run has them tantalizingly close to playing for the best trophy in sports. If t...
View Article2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Five reasons why the New Jersey Devils could pull...
NEWARK, N.J. -- Both recent and extended history suggest the Stanley Cup finals are over. This postseason, the Los Angeles Kings have made a habit of ...
View ArticleWinnipeg Jets are trying to shake history during their playoff bid - NHL
For the entire month of March, the Winnipeg Jets didn't have one practice. Not one, according to coach Claude Noel. It was one of the scheduling quirk...
View ArticleNHL: Rebuilding plans for Eastern Conference teams
The Stanley Cup playoffs get under way tonight. Can I get an "Amen," somebody? Without a doubt, the first round of the Cup chase is my favorite time o...
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