NHL: The Atlanta Thrashers will be much-improved, but the Vancouver Canucks...
I've been on Twitter for a while now, but as a new season begins Wednesday I get to use the microblogging medium to answer questions from fans all ove...
View ArticleNHL: 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...
View ArticleVancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings top best games of upcoming weekend
My Five for Friday is a look ahead to the five games that I'm going to be watching this weekend. There's a terrific West Coast matchup Friday night fo...
View ArticleNHL: Henrik Lundqvist, Tim Thomas, Dan Ellis and more are making this the...
It was a trick or treat Saturday night for hockey's masked men. We watched four different skaters convert penalty shots. Trick. The night als...
View ArticleNHL: E.J. Hradek analyzes the Pittsburgh Penguins and picks all of Tuesday...
Before we get to the Hradek selections for Tuesday night, here are three things I noticed watching the Coyotes-Penguins game Monday: First, they're ...
View ArticleNHL: Alex Ovechkin and Washington Capitals will get a measure of revenge...
Before I make my Tuesday night picks, I have to offer my congratulations to veteran Detroit Red Wings stopper Chris Osgood, who became just the 10th g...
View ArticleNHL: 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...
View ArticleNHL: 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 ...
View ArticleNHL: 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...
View ArticleNHL: 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...
View ArticleNHL: 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...
View ArticleNHL: How the Montreal Canadiens will beat the Washington Capitals and other...
Sadly, my prognosticating turnaround was short-lived. After correctly tagging nine of 10 two weeks ago, I fell back to Earth hard last Tuesday, droppi...
View ArticleNHL: John Carlson of the Washington Capitals is the league's best rookie...
You'd have to go back to the tail end of the Original Six era to find the last time that defensemen won back-to-back Calder trophies. In 1963 and 1964...
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 ArticleNHL: Notes from the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs
We haven't played even a week of playoff games, and the defending champs already find themselves on the brink of elimination. That didn't take long! ...
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