NHL: Examining the pros and cons of the top rookies' Calder Trophy candidacies
As the season winds down, I've been getting more and more questions about the different awards -- particularly the Calder Trophy. As you know if you'v...
View ArticleNHL: Why Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks could win the Hart Trophy
The countdown to the playoffs is on! There are just a handful of games left on the regular season schedule. And, as you know, there are some pretty bi...
View ArticleNHL: San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi is top free-agent signing of 2010-11...
With just two weekends remaining in the 2010-11 regular season, we've had nearly a full season to digest the free-agent acquisitions of last summer. A...
View ArticleNHL: Why Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks should win the Calder Trophy
After watching this rookie class for nearly an entire regular season, I can say these freshmen have a lot to be proud of. In NHL cities across North ...
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 ArticleNHL: Ranking five trends for the 2010-11 season, including Sidney Crosby's...
At the track, they'd say we were in the deep stretch. Three days and 26 games remain in the 2010-11 regular season campaign. Ten playoff spots already...
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! ...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Why the Capitals will win Game 4 over the Rangers, and...
Talk about a crazy playoff game! Down 4-0 early in the second period and looking dead in the water, the San Jose Sharks suddenly surfaced and went on ...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: A look at Vancouver Canucks, Roberto Luongo and the top...
I don't know about you, but my eyes are bleary from a crazy second weekend of these Stanley Cup playoffs. On Saturday, hockey junkies were treated to ...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Picking winners for Eastern Conference semifinal series
After nine straight nights of playoff overtime, the second round opened with something of a thud. The Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 1...
View Article2011 NHL playoffs: James van Riemsdyk and nine other under-the-radar...
It's been a spring of unlikely heroes. On Friday, San Jose's Benn Ferriero celebrated his 24th birthday by scoring an overtime game winner. Then on Sa...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Analyzing five lessons from the playoffs, including a look...
When you study the numbers, you don't always know what to make of things. The Boston Bruins, for example, can't buy a power-play goal (they're ohhhh-f...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Picking the Bruins over the Flyers and other Wednesday...
You can count me among those who didn't like the overtime penalty call against Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber in last night's Game 3 agains...
View Article2011 NHL playoffs: The next steps for Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau
After a crazy first round in which half the series went the distance, the conference semifinals have been significantly less competitive. As I tap out...
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