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  • NY Rangers Predictions: 5 Reasons Expectations Are Just Right for Brad Richards

    The New York Rangers made a splash in free agency when they got their man in Brad Richards. He is an elite center with great hands and is a catalyst and legitimate power-play threat. In doing so, the Rangers gained the ire from critics, with the deep-pocked franchise once again gettin...

  • NHL Free Agents: Were the Top 13 Signings Underpaid, Overpaid or Just Right?

    The 2011 NHL Offseason featured a flurry of activity on the free agent market, with a number of players receiving long-term, big-money contracts.  Many of these deals raised eyebrows due to the fact that this year's crop of Unrestricted Free Agents was widely considered to be a relatively weak ...

  • Is Steve Yzerman Obsessed with the Montreal Canadiens, or Just Savvy?

    There are currently four ex-Habs in the Tampa Bay Lightning organization, not to mention the entire former Bulldogs coaching staff running the show at ice level. So why does Steve Yzerman keep poaching from the Montreal Canadiens? When it comes to the coaching staff, it’s not hard to see the l...

  • New York Islanders Are Just a Few Steps Closer To Being a Contender

    It’s been a long time since the glory days of the early 1980s. The Islanders built one of the greatest franchises ever seen in NHL history. Players like Potvin, Glllies, Bossy, Trottier and Smith were great players that quickly made this team a contender. Fast forward some 30 years, and i...

  • The NHL’s Winnipeg Whatsits Just Might Have the Right Men in Zinger and Chevy

    There's something endearing about Craig Heisinger, something that makes you want to root for him like you would root for a tussle-haired little boy struggling to lace up his running shoes for the first time. It could be his unassuming, guy-next-door demeanor. Or it could be the fact he looks about a...

  • NHL Playoffs 2011: Vancouver Canucks Just 4 Wins from the Stanley Cup

    At the start of the season, the Vancouver Canucks set some team goals, and one of them was to play for the Stanley Cup.  It took double overtime and a strange goal, but the Canucks were able to accomplish that goal and are just four wins away from winning their first Stanley Cup. In the first r...

  • 2011 NHL Playoffs: San Jose Sharks Didn’t Choke; the Canucks Were Just Better

    For the second year in a row, the San Jose Sharks will have to watch a team that eliminated them in the Western Conference Finals advance to play for the Stanley Cup. Last year it was the Chicago Blackhawks.  This year it is the Vancouver Canucks.  The Canucks finished off the Sharks ...

  • Boston Almost Missed the Tyler Seguin Train and Find the Answer Just in Time

    When the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs started, Tyler Seguin was not on the Boston Bruins active roster—a decision that didn't receive too much scrutiny at the time.Bruins fans were able to believe the 19 year old phenom who struggled during the end of the regular season was not...

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