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  • NHL Playoffs 2013: Key Players Who Must Step Up in Sunday’s Games

    The NHL playoffs are off to a tremendous start. The excitement level is already sky high and should continue to rise heading into a busy Sunday of action. It's exactly what the league needed after a season shortened by a lockout. Teams still searching for a spot in the second round are going to need...

  • 5 Players Who Must Step Up for Their Teams to Advance in 2013 NHL Playoffs

    The Stanley Cup playoffs are underway and already we are seeing some teams exceed expectations while others have disappointed.While there is still time to turn that around, any team that hopes to make a deep playoff run needs certain players to come through and raise their level of play over past pe...

  • NHL Playoffs 2013: Toronto Maple Leafs Who Must Step Up to Win Game 2

    With the Toronto Maple Leafs set to play their second game of the 2013 NHL Playoffs on Saturday night, the organization as well as its fans are sure to be on pins and needles after the team's lackluster opener.After scoring the initial goal just a few minutes into the contest, the Leafs self-destruc...

  • 5 NHL Players Who Must Step Up to Get Their Teams into the Stanley Cup Playoffs

    The final stretch race of the 2013 regular season is on.Two intense playoff races in both conferences will conclude this weekend, as 26 teams play Saturday before Ottawa and Boston close out the season Sunday evening.Teams who have already fought and clawed for position over the past 45, 46 or 47 ga...

  • 5 NHL Players Who Must Step Up to Get Their Team into the Stanley Cup Playoffs

    The final stretch race of the 2013 regular season is on.Two intense playoff races in both conferences will conclude this weekend, as 26 teams play Saturday before Ottawa and Boston close out the season Sunday evening.Teams who have already fought and clawed for position over the past 45, 46 or 47 ga...

  • Doan, Smith, Vrbata Need to Step Up for Phoenix Coyotes

    With eight games to play, the hour is getting desperate.Perhaps more desperate.After April 10, the Phoenix Coyotes, along with five teams, are within five standing points of each other. The positioning for the final three postseason slots in the Western Conference is now underway.With their win over...

  • 5 New Jersey Devils Who Need to Step Up for the Second Half of the Season

    The New Jersey Devils are sitting atop a slippery slope.After a strong start to the season, the Devils began to slide in the standings. While they are 3-6-1 in their last ten games, two of those wins have come in the last three games, and it seems the team may be finally be emerging from their slump...

  • Ottawa Senators That Need to Step Up in Jason Spezza’s Injury Absence

    The Ottawa Senators' great start to the 2013 NHL season has taken a back seat to the news that top-line center Jason Spezza will be out for quite some time while he recovers from back surgery (via Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun).After losing their best forward, several Senators players will need to ...

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