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So let's get this straight: Burke wants a top six winger with some size who can score. Ideally, that player is young enough to...

Looks like the Halak trade may have opened up the floodgates.  At least, it has for the Nashville Predators, who announced two separate trades...

According to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun, the Chicago Blackhawks have traded forwards Dustin Byfgulien and Ben Eager along with defenseman Brent Sopel and prospect Akim...

The two greatest military tacticians of the past 5000 years — Sun Tzu and Sgt. Slaughter — both spoke on the value of knowing...

The book has (finally) closed on the Ilya Kovalchuk saga, as the Russian winger elected to remain with the New Jersey Devils.  This ends...

Got some interesting feedback from a couple sources regarding Kovalchuk's 17 year deal, and its potential impacts on future CBA negotiations. Source 1: "These long-term deals...

Is the leagues threat of retroactive contract withdrawal a smokecreen to create definition over the Kovalchuk ruling?

First, a confession.  Or, more like an obvious statement. I love covering hockey.  I love covering it, in all of its forms and states.  I...

NHL Team Records in B2B Games vs Tired Teams With the NHL trade deadline now over, attention turns to the stretch drive for a...

The stretch drive is on and teams are aware of the implications of every game. Three-point games make the average fan cringe while driving...

At the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, MA (fellow bloggers, I highly recommend you check it out next year), I had an...

The following is a brief summary of a research paper that was presented this past weekend by Michael E. Shuckers at the MIT Sloan...

The point system comes into scrutiny earlier and earlier each season. Regulation time stalemates are badges of honor, garnering 'at least a point' and...

Some saddening news to pass along this evening, as NHL.com reports that EJ McGuire, Vice President of the NHL's Central Scouting Service, has passed...

The NHL and NBC/Versus have announced a 10 year broadcast and media rights agreement, valued at approximately $2 billion or roughly $200 million per...

Nothing beats a partial Habs GDT on a Toronto Maple Leafs fansite, right? To get more in line with the general sentiments of everyone...

What a first round! As a hockey fan, you have to be pleased about what is currently happening around the best sport in the...

Conference Finals typically mean a rise in intensity of play of all the teams that are still playing hockey mid May. Teams, coaches and...

What was interesting about Friday's late-breaking report by Stephen Brunt of a deal between the owners of the Atlanta Thrashers and True North Sports...

This has been anything but your typical playoffs. A historical first round followed by a somewhat quiet second, only to be blown wide open...