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Orpik shouldn't have had to pay for hit
While we await word on just how big a whack Boston's Shawn Thornton will get for hunting down and pummeling unsuspecting Penguin Brooks Orpik (the gue...
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NHL - Taking league's temperature at halfway point
Scott Burnside offers up his midseason report on the NHL, including teams and players who sputtered out of the gate and some who have stepped up in a big way.
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Sochi Olympics - No easy answers for Team Canada
With so many weapons to choose from, how could Team Canada possibly go wrong in selecting its 25-player squad? The truth is that it could go very wrong.
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Brian Rafalski to attempt return with ECHL's Florida Everblades
After serving for the past two years as team chaplain for the ECHL Florida Everblades veteran NHL defenseman Brian Rafalski will attempt a comeback with the team beginning Friday night with an eye to...
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NHL -- 10 biggest names to know as the trade deadline approaches
Some big names are flying through the trade deadline rumor mill, and there are 10 in particular you need to know, writes Scott Burnside.
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NHL -- 7 teams to watch at the trade deadline
Seven teams will be making noise before the March 5 trade deadline, writes Scott Burnside.
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NHL -- Handing out NHL's quarter-pole awards
With just one-fourth of the NHL season remaining, it's time for Scott Burnside to hand out the league's quarter-pole awards.
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NHL -- Thomas Vanek deal will make or break Islanders GM Garth Snow
The Thomas Vanek situation should make or break Islanders GM Garth Snow, writes Scott Burnside.
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NHL -- Tampa Bay Lightning made best of Martin St. Louis trade demand
Lightning GM Yzerman made the most of a bad situation dealing with St. Louis' trade demand, writes Scott Burnside.
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Ramblings: All eyes on Caps' Kuznetsov
Pressure already on Caps' Kuznetsov It will be interesting to see how Washington head coach Adam Oates employs Evgeny Kuznetsov during the stretch ru...
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Ramblings: Alberta opposites, changes afoot, defense wins
Oilers are in flux The focus, as it should be with three weeks to go in the regular season, is on those teams still with a shot at making the playoff...
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Ramblings: Canucks' circus spins, Halak backs down, Bishop-less Bolts wobble
Canucks turning into a circus Having stable ownership doesn't necessarily denote good ownership, a reality worth keeping in mind as the Vancouver Can...
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Trade breakdown: Gagner stops in Arizona
During a conversation with Edmonton Oilers center Sam Gagner in Nashville in March 2013, he spoke about the steep learning curve the youthful Oilers f...
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2014-15 NHL season preview -- Five regular-season storylines to watch
Scott Burnside looks at five big storylines to watch during the 2014-15 season, including imbalance between the conferences, Mike Babcock's contract situation and changes to the NHL's international...
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Flyers, Lecavalier off to a rough start
Oh, things have not started well in Philadelphia. The Flyers are winless in four games (0-2-2), their lone points coming in shootouts, the worst on Sa...
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W2W4: Blackhawks at Lightning, Game 2
TAMPA -- Never mind all the clichés about no must-win games in a playoff series until a team faces elimination -- the Tampa Bay Lightning absolut...
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Lightning are proving to be pretty good at this playoffs thing
TAMPA, Fla. -- In the space of 72 hours, we have seen the Tampa Bay Lightning crumble in the face of pressure, promise to be better and then deliver t...
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GM Stan Bowman making a name for himself with Blackhawks
CHICAGO -- The boy goes to sleep. And while he's sleeping, his father, the greatest coach in hockey and maybe in all of sport, floods the backyard rin...
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W2W4: Lightning vs. Blackhawks, Game 3
CHICAGO -- If you were to give overall grades through the first two games of what has become a rollicking Stanley Cup finals, you'd probably give the ...
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Bishop shakes off what ails him to come up with clutch Game 3 win
CHICAGO -- For much of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night, Tampa Bay Lightning netminder Ben Bishop looked a little bit like the Tin Man fr...
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