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• 2-on-1: Goalies On the Block
• By Adam Gretz 12/14/2009 10:00 AM ET
• Every Monday during the season two of our hockey writers will debate one topic. It's the 2-on-1. This week, Adam Gretz and Chris Botta talk about potential landing spots for the numerous goaltenders ... More »
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• Ryan Smyth Clicks With Kopitar in L.A.
• By Christopher Botta 10/12/2009 1:08 PM ET
• UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- In May of 2005, Ryan Smyth was at the World Championships in Austria when he lined up for a faceoff in Team Canada's defensive zone against a teenager from Slovenia. The kid won ... More »
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• Kings Acquire Ryan Smyth, Avalanche Dump Salary
• By Adam Gretz 7/04/2009 12:20 AM ET
• The Los Angeles Kings entered the offseason with a fair amount of cap space and plethora of young assets that could have been used to bring in a big-name player to help boost a young team from Western ... More »
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• Offseason Roadmap: Northwest Division
• By Bruce Ciskie 6/25/2009 3:00 PM ET
• It's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We continue our division-by-division preview of the potential wheeling and dealing with the Northwest Division. It ... More »
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• NHL Trade Deadline Preview: West
• By Bruce Ciskie 3/03/2009 2:30 PM ET
• Weeks of rumors, innuendo, and e5s will finally come to a head on Wednesday. At 3pm Eastern, the NHL trade deadline will pass. You can follow all the activity with our NHL Trade Deadline Tracker. ... More »
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• Newsmakers in the NHL: Colorado Ends Losing Streak
• By Adam Gretz 2/03/2009 9:25 AM ET
• Avalanche 4, Flames 3: Colorado ended a four-game losing streak with its win over Calgary on Monday night, thanks in large part to a three-point effort from Marek Svatos. Svatos chipped in two goals ... More »
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• The Western Conference: A Marvelous Mass of Mediocrity
• By Bruce Ciskie 1/20/2009 3:00 PM ET
• There are certainly at least two really good teams in the NHL's Western Conference. Defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit and fast-starting San Jose appear in the clear to duke it out for the right ... More »
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• Newsmakers in the NHL: Fight Night in Montreal, Leafs Get Blown Out
• By Adam Gretz 1/09/2009 1:45 AM ET
• Brian Burke's acquisition of tough-guy Brad May helped add to some of the intensity and entertainment value in Thursday's Montreal-Toronto game, as the two teams beat the snot out of one other ... More »
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• Newsmakers in the NHL: Andrei Kostitsyn, Carey Price Lead Montreal
• By Adam Gretz 12/28/2008 1:00 AM ET
• Montreal's Andrei Kostitsyn recorded his first career hat trick on Saturday night, while Carey Price stopped 31 shots, including 16 in the third period to lead the Canadien's to a 3-2 victory in ... More »
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• Newsmakers in the NHL: Sidney Crosby's Controversial Overtime Winner
• By Adam Gretz 12/23/2008 1:00 AM ET
• Oh my, they're not going to like this in Buffalo. After the Penguins and Sabres skated to a 3-3 tie in regulation, Sidney Crosby deflected an Evgeni Malkin slap shot behind Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller ... More »
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• Newsmakers in the NHL: Islanders Drop 4th in a Row
• By Adam Gretz 12/10/2008 10:15 AM ET
• The Islanders jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on Tuesday night, thanks to a pair of goals from Doug Weight and Andy Hilbert less than a minute apart. Unfortunately for them, as has been the case all ... More »
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• Newsmakers in the NHL: Welcome Back Paul Maurice
• By Adam Gretz 12/05/2008 12:30 AM ET
• Paul Maurice made his debut in his second stint with the Hurricanes on Thursday night, and, well, it wasn't exactly an impressive showing by Carolina, as the Penguins walked out of the building with a ... More »
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• The Case Against Joel Quenneville
• By Greg Wyshynski 3/04/2008 2:00 PM ET
• Colorado enters its game against Vancouver tonight tied with the Canucks and the Predators in points as they battle for the final two playoff berths in the Western Conference. As we've reported here ... More »
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• Colorado Loses Svatos for Season
• By Greg Wyshynski 3/03/2008 9:08 PM ET
• If either Jon Klemm or Jack Johnson has a ski vacation planned for lovely Colorado anytime soon, they may want to check their cancellation options. The Los Angeles defensemen laid out two of the ...
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• Defense Against an Avalanche of Injuries
• By Greg Wyshynski 1/18/2008 10:10 AM ET
• Schultz mentioned it in today's edition of The Ice Sheet, but the story of Paul Stastny's injury and its affect on the Avalanche is really strange and torturous. Stastny had completed a routine ...
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• Smyth Out Six to Eight Weeks
• By Jes Golbez 1/04/2008 11:12 AM ET
• As if two straight losses against the lowly Phoenix Coyotes wasn't bad enough for the Colorado Avalanche, the Rocky Mountain club will now be without power winger Ryan Smyth, who will be gone 6-8 ...
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• Sakic to Miss 2-3 Months with Hernia Surgery
• By Jes Golbez 12/28/2007 11:39 AM ET
• Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche got some very bad news yesterday as their beloved captain is going to be out a very long time with a nasty hernia. Hopefully, the injury isn't so severe that it ...
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• The Ice Sheet: Crybaby Night in Edmonton
• By Greg Wyshynski 10/24/2007 10:30 AM ET
• Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before. Wrong Time for Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! ... More »
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• NHL Season Preview: Edmonton Oilers
• By Jes Golbez 9/10/2007 5:00 PM ET
• Who's In: Dick Tarnstrom, D (FA), Joni Pitkanen, D (PHI), Geoff Sanderson, LW (PHI),Mathieu Garon, G (MTR), Sheldon Souray (FA-MTR) Who's Out: Jason Smith, D (PHI), Joffrey Lupul, LW (PHI), Jan ... More »
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• Forsberg and Colorado: One More Season?
• By Jes Golbez 7/16/2007 4:18 PM ET
• There is little doubt that Peter Forsberg is one of the best playoff performers in NHL history. If you had to build a playoff team based on players in their prime, Forsberg would definitely rank up ... More »
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