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Sports Central October 19, 2003 Tyler Norwood |
The Maple Leafs' Road Ahead John Ferguson, Jr. may have the toughest job in the world. As General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, he must do what TBK managers could not -- that is, appease the masses of fans who have been starving for a Stanley Cup win since 1967. The road to victory is paved with jagged rock and stone. |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Second opinion With a wild first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the books, we look ahead... |
Sports Central March 6, 2004 Mike Chen |
Trade Off: Deadline Deals As the March 9th NHL trade deadline approaches, the media hype and fan anticipation continues to grow at an exponential rate. Trade discussions are almost as fun as playoff predictions, and a big move is always exciting news for fans. |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Follow the Leader The Maple Leafs will go as far as captain Mats Sundin takes them... |
Sports Illustrated March 12, 2002 Daniel G. Habib |
Light Traffic Don't expect NHL contenders' elite free-agents-to-be to travel at the trade deadline... |
Sports Illustrated March 14, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings This is a weekly analysis of teams based on their performance over the last seven days.... |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Inside the NHL Postseason bonuses make a big difference to low-salaried skaters |
Sports Illustrated March 7, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Central March 27, 2006 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Clouds of Blue and White The Toronto Maple Leafs may have accumulated 13 Stanley Cups during their 80-year existence, but those dominant franchises are now a forgotten memory. |
Sports Illustrated March 21, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Illustrated February 7, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Preparing a view from the bigtop OK, puckheads, we're in this odd little cluster of games between All-Star weekend and the Olympics... |
Sports Central May 23, 2013 Andrew Jones |
2013 NHL Playoff Contenders and Pretenders Let's take a look at the remaining teams and their chances of hoisting Lord Stanley's Cup. |
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Snipers 101 Turgeon's role as Blues' go-to guy is all academic... Red Wings... Are the Devils are still the best team in the NHL?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Small Wonder Diminutive Steve Sullivan has become a big-time scorer for the Chicago Blackhawks... |
Sports Illustrated October 11, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL Power Rankings Welcome to Kostya Kennedy's world-famous Power Rankings. Never have the opposite qualities of reverence and irreverence been so seamlessly intertwined... |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Central April 8, 2013 Andrew Jones |
NHL 2013 Contenders and Pretenders It's hard to believe the NHL playoffs begin in only a few weeks. The shortened season leaves a lot more questions than a typical season. |
Sports Illustrated December 6, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Lindros return not a sure thing Hey, folks. Everyone's talkin' Lindros, so why not us? |
Sports Central December 20, 2003 Tyler Norwood |
Fans Must Send Message to Leafs When all is said and done, the only thing the owners of the Maple Leafs are after is money. They have almost zero interest in building a winner. Their only interest is stuffing their pockets full of the green stuff and if that means missing the playoffs, so be it. |
Sports Illustrated January 10, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Coyotes face ugly ownership problem The best thing Coyotes fans have going for them is that the NHL very much wants to keep this market alive. The league will do whatever it takes to keep the team there and thriving... |
AskMen.com August 7, 2002 Mark Simmons |
Free Agency In The NHL Free agency usually marks a period of excitement in the National Hockey League off-season. After all, teams make the effort to elevate their roster in the hope of hoisting Lord Stanley's hardware the ensuing spring. |
Sports Central February 19, 2007 J.D. Conway |
NHL Has Red-Hot Playoff Race With only five points separating the fourth seed from the 10th in the Eastern Conference, predicting who will make it to the NHL playoffs and who will come up short is very tough. |
Sports Illustrated March 15, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Selanne trade had to be made Edmonton Oilers' chances of doing damage in the playoffs?... You can hardly call the Teemu Selanne-Paul Kariya experiment a failure.... Do you agree that Anaheim got more than it could have expected from the Sharks?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings This is a weekly analysis of teams based on their performance over the last seven days. |
Sports Illustrated May 1, 2000 Austin Murphy |
A flu to a kill Nolan, the Sharks' captain and leading scorer, sat out Sunday night's game with what the team called "flu-like symptoms." |
Sports Central July 30, 2014 Mike Chen |
NHL Teams Facing an Identity Crisis In this year's NHL offseason, three teams are facing major crossroads. Two teams are perennial underachievers while another is taking a bold step forward. |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Expansion horizons How's everyone liking this goal-scoring race? Ten guys have more than 30 goals already and a big night here or there -- say, Bure's four-bagger, or a hat trick by Kovy or Bondra -- swings the whole thing... |
Sports Central February 27, 2008 Jeff DiNunzio |
Here Yesterday, Gone Today The 2008 NHL trade deadline was filled with big-name movement, all in preparation for the final playoff stretch. Here's a review some of the wisest deadline transactions. |
Sports Illustrated October 28, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
As the Leaf turns Maple Leafs were a bounce or two from beating the Devils last year in the second round of the playoffs... Osgood will reestablish himself as a top goalie... Can't a team have a Cup hangover anymore?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Illustrated January 25, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
How to help the Habs Sheesh, the Devils look great these days. There's so much gleaming talent out West and then there's relentlessly effective New Jersey representin' the East. The Flyers have played well, and Toronto will be a serious playoff force, but the Devils are the Eastern Conference's most threatening team... |
Sports Illustrated February 21, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Increasing controversy Nothing warms in February like a passionate bunch of letters from some diehard icehounds. Another well-spun week, folks. I'll be keeping my eyes on Phoenix over the next several days. By this time next week, we may have a few trades to talk about... |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Rattling Sabres The Sabres have the most wins since the All-Star break and still they receive no respect or accolades from the national media. Why is Buffalo always overlooked? |
Sports Illustrated January 10, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Not the best defense Teams need to look at the next few weeks before the Olympic break as a key time to close ground and/or hold firm. When the break's over, the playoff race hits high gear... |
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
La-La Land What has happened this year to the Kings? |
Sports Illustrated October 19, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
A Good Yashin is great for Ottawa Well, Minnesota has its victory, which undoubtedly spawned some Wild parties in Minneapolis. The victim: Tampa Bay. Even with Vincent Lecavalier and all that young, swift talent, is the Lightning in for another long year?... |
Sports Central May 16, 2004 Mike Chen |
NHL - The Fast Skate Era While goal-scoring may still be low in the National Hockey League, an uplifting trend can certainly be seen in three of the remaining four teams chasing the Stanley Cup. |
Sports Central May 9, 2004 Tyler Norwood |
NHL - The Times Are Changin' An outmatched and undersized Calgary Flames knocked out the President trophy-winning Detroit Red Wings. It wasn't luck. It has ushered in a new age. |
Sports Central June 10, 2004 Mike Chen |
NHL - Top-10 Playoff Moments Here are the top-10 memorable moments of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
When it rains, it pours April showers us with playoff hockey... |
Sports Illustrated November 21, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL Power Rankings |
Salon.com June 4, 2002 King Kaufman |
The Red Wings in 5 Except for the chance that any team with a good goalie has, the Carolina Hurricanes have no chance in the Stanley Cup Finals. Nice uniforms, though. |
Sports Central April 12, 2011 Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Playoffs Preview The table is set for the NHL's playoff race. Sixteen teams now vie to hoist the cup that really matters, the lord of all trophies, Lord Stanley's. |
Sports Illustrated April 23, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
The Lying Game Injuries are common in the NHL playoffs. So are false injury reports... |
Sports Central May 8, 2007 Mark Janzen |
Previous Playoff Failure Key to Success Hockey is a playground in which only the battle-tested can emerge victorious. |
Sports Central September 1, 2014 Mike Chen |
Rough Summer Waters For San Jose Sharks The Sharks -- a team known for being steady and keeping things close to the vest -- have engaged in a turmoil unseen in franchise history. |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2001 Michael Farber |
Blood in the water By acquiring Selanne, Sharks show their teeth... |
Sports Illustrated November 29, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Point, counterpoint So far this season, the Islanders have spent a November day in first place, the Blue Jackets have beaten the Stars and the Wild have run off a four-game unbeaten streak. Yes, there's parity in the league but these developments are about the joy of the early season... |
Sports Illustrated April 20, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Defending playoff positions Hockey Q&A: Curtis Joseph pulls down a referee... "phantom goal" on Sabres... What is your basis for picking the Sharks over the Blues in the first round?... new potential owners of the Islanders?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated October 17, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL Power Rankings St. Louis Blues are number one, followed closely by Colorado, New Jersey and Dallas... |