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Sports Central January 10, 2004 Mike Chen |
Avalanche Of Depth Halfway through the season, the Avalanche is a successful team, but it hasn't been because they've been scoring seven goals a night. |
Sports Central March 17, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
Does Lightning Strike Twice For Avs? For the second time in franchise history, the Avs have made a trade with Montreal for their goaltender. The first time was in 1996, and they took home the Stanley Cup. |
Sports Central October 14, 2003 Josie Lemieux |
Avs and Sens: Oh, the Possibilities When you live a bad experience, you are supposed to learn from it. Just ask the Colorado Avalanche players, who stumbled before the Minnesota Wild in the first-round of the Stanley Cup finals last season. |
Sports Central September 21, 2010 Mike Chen |
Five Storylines For 2010-11 NHL Season NHL training camps have just gotten underway. Here are the top five storylines heading into the 2010-11 NHL season. |
Sports Illustrated July 9, 2003 Stephen Cannella |
Inside the NHL: United They Stand Free-agent buddies Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne took sizable pay cuts to play together in Colorado |
Sports Illustrated November 8, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Rocky Mountain sigh What is going on with the Colorado Avalanche right now? I mean, they have a team full of stars and great young players, but they haven't put up the numbers everyone expects. What's going on? |
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 January 26, 2015 Mike Chen |
NHL's Wild West Sees Unpredictable Finish Now that the NHL is entering the second half of the season, it's time to really knuckle down and prepare for the playoff races. |
Sports Illustrated May 24, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Stanley Cup Breakdown |
Sports Central May 5, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
From Bottom to Top Welcome to the "new NHL," where anything can happen -- and it does. |
Sports Central November 17, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
Patrick Roy, How I Miss Thee Thank you, Patrick Roy, for making me a hockey fan. |
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 Central October 7, 2003 Vishal Patel |
NHL Season Preview: Seeing Red The days are getting shorter, it's getting nippier outside, and baseball isn't the only sport on TV anymore. The start of the NHL season is less than a week away. |
Sports Central March 30, 2010 Mike Chen |
The Wide-Open West Every team in the NHL Western Conference has a significant weakness, making this year's first round a wide-open field with the potential for upsets no matter who's playing who. Here's look at the Achilles' Heel for each team. |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Flawed Pens have too many holes Mario Lemieux has gotten the club to buckle down defensively a bit more lately (with good success) and the Penguins have won some big games so I won't "count them out." I'd be very surprised if they make the finals though... |
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. |
AskMen.com Mark Simmons |
The Financial Gains Of Free Agents Few can come up with bottom-line explanations to justify the figures that are being thrown at athletes. It is nice to see that at least hockey management is looking at sports in terms of dollars and sense... |
Sports Central December 16, 2003 Brian Cook |
Whither Greed: The Disgusting Trend of Stars Taking Pay Cuts Instead of the natural rise and fall of teams, sports fans will be exposed to propped-up dynasty after propped-up dynasty, each unnaturally sustained after its natural period by a steady influx of desperate loser stars from other teams seeking validation for their careers. |
Sports Central January 22, 2008 Jeff DiNunzio |
Better Late Than Never: Thornton's Ascent Joe Thornton is one the NHL's premier stars. |
Sports Illustrated June 6, 2001 Michael Farber |
Devils due Look for New Jersey to wrap up the series Thursday... |
Sports Illustrated February 27, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Another Bold Stroke For the third straight year Pierre Lacroix put Colorado in position to win the Cup, this time by trading for Rob Blake... |
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 May 29, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
A Whirlwind NHL Playoff Season The further the playoffs have progressed, the more of a guessing game it's become. It's refreshing for veteran hockey fans and exciting for those just tuning in ... or is it? |
Sports Central April 10, 2007 Chad Kettner |
2007 NHL Playoffs Preview After a long season filled with ups and downs, hockey fans can finally buckle up for the most exciting time of the year, the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here are some predictions. |
Sports Illustrated March 1, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Piece of Blake for Colorado Colorado owes it to itself and to its fans to take a full-blown shot at the Cup right now, and this deal helps them do it. Whether they sign Blake or not, this was an excellent move... |
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 Central July 13, 2015 Mike Chen |
Is San Jose's Year of Hell Finally Over? The Sharks have emerged from their year of hell with a new goalie, a veteran defense man to anchor Brent Burns, and a versatile tough-as-nails forward who can play anywhere in the top nine. |
Sports Illustrated October 5, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
The 2005 NHL All-Stars Fuzzy crystal ball reveals a look at the future... |
Sports Central May 3, 2010 Mike Chen |
A Tale of Two Presidents' Trophies Why the San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals both lost to eighth seed teams. |
Sports Illustrated April 28, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Forsberg everywhere, except the box ...Peter Forsberg wears Colorado's No. 21 and by game's end he had left no swath of ice untouched by his skate blade, no pane of high-glass unshaken by his torso.... |
Sports Central February 13, 2006 Mike Chen |
Olympic Preview: Tournament in Turin Predictions for the "big name" teams participating in the 2006 Olympic hockey tournament. |
Sports Central November 7, 2006 Mike Chen |
The NHL: One Month In Welcome to the new NHL season, one month in. Here's a look at some of the winners, losers, and surprises so far. |
Sports Central January 28, 2007 Jeff DiNunzio |
Diary of an Interrupted NHL All-Star Game Notes recorded during all three periods of the NHL All-Star Game. |
Sports Illustrated December 24, 2002 Daniel G. Habib |
Inside the NHL Inexperienced Tony Granato takes over the Avalanche intent on bringing fun and fire back to Denver |
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 July 16, 2009 Mike Chen |
The NHL's Wilder Wild West Here's why some teams in the NHL's Western Conference won't have teams shaking in their skates come next season. |
Sports Central Mike Chen |
NHL - A Tale of Two Coaches Learn about the coaches of the Calgary Flames and the San Jose Sharks. |
Sports Central January 31, 2009 Jeff DiNunzio |
Will the Cheechoo Train Ever Reboard? San Jose is playing the best hockey in the NHL in '08-'09, but for their success to endure throughout the playoffs, Jonathan Cheechoo must hone his talent and sharpen the dullest aspect of his game: consistency. |
Sports Illustrated January 18, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Sather will wrestle with Decision 2001 Will Glen Sather will trade away his young talent (e.g. Pavel Brendl, Jamie Lundmark, Mike York, etc.) in order to bring in established veterans to make a run at the playoffs in 2001? |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2001 E.M. Swift |
Sensational showdown It's been a long time since the two best teams in hockey met in the Stanley Cup finals, but that's what the showdown between the New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche represents... |
Sports Central April 25, 2012 Mike Chen |
Will the NHL's Dead Puck Era Return? The NHL is nothing if not a game of Follow the Leader. The coaching systems of winning teams often dictates what other teams try to emulate, and coming out of this year's playoffs, the notion of a winning formula is about to change. |
Sports Central January 10, 2006 Mike Chen |
The NHL's Halfway Home A look at NHL teams, talent and business. |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Lasting impressions Musings, memories from an epic Stanley Cup finals... |
Sports Central August 16, 2010 Mike Chen |
The Value of NHL Goaltending When word came out that Ilya Kovalchuk's contract was rejected, eyebrows were raised when arbitrator Richard Bloch called out other mega-contracts. |
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 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 Central May 1, 2007 Mike Chen |
Stanley Cup Playoffs: Myth of Momentum Momentum's really a myth. It doesn't mean much of anything except to hockey fans and media who need something to talk about. |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
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 Central August 24, 2015 Mike Chen |
Are the Sharks Poised to Rebound? During the 2014-15 NHL season, the San Jose Sharks were a really good story. |