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Sports Illustrated April 4, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Inside the NHL The Blues' Chris Pronger should become the first defenseman since Bobby Orr to be the league MVP |
Sports Illustrated September 21, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
The National Holdout League returns Okay ice freaks, hockey's back. What, was it 15 minutes ago that the Devils brought the Stars to earth? Amazing how the two-and-a-half-month offseason seems so short but the month-long preseason seems so long. Two weeks until the puck drops for real and already we have a great batch of questions... |
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 January 8, 2002 |
A chat with James Blake Not only did he have Hewitt on the ropes in Flushing, but he won 13 matches in just nine events, banked nearly $200,000 in prize money and played a starring role in the U.S. Davis Cup win over India... |
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
La-La Land What has happened this year to the Kings? |
Sports Illustrated October 26, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Steely Pat gives way to Iron Mike Well, now it's only the Panthers who are still on the schneid. All told, Florida's NHL entries have started off a combined 2-8-3. Not much fun in the sun, huh? In other warm weather news: keep your eyes on the surging Sharks... |
Sports Illustrated March 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Sorting out some trade rumors NHL questions |
Sports Illustrated October 5, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
The 2005 NHL All-Stars Fuzzy crystal ball reveals a look at the future... |
Sports Illustrated October 3, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Not your average opener Pucks are about to be dropped and at least that much seems right in our world... |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Winners and (vaguely related) losers As it comes into focus, we survey the NHL free agent landscape... |
Sports Illustrated June 21, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Offseason will be a busy one You can anticipate a busy offseason. With so many high-quality free agents and big-name players on the trading block, we could see some seismic roster shifts beginning as early as this week at the entry draft. Whither Jaromir Jagr? Eric Lindros? Dominik Hasek? |
Sports Illustrated April 7, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Michael Farber NHL Chat: Blues are a threat to Cup, but playoff questions linger |
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 Illustrated October 11, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Carolina blue How about some love for the Carolina Hurricanes?... |
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 October 12, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL mailbag How can the Devils get some respect?... Can the Bruins bounce back?... Why does Colorado seem so eager to get rid of Joe Sakic?... Mark Messier is old and will not make the Rangers a better team... |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2003 Stephen Cannella |
Inside the NHL: The Secret Is Out In his second stint in Boston, emerging star right wing Glen Murray has drawn comparisons to an alltime great. |
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 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 17, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Chicago GM fleeced by Buffalo? NHL Mailbag. |
Sports Illustrated December 8, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Gift wrapped Plan on a return of Super Mario in time for the holidays... |
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 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 February 1, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Bean counters may rule Beantown The Bruins will never be an odds-on favorite to sign any free agent, and the betting man would have to guess that Bill Guerin will be gone. They'll take a shot at him, though, and I think they have at least a fair chance of signing him... |
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... |
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 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 Central April 10, 2012 Bill Hazell |
Canada's Cup? It's been almost 20 years since a country that can truly appreciate it won the Stanley Cup. |
Sports Illustrated January 4, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Avalanche overcome by a Blue streak I am not a fan of the Blues, nor of any team. Occasionally I root for individual players whom I've gotten to know and who have a real story behind them (I was pleased to see Mario come back with such panache, for example)... |
Sports Illustrated October 18, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Net picking Just checked the weather down below, down there, and nothing's frozen over yet. Haven't seen any mules on the wing, either. Yet something's going on. The Flames? The Canadiens? The Islanders? The Wild? All in first place? |
Sports Illustrated September 12, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Forever after If I remember this NHL mailbag in months and years to come, I will remember it for one reason: It came before... |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Follow the Leader The Maple Leafs will go as far as captain Mats Sundin takes them... |
Sports Central October 7, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey Cynic's Guide to the West A preview of the 2006-07 NHL season and the Campbell Conference, explaining why every single team has virtually no chance of winning the Stanley Cup and why they're all pathetic messes. |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
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 Central October 23, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
The NHL is Back This is the year hockey will shine again in the world of sports, and here are the reasons why. |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Guns Reloaded The NHL Western Conference's elite teams all got better with big-name trades and signings... |
Sports Illustrated April 26, 2001 Michael Farber |
Chat Reel Smorgasbord of good matchups in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs... |
Sports Illustrated December 20, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
European Plan Older first-year defenders from across the pond are making a big impact... |
Sports Illustrated December 7, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Rink rats Every time I check the NHL standings I feel like I'm back in the 1980s... |
Sports Central June 9, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Stanley Cup Finals: It's the Kings' to Lose I hope I'm wrong and we're in for a few more overtimes and another game seven, but I think the Kings are just too feisty for the Rangers. |
AskMen.com |
Alexei Yashin . . . captain of New York The New York Islanders' team captain discusses the National Hockey League's new collective bargaining agreement, new rules, and Sidney Crosby -- billed as hockey's "next Wayne Gretzky." |
Sports Illustrated May 22, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Twin cities Detroit's Wings and L.A.'s Lakers are championship locks... |
Sports Central May 26, 2014 Mike Chen |
Ousted NHL Contenders Face Summer Upheaval For San Jose, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Boston, stunning losses have showed the need to rethink the big picture. |
Sports Illustrated March 8, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Coaching carousel set to spin A lot of NHL coaches have already been shown the door this season. Is there anybody left who should be worried? Are there any coaches who need a strong playoff push to keep their jobs? |
Sports Illustrated March 7, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Central June 27, 2011 Mike Chen |
Fast Moves Shake Up NHL's Western Conference The NHL's Western Conference has already shifted immensely thanks to several big moves. |
Sports Central June 12, 2012 Andrew Jones |
The Kings' Cup Throughout the 2011-12 regular season, the Los Angeles Kings did one thing very well: play defense. Their 2.1 goals against was second in the NHL and Jonathan Quick, the team's main goal tender, managed 1.95 goals allowed per game. |
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 February 2, 2001 Michael Farber |
Chat Reel Don't expect a frenzy at the trade deadline... |