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Sports Illustrated March 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Sorting out some trade rumors NHL questions |
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 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 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 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 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 October 5, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
The 2005 NHL All-Stars Fuzzy crystal ball reveals a look at the future... |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 May 24, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Stanley Cup Breakdown |
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 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 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 June 10, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Lasting impressions Musings, memories from an epic Stanley Cup finals... |
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 July 2, 2002 Michael Farber |
Winning Wings The NHL free agent floodgates have opened, and the Stanley Cup champs have scores in free agency. |
Sports Illustrated November 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Euro flavor soured by results Now everyone has won a game and everyone has lost a game. Aren't the Coyotes amazing? They get off to great starts every year, of course, but this season, with the change-of-ownership distractions, it's even more remarkable they're so focused... |
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 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. |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Inside the NHL A thin free-agent crop means big-name moves must come on swaps |
Sports Illustrated April 18, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Low had to go Can't get enough hockey to satisfy you? Even with playoff coverage exploding all around? |
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 Central October 26, 2003 Mike Chen |
Devils Advocates A hockey team this good shouldn't go unwatched. |
Sports Illustrated December 20, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Who wants to be a general manager? Am I the only longtime hockey fan who has been completely turned off by the GMs in Boston and Philly? |
Sports Illustrated January 31, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Raleigh cry I wouldn't read all that much into the Devils' two quick wins under Constantine since New Jersey still has its scoring woes. But if Constantine gets the group to regain its focus, it remains a mighty Cup contender and a team that can dominate for games on end... |
Sports Illustrated June 8, 2000 Michael Farber |
One of the greatest? Devils still aren't one of alltime best if they win Cup |
Sports Illustrated December 6, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Lindros return not a sure thing Hey, folks. Everyone's talkin' Lindros, so why not us? |
Sports Illustrated March 30, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
The concussion discussion NHL Q&A: high sticking... mandatory visors... Eric Lindros in Hall of Fame?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated November 13, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Gold Mettle Mike Richter's strong return in goal boosts U.S. chances at the Salt Lake City Games... |
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 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 5, 2001 Brian Cazeneuve |
Sittin' Pretty Free-agent-to-be Martin Lapointe is in prime position to cash in this summer... |
Sports Illustrated September 28, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
League will call penalties -- really Is this year going to be any different? The league always says it's going to crack down on clutching and grabbing, and call penalties. It works for a couple of weeks, then it's back to the same old thing. We need speed and flow... |
Sports Illustrated June 27, 2000 Eric Duhatschek |
Inside the NHL Islanders general manager Mike Milbury revamped his team in spectacular fashion |
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 Illustrated February 2, 2001 Michael Farber |
Chat Reel Don't expect a frenzy at the trade deadline... |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Central May 26, 2008 Andrew Jones |
The Top 10 Cities For Hockey Fans These ten cities have winter and great hockey to watch. |
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 Central September 30, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
The Hockey Cynic's Guide to the NHL East A look at the teams in the NHL East for the upcoming hockey season. |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Central October 1, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
A Hockey Cynic's Guide to the NHL (Pt. 1) A preview of the Prince of Wales Conference. It's going to be a hell of a season. |
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?... |