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Sports Central December 7, 2010 Mike Chen |
The NHL's Jumbled Western Conference Just about every NHL team has had surging moments that demonstrated the true potential of the roster. And they've also had bouts of inconsistency, bad defense, lack of scoring, or injuries - or perhaps all of the above. |
Sports Central July 14, 2010 Mike Chen |
The New Western Balance of Power The Blackhawks have essentially lost much of their secondary scoring and one of their primary penalty killers. Something else has to give, which rips apart much of the vaunted depth of the 'Hawks. |
Sports Central July 28, 2011 Mike Chen |
Mason is Key to Blue Jackets' Fortunes Assuming the forwards gel and the power play lifts out of its basement-dwelling doldrums, is all well and good for Blue Jackets fans? |
Sports Central December 28, 2009 Mike Chen |
Kings, Coyotes Show They're For Real Assuming it's safe to say that the Coyotes and Kings will be involved in the Western Conference playoff race - and perhaps the hunt for the Pacific Division crown - let's take a look at how they got here. |
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 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 Central October 22, 2008 Jeff DiNunzio |
NHL Has Been Active Early, Off Ice and On The NHL season is only two weeks underway. Already, the makeovers have begun. A coach out. Roster spots forfeited. Promise realized, prior success not replicated. Here's a look at some early developments. |
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 Illustrated March 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Sorting out some trade rumors NHL questions |
Sports Illustrated November 16, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
The Cane mutiny I'm aware that the `Canes have a growing fan base. As I reckon it, they're up about 13% in tickets sold per game. That's a nice jump and there's no doubt they are enjoying at least a temporary surge off of their strong showing against the Devils in last year's playoffs... |
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 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 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 Central February 24, 2009 Mike Chen |
NHL Trade Deadline Needs Here's a list of what NHL teams will be targeting come trade deadline time. |
Sports Central May 22, 2004 Pete Sweigard |
NHL Ushers in a New Era The NHL has been slow to embrace the youth movement, continuing to market the marquee names, the proven entities. |
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 Central May 18, 2010 Andrew Jones |
NHL Playoffs Review and Predictions The eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens shocked hockey fans throughout the world (even ones in Montreal) by defeating the heavily favored Washington Capitals in a seven-game series that saw the second consecutive Presidents' Trophy winner sent home before May began. |
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 April 5, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
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 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 October 5, 2005 Mike Chen |
Five Reasons to Watch the NHL In case you didn't hear about it (and Martha Burk is doing her best to make sure that you do), the NHL is back from its lockout of stupidity and looking to break the ice with fans new and old. |
Sports Central March 22, 2012 Mike Chen |
Injuries Muddy Stanley Cup Playoff Picture Where will this impact be felt? Enough teams have been bit by the injury bug that the epidemic of fallen star players reaches wide. |
Sports Central December 24, 2014 Mike Chen |
Winners and Losers In NHL's First Half You would think that half an NHL season would be enough to get a sense of how things will play out. But for the 2014-15 campaign, so many teams have defied expectations. |
Sports Central November 19, 2004 Mike Chen |
The Theory of Contraction The Hockey News recently published a magazine with a series of hypothetical debates. While this is primarily something to fill the void as the current lockout continues, the debates to bring up several interesting talking points. |
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
La-La Land What has happened this year to the Kings? |
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 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 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 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 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 Central April 28, 2011 Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Conference Semifinals Preview The opening round of the NHL playoffs saw only one sweep, four seven-game series, 11 overtime matches, and three double overtime matches. |
Sports Illustrated December 27, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL Power Rankings |
Sports Central May 21, 2015 Mike Chen |
Does Choking Truly Exist in the NHL Anymore? Choker. It's an easy label to put on a team that's blown a series lead. The San Jose Sharks blew a 3-0 series lead to the LA Kings, and now that's the stigma they've earned. |
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 July 3, 2014 Mike Chen |
NHL's Western Conference Gets Stronger After this year's annual free agent frenzy, it doesn't appear that things will change. |
Sports Central March 24, 2009 Mike Chen |
Stanley Cup Contenders or Pretenders? With less than a dozen games on the schedule for each team, every so-called elite team has run into its share of problems. Let's see how the mighty have fallen. |
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 Central February 5, 2004 Vikram Mohan |
Why Webber Should Be Traded The Sacramento Kings must trade "power" forward Chris Webber. First, they do not really need him, making him expendable. Second, they would receive a lot in return for Webber and could fill in the gaps that may hurt their team during the playoffs. |
Sports Central June 5, 2004 Jonathan Moncrief |
NHL - Meet the Hart Trophy in St. Louis It appears as though hockey fans will have only three more chances to cheer in 2004 after Lord Stanley's Cup is paraded about - the NHL draft later this month, the World Cup of Hockey and the NHL Awards show, coming up June 10th in Toronto. |
Sports Illustrated March 21, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
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 Central January 15, 2013 Mike Chen |
NHL Storylines Heading Into the Season After months of uncertainty, the NHL is ready to get back where it belongs -- out of the boardroom and back on the ice. |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2000 Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
AskMen.com Alvin Chang |
Watch Hockey I know, I know: You've never gotten "into" hockey. Well, give it a chance. |
Sports Illustrated May 24, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Flyers are talk of the town Hockey Q&A: Bobby Clarke... What should the Flyers do with Lindros next season?... What is the No. 5 on the back of the Flyers' helmets for?... Why doesn't the NHL require teams to have four skaters on a side when there are matching penalties... etc. |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Marty Burns NBA playoffs down to final four |
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 October 17, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
NHL Power Rankings St. Louis Blues are number one, followed closely by Colorado, New Jersey and Dallas... |
Sports Central January 17, 2007 Kiarash Banisadre |
A Closer Look: NBA in the New Year Piston's coach Flip Saunders may have lost his best, and only, chance to win an NBA championship... Timberwolves are a team to be reckoned with... Chicago Bulls look to be a championship contender... Jason Kidd likely to leave the Nets... etc. |