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Sports Central March 9, 2015 Mike Chen |
Capitals Primed to Be NHL's Redemption Tale If you're looking for a feel-good story as we hit the NHL's stretch run, look no further than the Washington Capitals. |
Sports Central January 10, 2012 Mike Chen |
Can Caps Find Their Way Under Hunter? The Caps started hot, then floundered, then really floundered, then finally seemed to find their footing under new coach Dale Hunter. For a team loaded with talent, there won't be any answers until we get to May. |
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 November 7, 2011 Mike Chen |
Breaking Down NHL Attendance Woes Amid the big stories in the early NHL season -- both positive (Toronto Maple Leafs) and negative (Columbus Blue Jackets) -- there have also been grumblings about low attendance numbers for some markets. |
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 Central January 22, 2008 Jeff DiNunzio |
Better Late Than Never: Thornton's Ascent Joe Thornton is one the NHL's premier stars. |
Sports Central January 10, 2006 Mike Chen |
The NHL's Halfway Home A look at NHL teams, talent and business. |
Sports Central October 12, 2011 Mike Chen |
Top Five NHL Storylines of 2011-12 Here are your top five storylines for the new NHL season. |
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 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 May 9, 2011 Mike Chen |
Caps' Stunning Loss is More Than Ovechkin, Boudreau The problem for the Capitals is that regular season success, while enjoyable and certainly better than losing, just isn't enough anymore, and it will take another year to see if certain players have turned the corner. |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2003 Stephen Cannella |
Inside the NHL: Joy Ride Toronto made bold moves at the trade deadline, but the celebratory mood was cut short by injuries. |
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 June 10, 2004 Mike Chen |
NHL - Top-10 Playoff Moments Here are the top-10 memorable moments of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. |
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 May 17, 2006 Mike Chen |
NHL Award Predictions The nominations for the annual NHL awards have been announced. Check out who should take home the hardware when all is said and done. |
Sports Central June 22, 2004 Tyler Norwood |
NHL - Capitals Shopping Top Pick? Since winning the rights to the first overall pick, there's been speculation Capitals GM George McPhee might shop the pick for a package of young players. |
Sports Central April 23, 2008 Jeff DiNunzio |
Why the NHL is Dead: A Response Sean Crowe maintains that the NHL is dead and asks, "how do we bring it back to life?" Well, how about we start by really answering that question? |
Sports Central December 5, 2007 Jeff DiNunzio |
The Quarter Season NHL Review A summary of the first quarter of the 2007-2008 NHL season. |
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 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 Central September 15, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
Ice to See You Again, Ovechkin What makes this offseason a good one for the Washington Capitals is that they didn't just spend money -- they spent smart money. |
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 April 20, 2009 Mike Chen |
The Washington Capitals' Tough Lesson The Capitals started the playoffs with Stanley Cup dreams. After a few days and two games, the Washington players are looking at themselves and wondering what's happened to their team. |
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 Central January 2, 2006 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Two-For-One Adding a second team in a hot NHL market could prove to be lucrative. |
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 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 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 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 April 24, 2004 Josie Lemieux |
Will the Sharks Eat the Avs Alive? For this series, advantages and inconveniences are spread almost equally between the two teams. |
Sports Central May 6, 2006 Ray Leroy |
NHL's First Round Knockout An analysis of first-round NHL post season play. |
Sports Central June 21, 2007 Mark Janzen |
2007 NHL Mock Draft Suggestions for picks in the upcoming NHL Draft. |
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 Central May 13, 2011 Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Conference Finals Preview The conference semifinals of the NHL playoffs were not nearly as exciting as the opening round as a whole. |
Sports Central November 29, 2005 Mike Chen |
NHL Surprises and Disappointments A look at some of the surprise booms and busts in the NHL -- and just how and why these things occurred. |
Sports Central April 21, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
Alexander the Great First-year hockey player Alexander Ovechkin's name always came up second. Now, the story is very different. His name is now one that hockey fans will not soon forget. |
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 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 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... |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 Winningest Sports Cities Cities are ranked by the total number of titles won by all their teams in the four major professional sports. While it's fairly obvious that New York would be No. 1, some of the other cities on the list are a bit surprising. |
Sports Central July 22, 2004 Mike Chen |
Bobby Hull's Pipe Dream The Golden Jet, World Hockey Association commissioner believes that the reborn WHA will not only be a viable threat to the NHL, but in the event of an NHL lockout is actually poised to thrive. |
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 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... |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2003 Daniel G. Habib |
Something Extra Hard-shooting defenseman Andy Delmore gives the Predators an even bigger advantage on the power play. |
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 April 24, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Follow the Leader The Maple Leafs will go as far as captain Mats Sundin takes them... |
Sports Central February 8, 2004 Mike Chen |
A New World Order When the Anaheim Mighty Ducks elected to not qualify Paul Kariya, they made a statement that no player, not even their franchise leader and longtime captain, was worth over $9 million dollars in the NHL's looming new economic landscape. |