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NHL: The New Jersey Devils, and Ilya Kovalchuk, certainly appear in decline
The league went a little hat trick crazy over the weekend. There were a trio of hat tricks on Friday night and another three on Saturday. According to...
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NHL: Picking Nashville Predators vs. Phoenix Coyotes and other Tuesday night...
Clearly, I can't pick games that are played on Wednesday night. Last week, because of an extremely light Tuesday night slate, I ventured into Wednesda...
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NHL: As December dawns, Sergei Bobrovsky and Logan Couture are top rookies
Two months in, this is proving to be a very deep, competitive class of freshmen. I don't see mega-stars; but there are a bunch of very good hockey pla...
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NHL: Alex Ovechkin and Washington Capitals will get a measure of revenge...
Before I make my Tuesday night picks, I have to offer my congratulations to veteran Detroit Red Wings stopper Chris Osgood, who became just the 10th g...
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NHL: Picking Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres and other Tuesday night games
After some not-so-busy Tuesdays during the first half of the season, I'm faced with my second consecutive 10-game slate. I did okay last week, hitting...
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NHL: Gary Bettman chats on Winter Classic, other topics prior to All-Star...
With the All-Star Weekend upon us, I figured it was a good time to catch up with Gary Bettman. The NHL commissioner will soon be celebrating his 18th ...
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NHL: Mailbag on the Phoenix Coyotes' playoff chances and Peter Forsberg's future
Did you know that since 1945 only two NHL players have scored six goals in a single game? And, believe it or not, their names weren't Wayne Gretzky an...
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NHL: After Brent Johnson's knockout of Rick DiPietro, a ranking of the best...
For whatever reason (it has to be the equipment, right?), fights between opposing goaltenders get a lot of attention. The Wednesday night bout between...
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NHL: Early trade winners and losers, led by St. Louis Blues
The trade deadline is a week away, but that hasn't stopped the league's general managers from acting aggressively to strengthen their rosters or addre...
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NHL: Analyzing the Pittsburgh Penguins-Dallas Stars trade and Tuesday night...
Before I get to my regularly scheduled Tuesday NHL picks, I thought I'd weigh in on yesterday's Dallas Stars-Pittsburgh Penguins deal and pass along a...
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NHL Trade Deadline -- Postdeadline winners and losers in the Western Conference
E.J. Hradek evaluates each team in the Western Conference following the flurry of trade deadline deals Monday.
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NHL: Why the Dallas Stars will upset the Phoenix Coyotes and other Tuesday...
It's always tough to make picks on the day after the trade deadline. You never know how certain teams will respond to all of the moves. Still, I'll gi...
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NHL: Alex Goligoski gets his time to shine for Dallas Stars, Jarome Iginla...
Recently acquired Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski didn't arrive a minute too soon for Dallas head coach Marc Crawford. The Stars' bench boss hasn't he...
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NHL: Odds are against them, but New Jersey Devils could still make playoffs
I'm looking forward to Thursday night's Western Conference showdown between the top-seeded Vancouver Canucks and the current No. 3 seed San Jose Shark...
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NHL: Rebuilding plans for Western Conference teams
On the opening night of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Nashville Predators took a pretty big step in the right direction. On the road, against the...
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