NHL - Stanley Cup Playoffs - In playoff overtimes, role players, not stars,...
In playoff overtimes, role players, not stars, shoulder the load.
View ArticleNHL -- Offseason Analysis -- Anaheim Ducks have holes to fill via trades,...
With the start of the offseason, Puck Prospectus and E.J. Hradek team up to examine each team's statistical shortcomings and how best to address them via trades, free agency and the draft.
View ArticleNHL draft blog -- The lottery mock draft - Hall goes No. 1 to Oilers
Coming into the trade deadline, the NHL standings around the last three slots for the playoffs are pretty fluid. Nineteen teams might wind up with lot...
View ArticleNHL - Hradek - 10 defensemen who can lead a Stanley Cup charge
Over the past few weeks, I've used this Monday space to give you a couple of top 10 lists. I gave you my top 10 centers. I know there were some Philad...
View ArticleNHL playoffs 2010 - Lindsay Berra: The value of captains in the postseason...
Lindsay Berra in the April 19, 2010 issue of ESPN The Magazine writes about the crop of NHL captains -- how leadership is asserted, maintained, and what it means for the postseason ice grind known as...
View Article2010 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup - Hradek - Parity reigns in first round
In the early going, there's only one word for these playoffs: PARITY! Man, these games have been so close. The Pens' 4-2 Game 3 win over the Senators ...
View Article2010 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup - Hradek - Sedin, Ovechkin star as Canucks,...
OK, let's take a quick quiz. Raise your hand if you thought Wednesday night's Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres tilt just might go on all night. I know...
View ArticleNHL playoffs 2010 -- Tom Awad: In the quest for the Stanley Cup, how much do...
Old hockey cliche: to win the Cup, you need grinders (see Talbot, Maxime from last season). But how true is this statement? Tom Awad of Puck Prospectus crunches ten years of data to make a determination.
View ArticleNHL: Anaheim Ducks projections for 2010-11 season
The Ducks missed the playoffs last season for the first time in five years. The 2010-11 season is viewed as a rebuilding year, but as E.J. Hradek and Puck Prospectus explain there are a few players...
View ArticleNHL: Chris Pronger vs. Sidney Crosby is elite vs. elite, and Pronger...
Tom Awad looks at the career of Chris Pronger -- Hart Trophy winner, playoff god, etc. -- specifically in the context of shutting down an opponent's top forward. Sidney Crosby is next up for the big...
View ArticleNHL: 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs: First-round predictions for Washington...
First things first: These eight first-round matchups are as competitive as any I've seen in my career covering the NHL. I really wouldn't be too surpr...
View ArticleNHL: Notes from the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs
We haven't played even a week of playoff games, and the defending champs already find themselves on the brink of elimination. That didn't take long! ...
View Article2011 NHL Playoffs: Picking Chicago Blackhawks over Vancouver Canucks and...
I have to begin with a quick comment about Pittsburgh Penguins role-playing forward Chris Conner, who suffered one of a hockey player's worst nightmar...
View ArticleIlya Kovalchuk's contract, Sidney Crosby's concussion among season's most...
The NHL Experts blog is a collaboration of voices from around and inside the game of hockey. With viewpoints ranging from the press box to the front o...
View ArticleCam Fowler and Emerson Etem playing key roles for Anaheim Ducks
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Cam Fowler was taking pictures with his family on the night he was selected by the Ducks with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2010 d...
View ArticleVollman: Five theories behind the Ducks' success
What makes the Anaheim Ducks successful? Rob Vollman examines five popular theories, and provides his ruling on each.
View ArticleTampa Bay has the edge with puck-moving defensemen -- 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs
Of the five teams in the NHL that are deepest in puck-moving defensemen, three of them are among the four conference finalists. Rob Vollman defines PMDs and explains why Tampa Bay gets the edge.
View ArticleBest potential landing spots for four top rumored trade deadline targets - NHL
Andrew Ladd, Jonathan Drouin, P.K. Subban, Jiri Hudler. Rob Vollman evaluates the market to find the best trade fits for them ahead of the NHL trade deadline.
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