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ESPN Insider: Your home for all Insider coverage of the 2011 Stanley Cup...
Access all of ESPN Insider's 2011 Stanley Cup playoff coverage in one place, including scouting reports, expert predictions and player insights.
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2011 NHL playoffs: Predicting a Sharks-Lightning Stanley Cup finals
And then there were four ... The San Jose Sharks avoided the ugly section of the history book by scoring a hard-fought, 3-2 win over the Detroit Red ...
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NHL - ESPN The Magazine's 2011-12 Vancouver Canucks season preview
The Vancouver Canucks project to be one of the top teams in the league this year and should have no trouble returning to the playoffs and making a run at the Stanley Cup finals for a second...
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NHL - Many early-season trends are the product of bad luck, small sample size...
ESPN Insider's Neil Greenberg writes that while the start of any season produces many fluke performances, most of them won't last. For instance, Alex Ovechkin will pick up his scoring pace and the New...
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Suffering from a rash of injuries, the Penguins must make personnel moves to...
As he's done all too often during media availability, Dan Bylsma rattled through the latest Pittsburgh Penguins injuries during his Sunday news confer...
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Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues top the Playoff Power...
ESPN Insider Alvin Chang has the latest Playoff Power Meter Rankings. Despite straddling the benchmarks for shots and shots allowed, the Vancouver Canucks are one point off a perfect score and top the...
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Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews would go No. 1 overall in a revised...
When NHL All-Star captains Zdeno Chara and Daniel Alfredsson select their teams during the second annual fantasy draft on Thursday in Ottawa, Toronto ...
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Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara captain the NHL analytic All-Stars - NHL
ESPN Insider Neil Greenberg drafts the NHL All-Star rosters with an analytic twist, showing how Zdeno Chara and Daniel Alfredsson can statistically optimize their teams. Pittsburgh Penguins forward...
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Playoff Power Meter - St. Louis Blues lead the NHL in points but don't look...
ESPN Insider Alvin Chang has the March Playoff Power Meter, and the St. Louis Blues defy description. The Blues lead the NHL in points, but they don't take the shape of past Stanley Cup champions.
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2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Playoff Power Meter - Detroit Red Wings rank No. 1
ESPN Insider Alvin Chang has the April Playoff Power Meter, and the Detroit Red Wings finish the regular season ranked No. 1, six points ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Why the Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils...
It took seven games and every ounce of effort from the New York Rangers until the clock expired in their 2-1 win against the Washington Capitals on Sa...
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NHL 2012 Free Agency - Top 50 Free Agents Rankings
Craig Custance evaluates the top 50 free agents in the 2012 class.
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2012 NHL Draft - Round 1 live blog and analysis
PITTSBURGH -- With the entirety of the NHL gathered in Pittsburgh for the past several days, you would have thought there would have been more clarity...
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NHL - 2012-13 projections - Players rising, sliding and new names to know
Hockey Prospectus and ESPN Insider Craig Custance go team-by-team through the NHL to see which players are on the rise, which are regressing and which are set to emerge in the coming season.
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2013 NHL draft grades -- Buffalo Sabres get top marks
ESPN Insider Grant Sonier hands out his grades for the 2013 NHL draft, with the Buffalo Sabres earning high marks.
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Surprising early-season player usage trends around the NHL
Every coach and GM has his own barometer for when he starts making judgments on how the team is shaping up during a season. The Philadelphia Flyers, a...
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NHL - How the forward pairs strategy sets teams up for success in the standings
How much does the chemistry on forward lines affect performance in the NHL? ESPN Insider Neil Greenberg explains why a certain stat involving forward pairs is more important than full trios.
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What Sidney Crosby's return means for Evgeni Malkin - NHL
ESPN Insider Neil Greenberg looks at the impact of Sidney Crosby's return on the Pittsburgh Penguins' offense, with particular focus on how Evgeni Malkin will be affected.
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Ryan Johansen is a bargain for the Columbus Blue Jackets at five million...
With the Columbus Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen locked in a contract dispute, Rob Vollman takes a deeper look at the analytics, revealing just how much the 21-year-old pivot is worth, and who might...
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Does late-season momentum have an impact in the playoffs? - NHL
Rob Vollman examines whether momentum of a late-season charge carries into the NHL postseason.
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