1. 10 NHL Teams That Will Be Priced out of Free Agency with a Reduced Salary Cap

    There is little doubt that once the lockout is settled, the overall salary cap in the NHL will be going down...

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  2. The 25 Best Traditions in Hockey

    All sports have traditions that help make them what they are. Hockey is no exception. Start with the fact that the game is played on ice and originated in Canada, and you have two reasons for many of the traditions in the NHL today...

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  3. The 15 Worst NHL Contracts Right Now

    Contracts are a big part of the NHL today. Every offseason, teams sign free agents or re-sign their own players to new deals...

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  4. The 20 Best Missing Teeth Photos in NHL History

    The toothless grin is as big a part of hockey culture as lacing up your skates or raising your stick to celebrate after your team scores a goal. The tradition goes way back...

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  5. The NHL's Most Feared Fighter from Each Decade

    Tough guys cause mixed emotions around the NHL . They are both feared and respected by opponents while bringing out intense devotion and hatred in fans. Fighting has always been a part of the NHL since the league was founded nearly 100 years ago...

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  6. The Top 50 NHL Players of 2012

    As the calendar year comes to a close, we take a look at the 50 best players in the NHL today. First, a few ground rules. If a player retired after last season (think Nicklas Lidstrom), they aren't eligible to be on this list...

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  7. The 20 Most Hilarious Hockey Quotes of All Time

    Hockey players usually find a way to keep their sense of humor. The grind of a season that lasts more than six months (usually) and 82 games complete with travel and tension often lends itself to funny moments...

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  8. Biggest Question Mark on Every NHL Team If the Season Started Tomorrow

    This lockout can't go on forever, can it? I still think it can't, and with that in mind, here is a look at the biggest question mark each NHL team is facing once the season actually gets underway...

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  9. The Top 20 NHL Player Performances Overseas

    Even though the NHL remains on hold during the lockout, almost 200 players under contract to NHL teams are presently playing hockey in various leagues throughout Europe...

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  10. 25 Current NHL Players Who Would Have Struggled Playing in the Past

    The culture and style of the NHL is always changing. We've had the "Dead Puck" era in the late 1990s and 2000s after the wide open, high scoring '80s and the brawling '70s...

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  11. The 50 Greatest American Players in NHL History

    It's hard to believe that before the 1980s, there were only a handful of American-born players in the National Hockey League...

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  12. NHL Draft 2013: 15 Pro Draft Prospects Already Shooting Up Draft Boards

    The 2013 NHL draft is about seven months away, but NHL Central Scouting has already put out its mid-season ratings in preparation for the big day...

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  13. 22 Worst Fashion Faux Pas in NHL History

    NHL history is full of fashion and fashion is a funny thing. Fads come and go. They are popular while we go through them, but then we look back at ourselves years later and think, ...

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  14. 13 Most Accepting Fanbases in the NHL

    Hockey fans have a reputation as being the most fervent and passionate of all four of the major team sports in North America...

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  15. NHL: 13 Players Who Could Stay Overseas, Even If the NHL Comes Back Soon

    With the NHL lockout dragging on, more than 100 hockey players have headed to Europe to stay in shape and earn some money while their regular employers refuse to let them play...

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  16. The NHL's 20 Coolest Historical Jerseys We'd Love to See Back on the Ice

    Hockey jerseys (or sweaters if you prefer)...they symbolize our favorite teams. As the cliche goes, you don't root for the name on the back of the jersey but for the crest on the front of the jersey...

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  17. Finding a Reason Each NHL Team Can Win the Cup in the Next 5 Years

    Nothing remains stagnant in the NHL . Teams are always developing players, scouting new ones and trying to build for the future. Much of this goes on behind the scenes and many fans are unaware of the details of this process...

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  18. 50 People Who Should Be Enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame

    Induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame is the highest individual honor a hockey player, coach or GM can achieve over the course of his career...

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  19. The NHL's 10 Biggest Headaches

    Here we are, nearly two months into the lockout and a month past when the NHL 's regular season should have started, and we are still without the game that we love. Hopefully, the owners' lockout of the players will come to a close soon...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 7 months ago 1,042 reads 12 comments

  20. NHL Free Agency: 10 Players Their Teams Still Need to Lock Up ASAP

    While NHL rosters are frozen right now during the lockout, there are still restricted free agents and unrestricted free agents out there that teams need to sign as soon as a new agreement it signed...

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  21. NHL: Each Team's Biggest Goal for the 2012-13 Season (Beyond Winning the Cup)

    It is the goal of every NHL team to win the Stanley Cup at the end of the season, but only one team out of 30 can win it...

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  22. NHL: 1 Free Agent Each NHL Team Can't Wait to Get Rid of

    There has been a lot of talk that the NHL's new collective bargaining agreement will include a clause allowing each team to dispose of one contract without taking a cap hit over the course of the new agreement...

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  23. 50 Best Hockey Minds in NHL History

    When looking back at the history of the NHL , there are many ways for somebody to be considered a great hockey mind. Some players can make this list for the ways they changed the way the game was played on the ice...

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  24. Imagining Every NHL Team's Worst Nightmare Next Season

    Once the season does get under way, each NHL team aspires to improve in the standings, make the playoffs and even win a Stanley Cup...

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  25. The Greatest Coach in Every NHL Team's History

    Coaches have always held a special part of hockey lore. Some coaches, like Don Cherry, are known for being colorful. Some made innovations, like Roger Neilsen , who became known as "Captain Video" for using videotape to scout opponents' tendencies...

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