1. 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, ...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 7 months ago 3,366 reads 19 comments

  2. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 7 months ago 1,255 reads 27 comments

  3. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 7 months ago 1,482 reads 4 comments

  4. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 7 months ago 5,492 reads 27 comments

  5. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 7 months ago 9,146 reads 28 comments

  6. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 7 months ago 3,010 reads 54 comments

  7. 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 1,044 reads 12 comments

  8. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 3,419 reads 39 comments

  9. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 883 reads 18 comments

  10. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 4,607 reads 91 comments

  11. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 3,167 reads 56 comments

  12. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 3 reads 34 comments

  13. 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...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 3,305 reads 27 comments

  14. NHL: Eight Biggest Foot-in-Mouth Moments from Commissioner Gary Bettman's Reign

    OK, let's face it, with the NHL 's lockout of the players in full force and now in its second month, commissioner Gary Bettman is not the most popular person among hockey fans these days...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 905 reads 5 comments

  15. NHL Cancels Games Through November 1: Is This the Final Batch of Cancellations?

    The NHL announced the cancellation of all games through November 1st on Friday. Is this the final batch of cancellations? Right now, all signs point to no...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 267 reads 7 comments

  16. NHL: The 50 Most Gruesome Injuries in Hockey History

    Hockey is a physical game. When players move around quickly on skates, shoot frozen hunks of vulcanized rubber at speeds of more than 100 mph and use their bodies to check each other and block shots, injuries are inevitable...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 2,673 reads 31 comments

  17. NHL Free Agency 2012: Best Fallback Options for Teams That Struck out Earlier

    OK, so your team missed out on Zach Parise and Ryan Suter and Alexander Semin and Shane Doan and pretty much every other big-name free agent that's signed a deal so far...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 1,863 reads 20 comments

  18. NHL: 10 Players Who Would Benefit from Taking the Season off

    Hockey fans everywhere are hoping the NHL lockout is over quickly and that the season gets underway as soon as possible. But there are a few players out there who actually may benefit if the league doesn't play at all in 2012-13...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 3,283 reads 36 comments

  19. NHL Free Agents: Best Fits for the Top 10 Players Left on the Market

    Free agency began with a bang last July 1. By July 4, the two biggest available names were taken off the market when both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter signed identical multi -year deals with the Minnesota Wild...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 3,736 reads 27 comments

  20. Breaking Down the State of Every NHL Team

    While everybody's talking about CBA negotiations, I figured this would be a good time to concentrate a little bit more on what we all love about hockey: the game on the ice...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 8 months ago 4,551 reads 55 comments

  21. NHL Lockout: Why Game Cancellation Won't Get a Deal Done

    OK, hockey fans, the inevitable started on Thursday: the NHL started to cancel regular season games. All games through October 24 have hereby been canceled, and it is very possible they will never be made up...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 9 months ago 3,096 reads 61 comments

  22. NHL Rumors: 15 Crazy Trade Rumors That Turned out to Be Wrong

    Trade rumors. We hear them all the time, especially in this age of 24-hour television news, sports talk radio, the Internet and social media...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 9 months ago 14,587 reads 53 comments

  23. The 50 Greatest Moments in NHL History

    There have been so many magical moments in the NHL since the league was founded in 1917. Some of these memories were clearly important events as they were happening, whether it's ...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 9 months ago 3,578 reads 30 comments

  24. 10 NHL Players More Concerned with Their Image Than Their Performance

    This was a very difficult list for me to compile, and I'm sure I'll hear plenty of feedback from the fans of the teams and players featured in this piece. Please note the players on this list are here because of their reputations...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 9 months ago 4 reads 72 comments

  25. NHL: 10 Teams That Made the Biggest Splash in the Pre-Lockout Minutes

    With the lockout imminent, there was a flurry of signings around the NHL as teams scrambled to lock up players to contract extensions before the new CBA took effect and the rules changed...

    Brad Kurtzberg Written by Brad Kurtzberg about 9 months ago 1,935 reads 27 comments