1. NHL Power Rankings: An Early Look at Buyers and Sellers at the Trade Deadline

    With the trade deadline coming up, the time has come to determine who will be buyers and sellers come Feb. 27...

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  2. NHL Trade Rumors: Moore, Ruutu and Other Candidates in a Marek Zidlicky Trade

    It’s no secret, defenseman Marek Zidlicky wants out of Minnesota. “I can’t be quiet,” Zidlicky told Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune ...

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  3. NHL and MLB: Milwaukee Brewers Outfielder Nyjer Morgan's Day as a San Jose Shark

    Nyjer Morgan emerged from a line of Sharks players, skated to center ice, gathered a puck, skated a few feet and fired a wrist shot through goaltender Thomas Greiss ’ five-hole...

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  4. NHL Power Rankings: Contenders, Pretenders at the All-Star Break

    It is at the All-Star Break that the men are separated from the boys in the NHL . As it stands right now, I still like my pre-season pick of Pittsburgh and Nashville in the Stanley Cup Finals...

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  5. NHL Rankings: Picking Division Winners at the NHL All-Star Break

    Nobody is a surefire division champion this season. The Atlantic has three teams that are poised for a long postseason run. The Sharks are always favored across the country in the Pacific, but the rising Kings cannot be overlooked...

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  6. NHL Trade Scenarios: Niittymaki, Harding and the 10 Best Available Goaltenders

    On my power rankings for this week, a Blackhawks fan named Steve Nash* expressed concern regarding Chicago’s goaltending...

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  7. Santa Clara Broncos: Implications of Their Recent Loss to Saint Mary's Gaels

    On a night when junior guard Kevin Foster passed Steve Nash to become the No. 4 leading scorer in Santa Clara history and junior forward Niyi Harrison produced a career-high 23 points, the Broncos fell 93-77 to the No...

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  8. NHL Power Rankings: Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild Ravaged by Injury

    Injuries have taken their toll on just about every team this year, but two franchises have struggled while their superstars spent time on the DL. Dallas started the season as a force in the Pacific, even after losing Brad Richards to free agency...

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  9. NHL Power Rankings: St. Louis Blues Look Like Contenders in the Central

    How about them Blues? St. Louis, that franchise that was always in the playoffs before the lockout but never won a Stanley Cup (no, not the Sharks), looks like a bona fide contender this season...

    Tom Schreier Written by Tom Schreier about over 1 year ago 6,632 reads 31 comments

  10. Santa Clara Broncos Midseason Report: Keating on Hot Seat, Foster Breaks Record

    The Santa Clara men's basketball team has not been anything to write home about through the first 15 games of the season, but there are still a few months of basketball left to be played...

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  11. NHL Power Rankings: Rejection of Realignment Plan Looks Like a Power Grab

    I’m upset the NHL ’s realignment plan was nixed. Instead of playing late-night games in Western Canada three times a year, the Wild would be playing Midwest rivals in Chicago, St...

    Tom Schreier Written by Tom Schreier about over 1 year ago 7,174 reads 47 comments

  12. NHL Winter Classic: 10 Matchups the NHL Must Have in the Future

    It’s time to get more teams involved in the Winter Classic. The Flyers join the Penguins the only two franchises to have played in two al fresco regular season contests...

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  13. NHL Power Rankings: Playoff Picture Forming in Eastern, Western Conference

    As teams close in on the 41-game mark (Carolina and Colorado are at 40), the NHL playoff picture has begun to form. Here are the current conference standings. The Atlantic Division is the class of the east...

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  14. NHL Power Rankings: Anticipation Mounting for Flyers-Rangers Winter Classic

    This year’s Winter Classic should be just that, classic. For starters, the Rangers and Flyers have one of the league’s best rivalries...

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  15. NHL Power Rankings: Buffalo Sabres and LA Kings Continue to Disappoint

    There have been two teams that have disappointed me this season. Getting new ownership appeared to be a watershed moment for the Sabres. They had been developing players for years, but they weren’t willing to spend to get the pieces they needed...

    Tom Schreier Written by Tom Schreier about over 1 year ago 6,183 reads 48 comments

  16. NHL Power Rankings: Minnesota Tries to Stave off Vancouver in the Northwest

    I’m out in Colorado on a ski trip with some college buddies, so I felt it was appropriate to give a little love to the Northwest Division. To the natives: It’s tough...

    Tom Schreier Written by Tom Schreier about over 1 year ago 10,178 reads 53 comments

  17. Casey Wellman: Californian Player Benefits from NHL's Movement into the Sun Belt

    Casey Wellman is from California. He plays for the Minnesota Wild. Sean Couturier (Flyers) may be “from” Arizona because he was born there, but he moved from the Copper State to New Brunswick at a young age...

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  18. NHL Power Rankings: Mighty Atlantic, Putrid Southeast and the Wild, Wild West

    If you have a chance, check out the Atlantic Division. I have no bona fide allegiances in that division, but there are three well supported teams out there that play up-tempo, offensive hockey and it’s going to be a dogfight until the end...

    Tom Schreier Written by Tom Schreier about over 1 year ago 3,899 reads 21 comments

  19. NHL Power Rankings: Minnesota, Toronto and New York Poised to Crash the Party

    Boston and Detroit are the hottest teams in the East and West, respectively, but another perennial contender, Vancouver, has jumped into the mix...

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  20. NHL Power Rankings: Bruins Rise in the East, Stars Fall in the West

    Things don’t look good in Dallas. They’ve lost five straight and dropped from the apex of the Pacific to the cellar this month...

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  21. San Jose Sharks: Winchester, Desjardins and Murray Make Up Only Solidified Line

    The San Jose Sharks have rejiggered their forward lines many times this year. At first they had Joe Thornton playing alongside Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau, but head coach Todd ...

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  22. NHL Power Rankings: New York, Boston and Florida (Yes, Florida) Rise in the East

    The recent play of three Eastern teams has caught my eye: New York looks like the team they were expected to be at the beginning of the season...

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  23. NHL Trade Rumors: 10 Teams Brenden Morrow Would Waive His No-Trade Clause for

    Since 1999 Brenden Morrow has been a member of the Stars . He was named team captain prior to the 2006-07 season, when the team asked incumbent Mike Modano to step down from the position...

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  24. NHL Power Rankings: Maple Leafs and Oilers Continue to Win; Are They for Real?

    The Oilers own the league’s best power play, lead the Northwest Division and are in position to be the class of the West. The Maple Leafs are scoring goals, but need to patch up every other element of their game in order to win consistently...

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  25. San Jose Sharks: Havlat's Return Has Increased Clowe, Couture's Production

    Martin Havlat joined the Sharks five games into the season on October 21. His slow start was due to a torn labrum injury sustained while competing for the Czech Republic in ...

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