1. Takin' a T/O With BT: 30 Prospects with Potential for the 2011 NHL Draft

    Many call the NHL All-Star break the midway point of the NHL season, meaning that it’s halfway between the beginning of the season, and the beginning of the playoffs...

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  2. Matthew Hulsizer's Acquisition of the Phoenix Coyotes Outweighs Any Trade

    The Phoenix Coyotes are currently locked into the tightest playoff race you could imagine—not only in the Western Conference, but in their own division...

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  3. Takin' a T/O With BT: Nazem Kadri Fits Better as a Maple Leaf Wingman...For Now

    For the time being, the Toronto Maple Leafs have solved all of their problems. That's not to say that they're perfect—in fact they're far from it—but a thrilling comeback ...

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  4. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not So Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Washington Capitals

    Two-and-a-half months, countless words and one laptop part later, we're finally finishing the 10 Bold Predictions series...

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  5. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not So Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Vancouver Canucks

    Coming in to this season, the Vancouver Canucks have high expectations. The highest, in fact, of all the Canadian teams. Edmonton fans are just hoping that their team remains competitive for the entire season...

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  6. Takin' a T/O with BT: The Maple Leafs Won't Say it, but Thank-You Jeff Finger

    Dear Jeff Finger, It’s not your fault. Really it isn’t. In fact, you deserved better. When you left Colorado after the 2007-08 season and became a free agent, you seemed to be the definition of a late-bloomer...

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  7. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not So Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Toronto Maple Leafs

    The Toronto Maple Leafs are a team that typically enters a season with pretty high expectations. Usually, those expectations are, sometimes unrealistically, piled on to the team by the fans and media...

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  8. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not so Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Tampa Bay Lightning

    The Tampa Bay Lightning were the talk of the offseason this year. First it was because of the addition of Steve Yzerman as the team's new General Manager. Then, it was for everything that Yzerman was able to do over the offseason...

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  9. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not so Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The St. Louis Blues

    This just in: The St. Louis Blues are an exciting team. Sure they didn't make the playoffs last year, were a middle-of-the-road offensive squad, and failed to sign anyone of ...

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  10. The San Jose Sharks: BT's 10 Bold (Or Not So Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions

    A perennial regular season favorite, and a playoff frustration just as often, the San Jose Sharks again hope to buck the trend this year...

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  11. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not so Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Phoenix Coyotes

    The Coyotes were another one of the NHL 's feel-good stories last year. Topping the NHL's Endangered Species list (Hah...like that one wasn't disgustingly overused last year...

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  12. 2010-11 NHL Preview: BT's 10 Bold Predictions for the Philadelphia Flyers

    The Philadelphia Flyers shocked the world more than a few times during the playoffs last year, and they're preparing to try for the same success this year...

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  13. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not so Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Pittsburgh Penguins

    The Pittsburgh Penguins are perennial contenders in the NHL, and namely it's because of their two superstars...

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  14. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not So Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Ottawa Senators

    The Otttawa Senators have always had trouble with secondary scoring. They've tried to fill those holes through free-agency, from within, and now with the acquisition of Sergei ...

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  15. BT's Bold (Or Not So Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The New York Rangers

    The New York Rangers are divided, but only one side really recognizes the division. Fans of the team are clamoring for a youth movement...

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  16. BT's Bold (or Not So Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The New York Islanders

    The Islanders seem to have the worst luck of any NHL franchise. Toronto Maple Leaf fans in the audience are struggling to stifle screams and the Phoenix Coyotes never seem to be able to dodge extinction worries, but it's true...

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  17. BT's 10 Bold (Or Not so Bold) 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The New Jersey Devils

    For as long as anyone can remember, the New Jersey Devils have been a competitive team. They employed the best defensive system in the league, buoyed by one of the greatest goaltenders ever, and were able to get key offensive contributions when needed...

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  18. BT's 10 (Not So) Bold 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Nashville Predators

    Things never change in Nashville. Year in, year out, they're a perennial pick to miss the playoffs. But then people consider that this team has missed the show just once in the past six seasons...

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  19. BT's 10 Bold 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Montreal Canadiens

    The Montreal Canadiens became the most talked-about team in the NHL postseason last year, and for good reason...

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  20. BT's 10 Bold 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Minnesota Wild

    The Minnesota Wild has been doing their best to shed the image of "defensive specialists." They've introduced a bit of scoring to their arsenal...

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  21. BT's 10 Bold 2010-'11 NHL Predictions: The Los Angeles Kings

    Last year the Kings were one of the biggest surprises in the league, but with hindsight being 20/20, should we have been surprised? With a ton of young talent, the Kings had been building to burst on to the scene for a few years now...

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  22. BT's 10 Bold 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Florida Panthers

    The Florida Panthers are certainly going to have their work cut out for them this season. Amidst yet another rebuild, Florida has been forced to watch the teams that were around them ...

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  23. BT's 10 Bold 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Edmonton Oilers

    Simply put: You don't get the first overall draft pick by being really, really good. So Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, and Magnus Pjaarvi have a fair bit of work ahead of them. The year wasn't a total loss though...

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  24. Takin' a T/O With BT: How Headshots Change for the NHL in the 2010-11 Season

    It came in to effect four months ago, but we have yet to see it in action. It promises to increase player awareness and, more importantly, safety, while returning power to the referees...

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  25. BT's 10 Bold 2010-11 NHL Predictions: The Detroit Red Wings

    While the Detroit Red Wings' streak of playoff appearances remained untouched last year (Currently standing at nineteen straight), 2009-10 was the first year since 1999-2000 that the Wings failed to win the Central Division...

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