1. B/R NHL Community's Playoff Prediction Compilation: Western Conference

    Since the first round of the 2010 NHL playoffs was finally set last Sunday night, Bleacher Report has been utterly flooded with articles and slide shows with predictions after predictions...

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  2. B/R NHL Community's Playoff Prediction Compilation: Eastern Conference

    Since the first round of the 2010 NHL Playoffs were finally set last Sunday night, Bleacher Report has been utterly flooded with articles and slide shows with predictions after predictions...

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  3. Carolina Hurricanes 2009-2010 Season Team Awards: Who's the MVP?

    With the Carolina Hurricanes falling 4-2 in Boston today, they wrapped up a season full of impressive wins and even more disappointing losses...

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  4. NHL Free Agency 2010: 14 Major Upcoming UFA's

    With the NHL regular season coming to a close in just a few days, 14 NHL teams will be done with their 82 games and move onto the summer offseason—a time that, despite its slow-moving ...

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  5. Carolina Hurricanes Offseason Preview: Plenty of Cash To Spend

    With just three games left in the NHL 2009-2010 regular season, the Carolina Hurricanes are going to miss the playoffs for the third time in four years since their Stanley Cup victory in 2006...

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  6. NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Race: Team-By-Team Breakdowns

    Six teams. Three spots. And one week to stake your claim in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Just days ago, it seemed as if the postseason race to the finish in the East might ...

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  7. Carolina Hurricanes: Seven Most Memorable Wins from the 2009-2010 Season

    The 2009-2010 season was one of the most anticipated years in the history of the Hurricanes time in North Carolina. It was also one of the most disappointing...

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  8. NHL Power Rankings (March 29): Playoff Races? What Playoff Races?

    As the NHL reaches its final weeks of the regular season, not only does anticipation usually build for the playoffs, but also for the last crucial games in each conference's playoff races to determine who even gets in to the postseason...

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  9. Carolina 3, Washington 2 (SO): Full Team Effort Leads To Crucial Victory

    Photo credit: Scott Pilling/Getty Images With the Carolina Hurricanes entering the third round of the shootout, Ray Whitney knew he had a lot to do if he wanted to single-handedly keep the 'Canes alive and still fighting for the extra point...

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  10. NHL Western Conference: Coyotes, 'Hawks, and Sharks Battle for Top Seeds

    Just a few weeks ago, at the Olympic break, all eyes on hockey were tuned to two battles for position: the playoff races. In the West, Calgary, Detroit, Anaheim, St...

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  11. Carolina Hurricanes Moving Forward: Defense Showing Potential

    With the Carolina Hurricanes' season winding down and playoffs all but out of the question, it's time for the 'Canes organization and followers to begin looking forward. The Hurricanes have already shown that it is what they want to do...

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  12. NCAA Tournament Friday Preview: 16 More Games To Feast On

    After a busy, upset-filled Thursday of the 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Friday will bring yet another 16 games in an action-packed Day Two of the tourney...

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  13. Lions, Tigers, and Bears; Oh My! Ranking Each NHL Team's Mascots

    As the famous Dorothy once said in the popular 1930's film, the Wizard of Oz, "Lions, bears, and tigers? Oh my!" It's a good thing she isn't around today, and if any of you feel ...

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  14. NHL Power Rankings (March 14): Washington Capitals Pulling Away

    Since the first day of the 2009-2010 NHL season back in October, three teams (the Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks, and Chicago Blackhawks) have pulled away from the rest of the league and established themselves soundly as the "Big Three...

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  15. Six Goalies To Watch as the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs Loom

    As the NHL 2009-2010 season marches towards its final weeks before the most exciting playoffs in sports begins, it becomes readily important for teams to score goals and get the lead early...

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  16. Carolina Hurricanes: Five Things Driving Their Latest Playoff Push

    It's amazing how far the Carolina Hurricanes have come this season. Heading into the New Year, the 'Canes were last by far in the conference and looking like an utter disaster just one year removed from their conference finals run in 2009...

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  17. Carolina Hurricanes Trade Deadline Recap: Analysis & Summary

    We knew it would be an active and interesting day for anyone and everyone involved in the Carolina Hurricanes organization, but several trades and a tandem of surprises are the highlights of one of the most important March 3rds in franchise history...

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  18. NHL Trade Deadline Right Now: Instant Updates and Analysis

    Oh, the uses of the recycling symbol arrows. They can be used on a smelly green bin that sits with rotten banana peels and last week's newspaper in your garage, or on a Waste Management truck, ...

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  19. NHL Eastern Conference Playoffs: Assessing Each Team's Postseason Chances

    It might still feel like winter, but with the Olympics nearing their end, the final six weeks of the NHL 2009-2010 season and the most stressful time of year is just around the corner: spring hockey...

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  20. Olympic Men's Hockey: Five Players We Wish Would've Been Here

    After today's last quarterfinals matchups conclude, the Men's half of Olympic ice hockey will have been whittled down from 12 teams to four and will be entering the last stressful days of the crucial tournament...

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  21. Olympic Men's Hockey: Analyzing Each Weekend Game's Impact

    Olympic Men's Ice Hockey has now gotten through two-thirds of their group stage, where 12 teams separated into three groups of four each play three games with the top four receiving a bye in ...

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  22. Carolina Hurricanes Numbers Crunch: Are the Playoffs Still Possible?

    The Carolina Hurricanes probably shouldn't have wasted their time with hockey for most of this season and instead worked for a landscaping business. Because that's exactly what they ended up doing—digging the team a hole...

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  23. NHL Power Rankings & Power Groupings: Olympic Break Edition

    It's time. With the Olympics off and running in Vancouver, NHL teams down in the States (and in other Canadian cities) have been granted a lengthy two-and-a-half week break to re-assess their ...

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  24. Justin Peters Impresses in NHL Debut: Who's the 'Canes Goaltender of the Future?

    For Carolina Hurricanes 23-year-old prospect goalie Justin Peters, Feb. 6, 2010 will forever be a cherished memory in his mind through, what will hopefully be, years of success at the NHL level...

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  25. Rock You Like a Hurricane: Reviewing The Carolina Hurricanes' RBC Center

    This review was originally published, by the same author, on www.stadiumjourney.com. Welcome to the RBC Center, home of the Carolina Hurricanes, North Carolina State Wolfpack, and 18,680 other screaming fans...

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