1. NHL on TV: How Versus Becoming NBC Sports Network Will Help U.S. Hockey

    Versus is now NBC Sports Network. The much-mocked "Versus" label, currently synonymous with fishing and cagefighting, is the most recent non-NBC thing to go down the drain in Comcast's ongoing takeover of television...

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  2. NHL Free Agents 2011: Grading Each of the Carolina Hurricanes' Offseason Moves

    A little more than a month into the 2011 NHL free agent period, the earthquake of signings that once cluttered up news feeds back in early summer has now dwindled down to the rate of just one per week...

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  3. NHL 2011-12 Predictions: 5 Reasons the St. Louis Blues Are a Playoff Team

    The '04-'05 NHL lockout marked the end of an era for the St. Louis Blues ; their remarkable stretch of 24 straight years of playoff hockey come to an end...

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  4. NHL 2012 Predictions: 5 Reasons the Los Angeles Kings Are Stanley Cup Contenders

    Two years ago, calling the Los Angeles Kings a Stanley Cup contender would've been the funniest joke you'd heard in a month...

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  5. NHL 2011-2012 Predictions: 5 Reasons Florida Panthers Are a Playoff Team

    In all truth, it's hard to find an image from last season of the Florida Panthers celebrating a goal to headline this article, since they truly didn't get to celebrate too much, in the first place...

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  6. NHL 2011-12 Predictions: 5 Reasons the Buffalo Sabres Are Stanley Cup Contenders

    Last season, it wasn't until March 6th that the Buffalo Sabres jumped into the Eastern Conference's playoff picture for good...

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  7. NHL Flashback: Carolina Hurricanes 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 on Nov. 19, 2009

    In late summer, the hockey world is often left with, frankly, nothing short of nothing to do. There are no games to watch, no breaking news to follow, and even the free agent signings have all come and gone...

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  8. NHL Predictions: Pekka Rinne and 9 More First-Time All-Stars Next Season

    Every year, the NHL All-Star Game is a weekend of talent, fun and most of all, hockey. While it might not be the most competitive match any of its participants will play in, it's a ...

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  9. NHL Free Agency 2011: 14 Best Goal Scorers Still Available and Where They'll Go

    We're still less than three weeks into the signing period, but the 2011 edition of NHL free agency is already beginning to close out...

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  10. NHL 2011-2012 Predictions: 4 Declining Playoff Contenders After Free Agency

    Only a little over two weeks into the month of July and the 2011 NHL Free Agency period, much of the activity that was bound to occur has already happened...

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  11. NHL 2011-2012 Predictions: Five New Playoff Contenders After Free Agency

    Only two weeks into the month of July and the 2011 NHL Free Agency period, much of the activity that was bound to occur has already happened...

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  12. NHL Power Rankings: The Worst Coach in Each Franchise's History

    In the world of NHL head coaches, almost every team has their claim to fame. Almost every fan can look back over their 40 years of fanship and laughingly remember that humiliated, ...

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  13. NHL Free Agency 2011: Analysis of Carolina Hurricanes' Signing of Tomas Kaberle

    The Carolina Hurricanes have landed their biggest free agent signing in many years. Defenseman Tomas Kaberle, a 2011 Stanley Cup Champion, was signed to a three-year, $12.75 million contract on Tuesday evening...

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  14. NHL Free Agency 2011: Carolina Hurricanes Solve Needs with 4 New Signings

    At the end of the 2010-11 NHL season, the Carolina Hurricanes looked ahead and saw what they dreaded; only three forwards, at the time, remained under contract through the summer...

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  15. NHL Free Agency 2011: 5 Teams with the Most Left to Accomplish After Opening Day

    The opening day of NHL Free Agency 2011 has come and gone, and 70 contracts and $250 million dollars later, there are a lot of new faces spread out with new teams across the continent...

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  16. NHL Free Agency 2011: Southern Teams Dominate Signings During Opening Day

    New studies now show that hot temperatures in fact make NHL GM's more likely to spend. Well, perhaps those reports are still a bit unconfirmed...

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  17. NHL Free Agency 2011: Live Blog of All of the News and Rumors from Opening Day

    It's here. July 1st. For some of us, it's Canada Day. For others, simply a hot first day of July. But for the entire hockey world, it's the biggest holiday imaginable: the opening of free agency...

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  18. 2011 NHL Free Agency Tracker: Team-by-Team Transactions Index

    As the sun beats down to scorching levels around most of the continent, 30 NHL GMs from Philadelphia to Winnipeg are watching something else heat up quite quickly, too: free agency ...

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  19. NHL Free Agency 2011: The 17 Best UFA Forwards on the Market

    As the clock ticks to noon E.T. on July 1st, the entire hockey world watches as new contracts begin to pour in by the dozens. It's that special time of year: free agency...

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  20. 2011 NHL Draft: Carolina Hurricanes Complete Draft Recap and Analysis

    For the Carolina Hurricanes , the 2011 NHL entry draft, held this past Friday and Saturday in Minnesota, was one of the quieter ones...

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  21. 2011 NHL Draft: Grades for Every NHL Team Throughout the 1st Round

    For the 30 NHL franchises, as well as the rest of the hockey world, the 2011 NHL entry draft is upon us. Thirty teams, 26 of whom enter the draft holding at least one first-round pick, will have the choice of a season to make...

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  22. NHL Breaking News: Analysis & Breakdown of Philadelphia Flyers' Trades & Signing

    Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren has finally made his move. After days of waiting and anticipating upcoming trades and over two weeks after acquiring the rights to goaltender ...

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  23. 2011 NHL Draft: Carolina Hurricanes Complete Draft Preview & Predictions

    It's been more than two months now since we last saw the Carolina Hurricanes take the ice, and, while they won't be hitting the rink this weekend either, it's finally back to business for at least a few 'Canes...

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  24. 2011 NHL Draft: Five Teams That Should Consider Trading Their First-Round Pick

    The first round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft is just three days away, and rumors of high-profile trades to come are flying fast and furious...

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  25. No Worse for Wear: Minor League Hockey's 20 Best Jerseys of Modern History

    When it really comes down to it, minor league hockey is not about winning the Calder Cup, Adams Cup, or the like...

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