1. Stock Up, Stock Down for the Top 16 NHL Stars Entering 2013 Season

    The 2013 NHL season is (perhaps) just a little over a week away from starting, and as such the story lines we've been rolling around in our brains throughout the lockout will finally come to fruition...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 1,421 reads 49 comments

  2. Why Gary Bettman Should Quit Apologizing About the NHL Lockout

    Gary Bettman just doesn't seem to understand social cues. At all. Every single time he hands out the Stanley Cup, he is booed. Every time he appears in public in front of fans, he is booed...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 1,299 reads 3 comments

  3. 2013 NHL Fantasy Hockey Tips: 11 Pointers to Help You Crush Your Draft & League

    For fans of the NHL , the news that the lockout would soon be coming to an end was exciting because that meant that hockey would be back out on the ice...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 8,994 reads 8 comments

  4. 2013 NHL Schedule: Pros and Cons of the Shortened Docket

    This time last week, we NHL hockey fans were still mired in a lockout, unsure of when we'd see another game played. Now, just a few days later, we're breaking down the matrix that the NHL is using to construct a schedule for hockey in 2013...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 19,593 reads 8 comments

  5. NHL Fantasy Sleepers 2012-13: 14 Must-Have Pickups for Your Fantasy Team

    The NHL Yahoo! Fantasy Player Rankings are known for letting a few guys slide down the chart from time to time...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 8,085 reads 1 comments

  6. 2013 NHL Season: 5 Bold Predictions for the Montreal Canadiens

    The Montreal Canadiens had a disastrous season in 2011-2012. They finished last in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs by 14 points while losing the division to the Boston Bruins by 24 points...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 4,416 reads 6 comments

  7. 2013 NHL Season: 5 Bold Predictions for the Vancouver Canucks

    There's only one way for the Vancouver Canucks to improve on their seasons at this point, and that's winning the Stanley Cup...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 1,462 reads 0 comments

  8. 2013 NHL Season: 5 Bold Predictions for the Edmonton Oilers

    Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov, Taylor Hall. Yeah, Edmonton Oilers fans have a lot to be excited about now that the lockout is over...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 2,350 reads 2 comments

  9. Detroit Red Wings: Predicting Their Starting Lineup for the 2013 NHL Season

    With an abbreviated 2012-13 season, the time may be now for the Detroit Red Wings to have a bit of a "youth movement...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 8,852 reads 63 comments

  10. NHL Season 2013: Breaking Down the Stanley Cup Contenders and Pretenders

    After the Los Angeles Kings made arguably the most improbable run to the Stanley Cup in the history of the NHL , fans across North America must believe one thing: "If an eighth seed ...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 4,329 reads 12 comments

  11. Detroit Red Wings: In Light of New Cap, Is Kenny Holland Psychic?

    Kenny Holland was berated and battered in a way I've never seen before this summer after failing to land Zach Parise or Ryan Suter , and unsuccessfully trying to attract any kind of attention from a stud free agent...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 1,628 reads 11 comments

  12. NHL Salary Cap Dropping to $64.3 Million: 5 Teams That Will Need to Make Moves

    What will the NHL salary cap be in 2013-2014? Twitter was ablaze this morning with news that the NHL lockout had finally ended, and surely this was the question on most everyone's minds...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 4,326 reads 0 comments

  13. NHL Lockout Ends, According to Multiple Reports

    Multiple sources, including Katie Strang of ESPN New York and Sean Gentille of the Sporting News have proclaimed that the NHL lock out has ended. Gary Bettman told reporters around 5:45 a...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 112 reads 2 comments

  14. WJC Gold Medal Game: What Beating Sweden Would Mean to the Americans

    Right now Seth Jones, John Gibson, Jake McCabe and the rest of Team USA are gearing up for their gold-medal game against the Swedes, at least mentally. As riled up as I am for the tilt, which will take place at 8 a...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 4 months ago 908 reads 0 comments

  15. 2013 NHL Lockout: No NHLPA Disclaimer, Presence of Mediator Both Positive Signs

    It's early on Thursday morning, and I may or may not be awake to watch the United States take on Canada in quarterfinal action in the World Junior Championships. Before turning to NHL...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 284 reads 2 comments

  16. NHL Trade Speculation: 8 Post-Lockout 'Will They Stay or Will They Go' Scenarios

    Lets assume that Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr don't succeed in their apparent quest to blow the NHL , and that there will be a season sometime in the near future. All Dr...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 1,388 reads 10 comments

  17. NHL Lockout: Nail Yakupov and 10 Other Players Who Will Save the League (Again)

    The last time the NHL had a lockout, it had Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin to lure fans back to the game...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 1,887 reads 14 comments

  18. NHL Lockout: Jordan Eberle & 11 Players That Have Impressed While in the AHL

    Jordan Eberle, to the surprise of no one, has been tearing it up for the Oklahoma City Barons in the AHL. The farm team of the NHL 's Edmonton Oilers are stocked up on top-end talent ...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 3,686 reads 12 comments

  19. 2013 NHL Lockout: Why Fans Are Wrong in Attacking Evander Kane for Twit Pic

    Leave Evander Kane alone. And the rest of the locked out players, too, while you are at it. I read just about any blog on hockey that I can and typically even force ...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 1,238 reads 21 comments

  20. WJC: The 20 Best Players to Ever Compete at the World Junior Championships

    The 2013 World Junior Championships are upon us, and while it's fun to look forward and debate who will win the Gold medal this year, it's also a good time to look back at the history of the storied tourney as well...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 1,396 reads 10 comments

  21. 2013 WJC Schedule: NHL Network to Cover Games, NHL.com to Live-Stream US Games

    If you are a World Junior Championship hockey fan in the United States without access to the NHL network, you need look no further than NHL.com for coverage...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 2,821 reads 0 comments

  22. WJHC 2013: Boone Jenner Ejected for Another Late Hit Against Sweden

    Boone Jenner finds himself in hot water yet again, this time for a late hit. The feisty forward was ejected in the second period after being assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for charging after a late hit on Sweden's Jesper Petterson...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 342 reads 0 comments

  23. Linus Omark: Why Detroit Red Wings Should Aggressively Pursue Oilers Forward

    Tyler Seguin . John Tavares . Henrik Zetterberg. Joe Thornton. Patrice Bergeron. Jason Spezza. Justin Williams. Logan Couture. Rick Nash. Patrick Kane...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 2,158 reads 33 comments

  24. NHL Lockout 2012: Alex Ovechkin and 9 Contracts You Can Blame for the Stoppage

    The NHL lockout (2012 edition) is now threatening to more or less dismember the league entirely, and while we could argue about which side is to blame for the impending loss of another ...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 5 months ago 5,297 reads 31 comments

  25. Detroit Red Wings: Are Their Days as NHL Playoff Mainstays Coming to an End?

    The Detroit Red Wings have been one of the most consistent franchises in North American sports for the last 20 years or so. There hasn't been an NHL playoff in 21 seasons that didn't involve the Winged Wheel...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about 10 months ago 1,613 reads 46 comments