1. NHL, Brendan Shanahan on the Right Track with Suspension Explanation Videos

    The days of players and fans engaging in a guessing game over the NHL 's scales and weights of justice are finally over. NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan made sure of that in one long-overdue move towards transparency...

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  2. Detroit Red Wings Lose Jan Mursak to Ankle Injury Against Chicago Blackhawks

    The season is officially underway into Detroit. Jan Mursak left the preseason game against the Chicago Blackhawks midway through the second period after sustaining a fractured ankle ...

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  3. Why Gary Bettman, NHL Seriously Mishandled Wayne Simmonds Banana Debacle

    I had to re-read the headline and make sure that it wasn't some kind of twisted joke coming off the AP Wire. It just couldn't be accurate, could it? That a fan of the NHL would throw a banana at an African-American baffles my mind...

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  4. NHL Fantasy Hockey: 8 Things You Need to Know Heading into This Season

    NHL fantasy hockey is all about having an edge on the competition. Maybe it's adding a young blueliner in the middle of a point streak that turns into a breakout season. Perhaps you check NHL...

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  5. NHL: Sidney Crosby Gets Standing Ovation at Training Camp

    A video recently surfaced on YouTube of Penguins fans going nuts for Sidney Crosby's return to the ice on Saturday. We're not talking a few hundred people giving it their all...

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  6. NHL Free Agency: Grading the New Contracts of Luke Schenn and Others

    Luke Schenn of the Toronto Maple Leafs and several other prominent NHL players received new contracts within the last few days...

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  7. Fantasy Hockey: Each Team's Best Value Heading Into the 2011-12 Season

    The first couple of rounds of a fantasy draft can go by easily. You have an idea of what you'd like to end up with, and while some of your targeted players may vaporize there is generally someone good enough sitting there right behind them to cover you...

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  8. Team Sidney Crosby vs. Team Shane Doan: Which Side Are You On?

    Sidney Crosby caused quite a stir when he called for the banishment of all hits to the head, regardless of circumstance, angle or intent...

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  9. Drew Doughty Rejects Kings' Offer: Toronto and 4 Teams That Could Trade for Him

    Drew Doughty has shot down a nine-year deal worth $61.2 million, and perhaps now it's time for the Kings to consider dealing him...

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  10. NHL Fantasy: Claude Giroux and 17 Players You Can Steal in Your Yahoo! Leagues

    Yahoo!'s NHL fantasy mock drafts have been live for a few weeks now, and because I am a bit of a fantasy nerd I have ran at least one every day since. What, it was just research! You know, so you wouldn't have to...

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  11. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman: How His Salary Could Be Put to Better Use

    Towards the end of July, NHL .com reported some interesting numbers that had been published in SportsBusiness Journal . They reported that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was paid $7...

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  12. The Plane Crash in Russia, and Trying to Make Sense of the NHL's Tragic Summer

    I woke up this morning to 14 emails, five voice mails and over a dozen forms of interaction on Facebook. Those numbers didn't appear to be odd at first...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about over 1 year ago 1,215 reads 6 comments

  13. Sidney Crosby: 6 Pittsburgh Penguins Who Will Need to Step Up in His Absence

    Leave it to the monster that is the concussion to stop a player who appeared locomotive-like cold in his tracks...

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  14. NHL Free-Agent and Trade News: Grading Each NHL GM's Summer Moves

    Some NHL GMs still have a major player to get under contract (Los Angeles Kings), while others are already dealing with injuries and the cap space that brings (Boston Bruins)...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about over 1 year ago 2,032 reads 12 comments

  15. NHL Predictions 2011-12: Picking the Divisional Winners and Losers from the East

    Happy September. One month closer to hockey, and that is always a good thing. I don't know about you but I just have a hard time feeling hockey-ish when I look at the calendar ...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about over 1 year ago 1,275 reads 9 comments

  16. Gary Bettman: It Will Be Headshots, Not Expansion, That Will Define His Legacy

    Yesterday, Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli told the Boston Globe that All-Star center Marc Savard would not play during the 2011-2012 season ...

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  17. NHL 12 and the 17 Best Hockey Video Games of All Time

    Hot on the heels of NHL11—widely considered one of the best sports games ever made—comes NHL 12...

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  18. Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins Will Not Play in 2011-2012

    The Boston Bruins have shut down Marc Savard for the 2011-2012 season, and it is believed that the 34-year old center may never play another NHL game, per NHL.com and a Boston Globe report...

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  19. Detroit Red Wings: Pavel Datsyuk and the 11 Most Skilled Players in Team History

    Picking the most skilled Red Wings in history is a tricky task. And at times likes these—trying to pull an article like this together that covers so much time that I wasn't ...

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  20. Drew Doughty, and a Question for LA Kings Fans: Is This the Leader You Want?

    Bleacher Report's own Featured Columnist Nicholas Goss wrote an article today posing a fair question: At this stage of the game should the Los Angeles Kings consider trading ...

    Franklin Steele Written by Franklin Steele about over 1 year ago 2,120 reads 57 comments

  21. Detroit Red Wings: Pavel Datsyuk's Top 11 Datsyukian Plays with Video

    I went to College for broadcasting for a while with aspirations to be a hockey play-by-play guy someday. Not necessarily at the Pro level—after all, my professors always used ...

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  22. Detroit Red Wings: 5 Players from the Last 15 Years That I Miss Watching

    While it feels like the NHL Network has been showing the same three or four playoff series this summer—seriously, I think I have the play-by-play for Nashville vs Anaheim ...

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  23. NHL: Chris Osgood and 5 Borderline Hall of Famers

    Each June, a small group of players are chosen behind closed doors to be enshrined forever in the Hockey Hall of Fame. And each summer the media is left astounded by some of the names left out of the mix...

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  24. Detroit Red Wings: Predicting Their Full Roster To Start the 2011-12 Season

    The Detroit Red Wings approach the 2011-2012 NHL season with more turnover than they are used to. While there is typically a depth position or two up for grabs, this offseason ...

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  25. Patrick Kane and 1 Player from Each NHL Team That I Want to Have a Drink with

    It's one of the more entertaining lines of thought I feel a fan can have: Which one of the players on my favorite team could I sit down and relate to over a brew or two at the local ...

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