08 May 2012
GLENDALE (NHL/Newsfeed) – The Nashville Predators made a series of changes at the trade deadline in order to beef up their offense and toughness — and transform themselves into a fairer fight with the Detroit Red Wings, the Chicago Blackhawks and the other elite teams in the Western Conference. And for one playoff series against [...]
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08 May 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (NHL/Morreale) — The New Jersey Devils have been down but never out at any stage during the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring, from the benching of future Hall of Fame goalie Martin Brodeur to the incredible rally from a 3-2 series deficit with back-to-back overtime wins against the Florida Panthers in the Eastern [...]
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04 May 2012
PHILADELPHIA (NHL/Kimelman) — James van Riemsdyk might have been one of the most dominant players in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, scoring seven goals in 11 games. He was so good, he finished tied for ninth goals without playing past the second round. After an injury-plagued 2011-12 season, that player finally made his reappearance. Van [...]
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04 May 2012
GLENDALE, Az. (NHL/Newsfeed) – It was that gaping divot smack dab in the middle of the Phoenix Coyotes’ lineup. It was the reason the Coyotes couldn’t match up with the rest of the Pacific Division, the reason they were fighting for their playoff lives in the Western Conference. It was the reason Kyle Turris’ petulant [...]
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03 May 2012
NEW YORK (NHL/Newsfeed) — Alex Ovechkin normally earns so much attention for what he does on the ice. But in the past two weeks, much of the focus has shifted to all the time he is not. For the third time in the past five games, Ovechkin on Monday played less than 17 minutes in [...]
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03 May 2012
MONTREAL (NHL/Newsfeed) — New general manager Marc Bergevin will be taking over a Montreal Canadiens team that finished No. 15 in the Eastern Conference and No. 28 in the League standings, so obviously he will be facing a number of challenges to right the ship. While that list will be an exhaustive one, here are [...]
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02 May 2012
NASHVILLE (NHL/Newsfeed) — By suspending wings Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn for Game 3 of their Western Conference Quarterfinal series with Phoenix on Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena (9 p.m. ET, CNBC, TSN), the Nashville Predators will be without two of their most skilled and most productive players in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. Both players are [...]
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02 May 2012
NEW YORK (NHL/Lozo) — When the Rangers lose, it rarely has anything to do with a bevy of gaffes. The team rose to the top of the Eastern Conference this season on the strength of playing mistake-free hockey, “the right way,” as coach John Tortorella calls it. On Monday night at Madison Square Garden, the [...]
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