The 2008 NHL Draft is this Friday and Saturday and as we have seen from Washington and Pittsburgh, a team?s fortunes can change with a few young, dynamic players. Read more »
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Stanley Cup Finals Preview
The winner of this year?s Stanley Cup will be the team who can be more physical without getting out of their game. Read more »
Conference Finals Predictions
Will the favorites make the Stanley Cup or will the surprises make it to the final round? Read more »
Round Two Predictions
With the energy from two Game 7's on Tuesday, here are breakdowns and predictions of the NHL Final 8. Read more »
Breaking Down Wednesday's Games In Hockey Talk For April 10th
Pittsburgh and Colorado crashed the nets and they both now have early series leads. Read more »
First Round Breakdowns In Hockey Talk For April 7th
Then, we had 16. With the playoff match-up sets, here are breakdowns of each series with predictions. Read more »
Sharks Finally Lose In Hockey Talk For April 4th
Wild clinch a playoff berth, Carolina and Washington keep duking it out for the playoffs, and the Sharks lost in regulation for the first time since February 20th. Read more »
Sharks On Fire In Hockey Talk For March 28th
The San Jose Sharks moved closer to the Pacific Division title by beating the Dallas Stars at home by a score of 3-2. Read more »
Contenders And Pretenders In Hockey Talk For March 26th
With the playoffs around the corner, this is the time for contenders to make statements and start separating themselves from the pretenders. Read more »
Are The Playoffs Set In Hockey Talk For March 24th
After a week off, we are back with Hockey Talk with just over a week left in the regular season. Read more »
The Overlooked Iginla In Hockey Talk For March 12th
On a power play goal late in the first period, Jarome Iginla became the all-time leading goal scorer in Calgary Flames? history with No. 365. Read more »
Hockey Talk For March 10th
The Dallas Stars (89 points) and the Colorado Avalanche (80 points) played a home and home over the weekend with each team winning on its home ice. Read more »
Ottawa's Slide In Hockey Talk For March 7th
The Senators have now lost six of seven games and in those losses, they have just scored four goals and have been outscored 20-4 in those games. Read more »
Ovechkin And The Red-Hot Sharks In Hockey Talk For March 5th
Alexander Ovechkin now has a 10 goal lead over No. 2, Atlanta?s Ilya Kovalchuk and is cementing his spot as the best goal scorer in the world. Read more »
The Canucks' Struggles In Hockey Talk For March 3rd
Over these same 20 games, 10 of them have ended in overtime or a shootout with the Canucks having a 4-6 record. Most of those games saw the Canucks blow 3rd period leads. Read more »
More Trade Deadline Info In Hockey Talk For Feb. 29th
The Trading Deadline is now past and what you see from teams is what you are going to get. Make sure to check out the NHL page to see the breakdowns on all of the major deals. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Montreal Ships Off Huet To Washington
For Montreal, this is to clear the way for Casey Price, who at only 20 years old, has burst onto the scene and shown flashes of future greatness. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Can Campbell Put San Jose Over The Top?
The Sharks needed something, and Brian Campbell is a good something. He is a very talented defenseman who, with Evgeni Nabokov, will make the Sharks very tough to score on. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Richards And Homqvist To Dallas
When you have a good thing like Dallas had, why would you mess with it? Chris Richards stats certainly reflect playing on a poor team, but a -25 is not good no matter who you are playing with. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Hossa To The Penguins
Marian Hossa makes Pittsburgh the favorite in the Eastern Conference right now. Goaltending and the health of Sidney Crosby are the only things holding them back from reaching the Cup finals. Read more »