Whatever hopes of the playoffs left for the Philadelphia Flyers is out the window with Mike Richards? hamstring injury. Read more »
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Richards' Injury And The Trade Deadline In Hockey Talk For Feb. 25th
Malkin, Sabres And Lidstrom In Hockey Talk For Feb. 22nd
How good has Evgeni Malkin been? In the 15 games since Sidney Crosby went down with an ankle injury, Malkin has 12 goals and 18 assists while only being held pointless once. Read more »
Rangers Blow Big Lead In Hockey Talk For Feb. 20th
The Rangers blew a 5-0 lead in Montreal to a superior team, something that cannot happen to a team fighting to make the playoffs. Read more »
The Falling Red Wings In Hockey Talk For Feb. 18th
With a 1-0 loss at Dallas on Sunday, the Detroit Red Wings have lost six in a row, and the schedule doesn?t get much easier with this road trip continuing to Colorado and then into western Canada. Read more »
Lundqvist's Contract In Hockey Talk For Feb. 15th
The Rangers paid a steep price to extend Henrik Lundqvist. Is he worth it? Read more »
Ottawa Wins Big Trade In Hockey Talk For Feb. 13th
Forward Cory Stillman and defenseman Mike Commodore joined an already talented Ottawa team this week. Read more »
Hockey Day Minnesota In Hockey Talk For Feb. 11th
The popularity of hockey has seen an ebb and flow of sorts the past few seasons, but it is only going up in Minnesota. Read more »
Dumont's Contract In Hockey Talk For Feb. 4th
Nashville wisely locked up right-winger J.P. Dumont over the weekend with a four-year, $16 million contract. What does the deal mean for the franchise? Read more »
Forsberg's Impact In Hockey Talk For February 1st
With parity raging in the NHL this season, any one move could tilt a potential playoff match-up on way or another. That one move could be the signing of Peter Forsberg. Read more »
Disappointing Blue Shirts In Hockey Talk For January 30th
The Rangers are a mystery with all of their talent and top end goaltending in Henrik Lundqvist. They are tied for eighth in the Eastern Conference in a year where the NHL is dominated by parity. Read more »
Reviewing All-Star Weekend In Hockey Talk For Jan. 28th
All-Star weekend in Atlanta is over with highlights from both the skills competition on Saturday night and then the actual game on Sunday. Read more »
The All-Star Break In Hockey Talk For Jan. 25th
With over two-thirds of the league at or above .500, it should be a competitive second half. Here are three important things to watch for after the break. Read more »
Trading Sundin In Hockey Talk For Jan. 23rd
Cliff Flechter?s task this season is to decide if they want to trade Mats Sundin in order to get value before he becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer. Read more »
Hockey Talk For January 21st
With good, but unproven goaltending, the Penguins must score to keep pace in the Eastern Conference and the burden now falls on center Evgeni Malkin. Read more »
Hockey Talk For January 18th
Behind an explosive offense led by Alexei Kovalev, the Canadiens have surged this season and are looking like a dangerous gadfly of a playoff team. Read more »
Hockey Talk For January 16th
Don?t look now, but the defending Stanley Cup champions are starting to round into form. One of the main reasons has been the return of defenseman Scott Niedermayer. Read more »
Hockey Talk For January 14th
It is expected that Head Coach Jacques Lemaire will continue to rotate the goaltenders depending on who's hot which has been his trademark throughout his time in Minnesota. Read more »
Hockey Talk For January 7th
New Penguins' goaltender Ty Conklin has been in net for the last six wins and is a perfect 7-0-0 on the season. Read more »
Hockey Talk For January 4th
Running on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Hockey Talk will examine player and team trends, as well as take a more in-depth look at the game. Read more »
Hockey Talk For January 2nd
Running on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Hockey Talk will examine player and team trends, as well as take a more in-depth look at the game. Read more »