Hockey Analysis

With the NHL currently on stand-by due to their annual trade freeze surrounding Christmas, let?s use that transaction-less time to take our first look toward next offseason. Read more »

Our second look at the Calder Watch is a fairly good indicator of what to expect for the entire season; the list is almost entirely different. Read more »

Nearly every team is one-third of the way through their schedule, so let?s take a look at the early favorites to take home the league-wide individual awards. Read more »

While Dustin Byfuglien is building a near-insurmountable lead on the blueline, Sidney Crosby is quickly gaining on forward leader Steven Stamkos. Read more »

We are now through the second month of the season (and for many teams, one quarter of the way through the season), and there is plenty of movement in the power rankings. Read more »

Tomas Fleischmann and Scott Hannan were exchanged by the Avs and Capitals in a rather uncommon 1-for-1 trade that benefits both teams tremendously. Read more »

While you could argue that Selanne is the greatest Finnish born player in the history of the NHL, you can?t argue the fact that he is headed straight to the Hall of Fame in Toronto in 2014 if he does indeed retire at season?s end. Read more »

Peter Chirarelli and the Bruins, Rick Dudley and the Thrashers, along with several other GMs and teams made free agent and trade acquisitions that have immediately paid dividends. Read more »

With the production beginning to match the promise for Claude Giroux, blogs and message boards are saying he may be the most exciting player to watch in Flyers history. Read more »

This season the Standing 10 will be reserved for the Calder Watch, where we will follow the league?s top rookies to see who the leading candidates are for the award for the league?s best rookie. Read more »

Jeff Carter could have conceivably ended up making more money on the open market from the Leafs or Rangers, but accepted the security offered by the Flyers Read more »

Locking up David Backes, such a key member on and off the ice, will only help them in their abilities to retain other key members of their ever-improving young core. Read more »

With the production beginning to match the promise for Claude Giroux, blogs and message boards are saying he may be the most exciting player to watch in Flyers history. Read more »

Whether the Coyotes end up staying in Phoenix, or moving back to Winnipeg, it will give closure to this ongoing black cloud that hangs over the team, and allow everyone to focus solely about what is on the ice: some good hockey. Read more »

Steven Stamkos, Duncan Keith and Tim Thomas lead their respective positions after the first month of the 2010-11 season. Read more »

The 2010-11 season has completed its first calendar month of games, and new and exciting storylines are already developing. Tampa Bay, Montreal, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago and Colorado are leading their respective divisions, but it is far too early to jump to conclusions. Read more »

The 2010-11 season has completed its first calendar month of games, and new and exciting storylines are already developing. Tampa Bay, Montreal, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago and Colorado are leading their respective divisions, but it is far too early to jump to conclusions. Read more »

Since their inception in 2000, the Minnesota Wild have struggled to establish exactly who they are as a team, a franchise and an organization. The results have been mixed, yet the same: no sustained futility, no sustained success. Read more »

GM Peter Chiarelli elected not to risk losing two of his key players, both on the ice and in the dressing room. Read more »

While it seems like signing core players to ?lifetime? contracts is the modus operandi for many GMs in the salary cap era, San Jose?s Doug Wilson has done a remarkable job locking up his core members without handcuffing himself. Read more »