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Destiny and Defiance: Bruins and Hawks Head for a Classic Stanley Cup Clash
One is a team of determination; the other is a team of destiny. When the Boston Bruins face off against the Chicago Blackhawks, it will represent the first time in NHL...
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Building a Modern Dynasty: The Formula
This is the eighth and final article in a series of articles looking at and analyzing the success of the last five teams to raise the Stanley Cup. Be sure to...
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Building the Boston Bruins: Having a Philosophy and Sticking To It Pays Off
This is the sixth article in a series of articles looking at and analyzing the success of the last five teams to raise the Stanley Cup. Be sure to read the...
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Where Have all the NHL Dynasties Gone?
*Editor’s Note: We at LWOS are always on the look out for new writers, and today we’ve got a great one for you as we introduce Brian Bradley to our Hockey...
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Penguins and Bruins: United by Colour and Not Much Else
Black, Gold (or Yellow) and White are the colours both teams in the Eastern Conference finals will dawn. This is where both the friendship and similarities end. When the Pittsburgh Penguins...
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Three Stars: All-Time Greats of Northeast Division Teams
Welcome back to Peculiar Side of Sports. Every so often something in sports perplexes me, and I just hate not knowing something. So, I do what any normal, sane sports fan does –...
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Home Sweet Homer? The Return of Home Ice Advantage
If you go to your favorite interwebz search engine, you’ll be able to find all kinds of sappy, saccharine sayings about the joys of coming home. Home sweet home. Home is...
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Where There’s a Will: Rangers and Bruins Ready for a Second Round Bloodbath
What’s the old adage? Where there’s a will, there’s a way, right? The Bruins exerted their will in the third period of game 7 in the first round series against a...
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The Massive Reach of Walter Brown in Hockey and Basketball
To be honored by a professional sports league with an induction to its Hall of Fame must be one of the most rewarding experiences. But to to be honored by being...
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The Leafs and the Big, Bad Bear
Is Toronto for real? For once, yeah, they are. If you happen to disagree with this sentence you must be from Montreal or Boston. The thing is that the Northeast division...
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Wings, Maple Leafs and a look back at the Best Jerseys in Winter Classic History
The Winter Classic, and the outdoor game in general, has been one of the best modern innovations in hockey history for various reasons. The exposure drawn from the event has been...
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Jason Pominville to Minnesota, and Marian Gaborik to Columbus Highlight Trade Deadline
It took until after 2:30 pm but the two biggest trades of the NHL’s trade deadline have finally been made. We take a look at those trades, plus other noteworthy transactions...
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Instant Analysis: Plenty of Deals on the Eve of the NHL trade deadline
The NHL trade deadline is tomorrow, but there have been a number of big deals today. I break it all down with an instant analysis. Vancouver Gets Derek Roy Dallas Gets...
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Shopping the Stars: Dallas said to be Big Mover for Trade Deadline
Following last night’s 4-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, which dropped the Dallas Stars into 12th place in the Western Conference, rumors began swirling that Dallas is the team to watch...
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Trade Deadline Shopping Lists: Eastern Conference
Its less than one week to the NHL trade deadline, and we’ve already seen our first deals of the season with the Pittsburgh Penguins going hog wild and adding Brenden Morrow...
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The Hypocrisy of Claude Julien and the Boston Bruins
Following last night’s Habs victory over the Boston Bruins, B’s coach Claude Julien took the opportunity to complain about diving and embellishment in his post game press conference. Julien said the...
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I Swear Gaa!: Biting Has No Place in the NHL
Victory wasn’t the only thing the Toronto Maple Leafs tasted when they visited the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. A momentous win for the Leafs and their organisation was directly shrouded by...
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Yes They Can! The Big Mick Previews the Northeast Division
So, there’s this bizarre division in the NHL containing three Original Six franchises, an Olympic Silver Medal and Vezina winning goaltender, and the team that inhabits Canada’s capitol city. It’s called...
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Conference Call: East Versus West NHL Games That Will Be Missed
It was clear that in order to make a compressed 48 game NHL season work this year league organizers were going to be in tough. Their solution was simple: no games...
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Do We Really Miss the NHL?
If nothing else, the NHL lockout has proved that the majority of hockey fans have a least some form of mental instability. The definition of insanity, as I’m sure none of...
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