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Early Look: World Juniors 2013 Pool B

Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of my them here. With the CHL seasons now...
Light at the End of the Tunnel? NHL Lockout

So what is the latest? Well, more talks, some minor progress, but same result. More cancelled games, more players in Europe, and no hockey in Canada. However, as much as I...
Top Shelf Prospects: NHL Team Rankings – The Top 15

Now that we’ve taken a look at every team in the NHL, I felt that I should give a 1-30 ranking of every team in the NHL and the quality of...
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NHL Yearbooks: Comparing Last Year’s Predictions to Actual Results (Part One)

I subscribe to a few magazines that range in interests – PC stuff, science, and hockey. The Hockey News is my main source of, well, hockey news, but I do enjoy...
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Five Good and Five Bad things about the Lockout (Comedic Relief)

So as you may be well aware this little tweet that shook the hockey world: Since Gary Bettman decided to say the worst thing he could have...
Top Shelf Prospects: Detroit Red Wings

Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects” a team by team look at the top prospects in the NHL. Today, as I continue my alphabetical journey through the NHL I...
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Cash Explosion: The Real Value of this Summer’s Biggest NHL Signings

There have been some controversial dollars handed out this off-season to players. Both fans and the media have been critical of the contracts that some GM’s have handed to players who...
Shane Doan Deserves to Play For a Cup Contender

So there it is, folks. The Rick Nash derby is over. The NY Rangers won, they got the man they have been after since the February trade deadline. So their team...
Are the Red Wings Still the Gold Standard in the NHL?

While I usually see the cup half-empty, I am faced with quite the conundrum when I consider the Red Wings’ situation. As a long time fan of the Motor City team,...
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NHL Teams avoid arbitration with Young Stars

NHL Arbitration Hearing, three words that players, GMs, Agents and owners all fear, or at least it seems that way. Since the Arbitration process started in the 1995 NHL CBA we...
The History of NHL Offer Sheets

News this morning broke that Shea Weber has signed a 14-year, $110 million offer sheet made by Paul Holmgren and the Philadelphia Flyers. This means that his current team, the...
Mike Modano and Dominik Hasek: Please Just Say NO!

Two legends of the sport are apparently looking to make an NHL comeback next season. Recently word surfaced that 47 year old goaltender Dominik Hasek was practicing daily and making enquiries...
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Rick Nash: Will he stay or will he go?

NY Rangers, San Jose, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Detroit have all something in common. Rick Nash wants to be traded and they make up his short list of approved teams. So if...
Left Scrambling: Where Do the Losers in the Parise/Suter Sweepstakes Turn Now?

As you all know by now, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter have signed identical 13 year contracts to play for the Minnesota Wild. The two prize free agents of this year’s...
NHL Free Agent Frenzy: Grades for the first two days

*Editor’s Note: Maksim Vasilyev is back. We have decided to bring him on as a regular writer. Maksim will be helping with our NHL coverage* The money game is going to...
Justin Schultz: Set for Free Agency

Justin Schultz, the Anaheim Ducks 2nd round draft pick (43rd overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry draft is now officially a Free Agent, able to receive contract offers from all 30...
Report: Damien Brunner chooses Detroit

Earlier we told you that this year’s sought after European free agent was Damien Brunner of Switzerland. You can read the article and see videos of Brunner here. It appears Brunner...
Where Does Brodeur Stand Amongst the Greats?

With Los Angeles defeating the New Jersey Devils, the question of whether Martin Brodeur will retire or not has already flooded the internet. Whether he does or not remains to be...
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Nicklas Lidstrom: The Best Defenceman Since Bobby Orr, Set to Retire?

“And with the 53rd pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, the Detroit Red Wings select, from Vestaras, Sweden, Nicklas Lidstrom.” I was going back and forth on how to do...
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NHL Crime and Punishment: How Sheriff Shanahan & Co. are Failing with NHL Discipline

With the first round of the NHL play-offs safely behind us and a roaring start to the second round under way, we’ve had enough time pass to really examine the NHL...