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Valeri Nichushkin: 2013 NHL Draft Player Profile #8

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical...
NHL Draft: February Rankings Part 1 (1-10)

Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of them here. Today I give an early...
The Shootout is Part of The Game – Get Over it!

The great George Carlin had a brilliant comedy special on seven words you can’t say on the television. While somewhat puzzling to him, and to me for that matter, most people...
November Rankings: 2013 NHL Draft

Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of them here. Today I give an early...
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...
NHL Lockout Impact on KHL Revenue and Growth

Well, my friends and fellow hockey fans, the NHL lockout continues to our overwhelming disappointment. We tweet and blog our frustrations at both the NHL and NHLPA, but with what success?...
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...
NHLPA and NHL Resume Talks: Hope Rests on Reason and Responsibility

The NHL and NHLPA resume talks in NYC on the status quo of the CBA and probably some other minor issues that will shape the world of hockey in North America...
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...
NHL Draft Prospect Profile #58: Anton Slepyshev

Anton Slepyshev has fallen in our rankings due to the ever present KHL factor. The first overall pick in the 2011 KHL Draft, Slepshyev has been a member of KHL squad...
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NHL Draft Prospect Profile #27: Andrei Vasilevski

Drafted 20th Overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning Andrei Vasilevski (Vasilevsky, Vasilevskiy) burst onto the international scene at the 2010 World IIHF Championships, where the then 15 year old goalie...
Production (K)lein: The Real Hero in the Preds-Wings Series

Mission (Nearly) Accomplished The Nashville Predators are back home after completing a historic two-game playoffs sweep of theDetroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena last Sunday and again on Tuesday night. That they were able to...
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43 KHL hockey players dead in plane crash!

Sorry to bring such bad news, but please read this from Canadian Press: TUNOSHNA, Russia – A Russian jet carrying a top hockey team crashed while taking off Wednesday in western...