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NHL Power Rankings: 1-31 poll, plus the biggest disappointment for every team in the 2021 season

The 2021 NHL season has officially begun to take form, as the February schedule gets rolling. For this week’s Power Rankings, we identified the biggest disappointment so far for every team. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1 to 31 — taking into account past results and offseason additions […]

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Conn Smythe Watch: Victor Hedman, Anton Khudobin lead the race for NHL playoff MVP

But before they lift the Cup, one player will be handed the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the most unusual postseason in league history. Members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association vote on the NHL’s playoff MVP award. Of the past 20 Conn Smythe Awards, five were goaltenders, four were defensemen […]

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NHL Playoffs Daily 2020: Reckoning Day

Friday’s NHL slate features the highest stakes we’ve seen yet, with six teams facing elimination. Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby could all potentially go home. Oh, and the teams ranked 22nd (Arizona Coyotes), 23rd (Chicago Blackhawks) and 24th (Montreal Canadiens) in regular-season points percentage can all clinch a playoff spot. Even for a […]

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NHL Playoffs Daily 2020: Eliminations already?

The New York Rangers face elimination on Tuesday, and others could be in the same spot after today’s slate of games. Keep this in mind: Teams with a 2-0 lead are 55-1 (98.2 percent) in winning a best-of-five series, which the league had held most recently from 1980 to ’86. The Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, […]

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2020 NHL postseason preview: Qualification-round matchups, series picks

Unlike the traditional playoff format, the league is running a 24-team tournament, with 12 teams from each conference playing in fan-less arenas in Toronto (for the East) and Edmonton, Alberta (for the West). The top four teams in each conference are in the round of 16, and seeds 5 through 12 will square off to […]

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End of season rankings: Who to keep and who to draft for next season

How does the next regular season get structured and started? We’ve had hints that the Stanley Cup wouldn’t be presented until maybe October, which leaves a new season, what, sometime in December? How does the draft and free agency work with a postponed playoff tournament? In fact, how is the whole offseason structured and how […]

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Alexis Lafreniere NHL draft sweepstakes: Best fits, biggest eye-roll landing spots of 16 potential teams

It wasn’t just that the lowly Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators lost out on the No. 1 pick. Everyone must cope with the fact that “Team E” — a squad that plays in the NHL’s 24-team postseason — gets the chance to draft No. 1 prospect Alexis Lafreniere. The eight losers in the qualifying […]

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Building the perfect NHL defenseman: Best skills, attributes among blueliners

We continue the series here by building the ultimate defenseman from 16 different skills and characteristics of players around the league. (See our perfect forward here, and check back later this week for our iteration of the perfect goalie). He is only a rookie, but it’s hard to find another defenseman who is as creative […]

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The iconic hockey moments that should be statues: Bobby Orr has one; who should be next?

That got us to thinking: What are some other iconic moments in hockey history that deserve to be immortalized in statue form? Here are our picks, ranging from international glory to elite-level trolling: The 22-year veteran raises the Cup for the first time in his career. After a Game 7 clincher vs. the New Jersey […]

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NHL Awards Watch: You pick the winners!

With the NHL season suspended since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unclear whether we’ve already seen the end of the regular season, or whether it gets restarted in some shape or form during the summer. The league still contends that its goal is to complete the season in full; although with each […]

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