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Captain expects to win it all in 2014
Derek Jeter is that someone. On the day Joe Girardi said he, too, might take off and leave this mess for someone else to fix, his 39-year-old captain said he expects to win a championship in 2014, just as he expected to win one as a rookie in 1996. “Always. Bottom line,” Jeter said at […]
Continue readingJon Cooper on Battle of Florida, Kucherov for MVP, Torts
“Of the 23 guys in that picture, there are only eight left. That’s a big turnover,” Cooper told ESPN’s “The Drop” podcast this week. That roster turnover was only one challenge the Lightning faced this season. There were injuries to goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and others. There was the grind of the Eastern […]
Continue readingNHL all-time goalie wins: Top 10 players to know
Even if a player can match Brodeur’s longevity and durability, today’s NHL teams opt to rest their goalies and limit their starts. It seems unlikely that a modern goaltender will be able to rack up enough wins to seriously challenge Brodeur. How big is the gap between Brodeur and the active leader? Who else cracks […]
Continue readingSweden bounces back from bad news
If coming to Sochi without Henrik Sedin and Johan Franzen wasn’t enough of a body blow, losing captain Henrik Zetterberg is potentially the knockout punch in terms of Sweden trying to bring home the gold. And the most important Henrik on the team didn’t hide his feelings in the wake of Friday’s news that Zetterberg […]
Continue readingWhy all the spotty goaltending?
Ho hum, another night and another goaltender takes a beating in the first round of the playoffs. Yes, the first round has been chock-full of dramatic comebacks and lead changes, and much of that has to do with goaltending that has been equally fluid. Of the 44 games played through Monday, a whopping 31 featured […]
Continue readingNHL season preview: Power rankings, best- and worst-case scenarios and bold predictions
The 2021-22 NHL season is being called a return to normalcy. Last season was an unprecedented one for the NHL due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Four geographically realigned divisions, including one solely comprising Canadian teams; teams playing only opponents within those divisions; and a new playoff format that eschewed wild-card teams. But it ended just […]
Continue readingToronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews collects Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award
TAMPA, Fla. — Toronto Maple Leafs star forward Auston Matthews collected the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player and the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHLPA’s most outstanding player at the NHL Awards on Tuesday night. Matthews, 24, scored 60 goals, leading the NHL for the second straight season. He set a Maple […]
Continue readingCalgary Flames’ Jacob Markstrom, Nashville Predators’ Juuse Saros, New York Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin finalists for Vezina Trophy
All three goalies are first-time finalists in this category. The league’s 32 general managers vote on the Vezina. The winner of each 2022 NHL award will be revealed during the conference final and Stanley Cup Final, on dates and times to be announced. Markstrom of the Calgary Flames is coming off a career-best regular season, […]
Continue readingKaplan: Answering 20 big questions heading into the season’s final months
We also have the old guard standing tall. The veteran two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning refuse to go dull, while Alex Ovechkin is playing like a man on a mission in his age-36 season, as he stares down Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record. There’s also a new group of elites — the Colorado Avalanche, […]
Continue readingNew York Rangers raise Henrik Lundqvist’s No. 30 to rafters: ‘This is home’
New York Rangers legend Henrik Lundqvist had his No. 30 raised to the rafters in Madison Square Garden on Friday night, with a raucous crowd on hand to honor “The King.” “I’m so happy I get an opportunity to say thank you to all the amazing fans in here that have supported me throughout my […]
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